My name is Tom. I’m a Liverpool-based artist and filmmaker. My work imagines interior experiences as visible and looks at finding ways of connecting despite difference. Current interests informing my work include: neurodivergence, mental health, community and alienation.
I’ve worked as a Digital Artist in Z-arts creating new hybrid installations and I was an Associate Artist at Radical Makers by Collective Encounters exploring participatory digital theatre. A recent narrative short, ‘Walnut Men’, premiered at London Short Film Festival in Jan 2021. While my latest commissioned short ‘ADHD POTPOURRI’ is currently available to stream on BBC Arts.
Contact details
(+44) 07981 474 570
contact (at) tomshennan.co.uk
Recent commissions & grants
2022, Four Nations International Fund, Digital hybrid project co-funded by Arts Council England/Wales/NI/Creative Scotland
2022, Puncture the Screen, Exhibiting
2021, Arts Council England, Developing Your Creative Practice
2021, New Creatives North, Film Commission co-funded by ACE and BBC Arts
2021, Puncture the Screen, Art Commission funded by National Lottery / ACE
2021, Museum of Liverpool, Exhibiting for LGBTQ+ History Month
2020, COoL (Open Culture & Homotopia) w/ Public Health Liverpool, Covid Response Commission
2020, Liverpool City Culture Board, Creative R&D Grant
2020, Virtual Collaborators Festival, Film Commission
Residencies & other positions
Jan-Jul 2022 – Digital Artist – Z-arts
Oct 2021 – Visual artist/Filmmaker, Velocities – Streatham Space Project
Aug 2021 – Visual artist/Filmmaker, Velocities – The Space
Jul 2021 – Visual artist/Filmmaker, Velocities – Kala Sangam
Oct 2020-Aug 2021 – Associate Artist, Radical Makers – Collective Encounters
Education
MA, Film Directing (distinction) – Edinburgh College of Art, 2014/15
On location at Crosby beach directing ADHD POTPOURRI
Speaking on a panel at Sheffield Doc/Fest