Tom Cardwell

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Tom Cardwell

Tom Cardwell presents precious objects from a parallel reality, fantastic jewels and motifs heavy with nostalgia and symbolism. His paintings and sculptures collect objects and decorations from historic genres such as the Baroque and Rococo, re-presenting them alongside icons of mass consumer culture. The resulting works often use mirroring and repetition to emphasise the unreality and artificiality of the creations, which are painted to falsely suggest precious metals.

Like a piece of costume jewellery or a plaster statue covered with gilt leaf, the works exploit a disconnection between surface and substance which is inherent in 21st Century society. Likewise the sampling and juxtaposition of various symbolic devices and systems questions the contemporary habit of viewing the past as a romanticised atmosphere rather than a series of actual events and consequences.These works could be bespoke jewellery for modern celebrities or tomorrow’s heirlooms for late-capitalist dynasties. With a debt to many historical painting traditions, not least 17th Century Dutch still life, the artist celebrates the process and craft of painting and object-making in works that are visually rich and knowingly ostentatious.

Education

2012 - present: PhD Practice-based, Chelsea College of Art & Design.

2006 - 2008: MA Fine Art Painting, Wimbledon College of Art.

1998 - 2001: BA Hons. Fine Art, University College for the Creative Arts, Canterbury.

Solo Exhibitions

02/14-03/14: Faith Once More, Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury.

05/13 - 06/13: Aegis, ASC Gallery, London.

10/09 - 11/09: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi, Bearspace, London.

06/05: G.M., B&B Gallery, Folkestone, Kent.

01/04 - 02/04: Blending In, Faversham Library Gallery, Kent.

Selected Group Exhibitions

09/15: Artefacts, James Freeman Gallery, London

07/14 - 08/14: Fragmented Narration, Estudio Lamina, Sao Paolo, Brazil, touring to Columbia & Mexico.

07/13: Motorcycle Cultures, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London.

04/13: Paint Club Visual Symposium, Beaconsfield, London.

03/13: Visual Research, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London.

10/12: Time and Time Again, Bond House Project Space, London.

10/12: National Open Art Competition, Prince's Drawing School & Minerva Theatre, Chichester.

06/12-07/12: Into the Garden, Bishop's Residence, Rochester.

03/12: United Artists Open, Menier Gallery, London.

03/12: Everything, Mermaid Gallery, London.

10/11/11-27/11/11: Wonderlust, APT Gallery, London.

26/03/11: Celestial Architecture, QE2 Centre, London.

17/03/11 - 20/03/11: Prophets at Home, Kingsgate Gallery, London.

22/10/10-07/11/10 Next / Episodes; Kingsgate Gallery, London.

11/06/10-13/06/10: Kingsgate Workshops Open Studios

27/02/10 – 27/03/2010: Print Now 2, Bearspace, London

18/02/10 - 28/02/10: Episodes, Kingsgate Gallery, London

04/12/09 - 19/12/09: (n)everland, Nunnery Gallery, London

13/11/09 - 12/12/09: Goblet, Bearspace, London

03/09/09 - 12/09/09: Creed is Good, Acquire Arts, London

14/02/09 - 15/05/09: Deutsche Postbank Exhibition, Deutsche Postbank, City of London.

01/11/08 - 13/02/09: Deutsche Postbank Exhibition, Deutsche Postbank, City of London.

04/09/08 - 12/09/08: Wimbledon College of Art MA Show, London

08/08/08 - 10/08/08: Maryland Studios Open

13/07/08 - 20/07/08: Transart Institute Faculty Show, b.v. gallery, Linz, Austria.

06/03/08 - 13/04/08: Faith, Gallery Primo Alonso, London

06/03/08 - 09/03/08: Approaches to What? Nunnery Gallery, London

01/06/07 - 03/06/07: Arts Unwrapped Open Studios, Maryland Studios

25/01/07 - 31/05/07: Deutsche Postbank Schools Exhibition, Deutsche Postbank, City of London

25/03/07 - 01/04/07: Currents, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London.

05/06: Can You Eat It?, Stroud House Gallery, Stroud, Gloucestershire.

06/03: Fancy Goods, Whitstable, Kent.

Prizes/Awards

2012: Exhibited Artist in the National Open Art Competition.

2010-11: Kingsgate Workshops Emerging Artist Residency.

2009: Shortlisted for Jerwood Contemporary Painters.

2007: Shortlisted for the Celeste Art Prize 2007.

2006: Shortlisted for the Celeste Art Prize 2006.

Artefacts

10 Sep to 3 Oct 2015

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Artefacts

10 Sep to 3 Oct 2015