Thomas Griffiths
Thomas Griffiths is an artist currently studying a MFA Fine Art degree, at Manchester School of Art. Their practice is influenced by industrial artefacts and public/hidden spaces. Through playful use of materiality and symbolism, the work aims to infiltrate and divert attention towards the overlooked, highlighting nuances of working-class culture and queer identity. Sensual-yet-gauche representations combine with tongue-in-cheek humour to convey these narratives. Current works investigate industrial objects within the public domain. With interest in the relationship between identity and space, identifiable objects and symbols are often reimagined and recontextualised, giving a new (often coded) interpretation.
Recent Exhibitions
2024
Yorkshire Artspace, Testing Ground, Sheffield
Sunny Bank Mills, Ones to Watch, Farsley
Jubilee Library & Museum, The Queer Beach, Brighton
Manchester School of Art, MA Fine Art Degree Show
2023
Serf, Testing Ground, Leeds
The Old Parcel Office, Pride & Joy, Scarborough
Air Gallery Open 2023, Air Gallery, Altrincham
K House, The Build Up, Manchester
East Side Projects, If it Thunders on All Fools Day, Birmingham
Two Queens, GLOAM Members Show, Leicester
2022
Bloc Projects, Summer Intensive Residency, Sheffield
Air Gallery, ALPHA, Altrincham
The Function Suite, Hackney Den, London
WDT, 2:5, Virtual Exhibition
2021
Turf Projects, SOTD, Warning Bells, London
General Practice, Fallow, Lincoln
Set Studios Woolwich, SOTD Open Studios, London
Abingdon Studios, SHORT SUPPLY, Three’s a Crowd, Blackpool
The Function Suite, SOTD, Scheeming, Stratford, London
STAYCONNECTED, INNER-CITY OUT OF PLACE, Virtual Exhibition Space WET PRODUCTIONS & DOVETAIL JOINTS, WDT 1-3, WETDOVETAIL VIRTUAL GALLERY
