I am an artist and writer based in Northumberland, UK.
My work explores relationships between drawing, writing, the body and place. A key interest is in acts of observation within an increasingly mediated culture shaped by the attention economy. I work with a range of materials and methods, from ink drawing to digital media, often navigating the ambiguous boundary between the drawn and the written line.
I enjoy collaborating across disciplines and am particularly interested in connecting visual practice with ecological research, as well as with historical writing and archival material, often through an environmental lens. Teaching is another important way I connect with others and extend my practice.
Recent exhibitions include Sonikebana, commissioned by Edinburgh College of Art for Edinburgh Art Festival; Imprints: Art Edits Modernism at Shandy Hall, Yorkshire; and I sat till I could see no longer at Fife Contemporary Arts, St Andrews. My writing has appeared in Happy Hypocrite, MAP and Rake’s Progress.
Understorey, my first book, was published by Duckworth Books in June 2024, and featured or reviewed in The Observer, The Scotsman and the Daily Mail.
For writing, I am represented by Seren Adams at Lexington Literary.
Read a recent interview with Tom Jeffreys, here.
Education
2007–2008
Master of Fine Art (Drawing), University of the Arts London: Wimbledon
1998–2003
MA Fine Art, University of Edinburgh (1st class)
Portrait by Foldyard