Tom Price
Tom Price was born in London and continues to live and work in the capital. His background in Fine Art informs his approach to design, which is often very sculptural in both appearance and concept.
Tom studied under Ron Arad and Jurgen Bey at the Royal College of Art from where he graduated with a Masters degree in 2007.
Recent projects include design and architectural commissions and limited edition sculptural furniture. His work has been bought by galleries and private collectors throughout the world, and are included in permanent collections of museums such as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA), and the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg, Germany. Meltdown chair Cable Tie is currently on exhibit at SFMOMA for an exhibition entitled "The More Things Change" from Nov. 2010- Oct. 2011
Museum collections:
SFMOMA/ San Francisco Museum of Modern Art / Meltdown Chair Cable Tie, Meltdown Chair PVC Hose
MKG Hamburg/ Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg / Meltdown Chair PP Sheet
Public Commissions:
Kimbrose Square Public Art Commission/
Two large sculptural works to be installed in Kimbrose Square, Gloucester (UK); September 2010
Torquay Public Art Commission/
Sculpture to be installed in a grotto at the foot of the Royal Terrace Gardens, Torquay (UK); July 2010
Metropolitan Works, London
Decorative design, laser – cut into aluminium panels cladding entire ground floor of new building; Sept 2008
Solo Exhibitions:
Tom Price, Chapter, Hangzhou, China, Sept 2009
Tom Price At Oliver Sweeney, London, March 2009
Group Exhibitions:
The More Things Change, SFMOMA Nov. 2010- Oct. 2011
Chic Art Fair, Paris, Outdoorz Gallery
Hold the Line, Gallery Seine 51, Paris, May 2010
Lodz International Design Biennale, Lodz, Poland, Oct 2009
Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2009, Korea, Sept 2009
UFO: Art and Design, NRW Forum, Dusseldorf, Germany, May 2009
Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary, Museum of Art and Design, New York, Sept 2008
From Now to Eternity, Mother Biscuit Building, London, Sept 2008
Tent London, Truman Brewery, London, Sept 2008
Birds, Bats & Bees, Phillips de Pury, London, June 2008
Form, Kensington Olympia, London, Feb 2008
D3 Talents, International Furniture Fair, imm Cologne, Jan 2008
Designers Block, Nicholls & Clarke Buildings, London, Sept 2007
Gradual, Brompton Design District, London, Sept 2007
56x45x25, +Arch Studio, Milan, April 2007
Intimacycity, Design Mai, Berlin, May 2006
Little Britons (idFX 10 favourite designers), London Interiors, Earls Court, London, July 2005
Awards:
2004 Boss Design Mentoring Award
2004 Peter Walker Award for Innovation in Furniture Design
2005 Finalist: BIDA Awards
2005 Finalist Design & Decoration Awards
Auction Sales:
BirdHouses, commissioned by Arts Co. in collaboration with Philips de Pury & Co.,
proceeds to Adventure Ecology
Meltdown Chair PP Tube #1 named 'Highlight of the Philips de Pury NOW' auction where it sold for 2 times the estimated price.
