Tom Shackleton
— Artist/Director/Designer
Tom is a contemporary multimedia artist who graduated from Elam School of Fine Arts in 2020. He currently works out of central Auckland.
I am an artist, director and designer based in Auckland, New Zealand.
I’m currently working full-time at The Sweetshop as a Director’s Assistant / Junior Director (since October 2024).
Alongside this, I’ve had the pleasure of working on a wide range of commercial projects:
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Photo Assisting for leading commercial photographers including Simon Devitt, Holly Sarah Burgess, and more.
- Designing for brands such as Checks Downtown, Flying Out, Vera Ellen, and Marlon Williams.
- Screen printing for clients including Vera Ellen, Hans Pucket, Extended Whānau, Kowtow, Flying Out, and more.
- Retouching services for clients like Entire Studios, Number One Shoes, REBE, Yu Mei, Baina, and WorkGroup.
- Video editing for Recorded Music, Maxwell Young, Geneva AM, Flying Out, and others.
- Event photography for The Arts Foundation, DDB, Mango, Someday Studios, and more.
Please get in touch if I can be of use to you with any of the above services.
Tom’s artistic practice leans towards collaboration and experimentation with traditionally unconventional ways of installing works. Previous and on-going works include large scale sculptures, screen-printing, collaborative video works, music production, film photography, graphic design and organising TOMFEST. Tom is interested in notions of “the gestalt” in installation; preferring to create immersive experiences over stand alone objects. He merges this concept with pop culture referents to create his own multi-dimensional universes, where his creations live.
Tom’s work has been shown at:
- satchi and satchi and satchi, Auckland, NZ, 2019.
- George Fraser Gallery, Auckland, NZ, 2019.
- Project Space, Auckland, NZ, 2018.