Tom Civil Australia
Biography
Tom Civil is an artist, muralist, community art facilitator and printmaker. Tom has been making art in the streets of Melbourne for over 18 years, and has painted over 30 murals across town in the last ten years. Tom is a self-taught and studio trained printmaker. Tom is a member of Everfresh Studio in Collingwood, Melbourne.
Exhibitions
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Signs of Life
Tom Civil 26 May - 11 Jun 2023As a non-Indigenous person I feel it is my responsibility to dig into my own personal history and help to break down these colonial signifiers. I feel as an artist who works in public spaces that symbolism and images matter. They matter in how we live together in this country...Read more -
Sparks
Tom Civil 4 - 20 Sep 2020Depictions of gatherings around fires have been a constant in art and performance throughout history. This simple human behaviour of gathering around fire together as family, friends and community is universal. The fireplace creates opportunities to grow cultural understanding, to care for each other, to hold discussion, share knowledge, stories,...Read more
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