TOM HAMMICK

Tom Hammick studied at Manchester University (1982-85), and Camberwell School of Art, London (1987-92). He received a Winston Churchill Fellowship (1998), a Robert Fraser Award (1999) and was a prizewinner in The Sussex Open (2003) and also the Jerwood Prize in 2004. In 2009 he won the Monoprint Prize at Originals.

He was Artist in Residence on MV. Radnes, to the Artic Sea (1995); O.T. Unit, Royal London Hospital (1999) and Ballenglen Arts Foundation (1996); more recently at Glyndebourne in 2007, 9 & 10 and Charleston in 2008.

His solo shows include Holding, The Eagle Gallery, London; The Redfern Gallery, London; Terrestial, Northern Print, Newcastle; Atlantic Provinces, Paul Kane, Dublin, Ireland and Studio 21, N.S. Canada.

His work has been in many group shows including The Hunting Prize, Royal College of Art, London (1997,2002,2003,2004); Jerwood Drawing Prize (2000, 2001, 2004); The Royal Academy Summer Show (2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010).

His work is held in various public and private collections worldwide, including The British Museum, London; Yale Centre for British Art, Deutsche Bank; De Beers; ING Barings; Arthur Anderson; British Arts Council and The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.

His new series of six etchings with aquatint and watercolour are scenes from Great Village, Nova Scotia where Elizabeth Bishop, the famous US poet spent her early childhood (see our news pages for more details about these prints).

Tom lives and works in East Sussex, UK and Nova Scotia, Canada.