My name is Tom. I’m a Liverpool-based writer/director and artist working in moving image and interactive installation. 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.

Contact details
(+44) 07981 474 570
contact (at) tomshennan.co.uk

Upcoming screenings / shows / workshops
17th July 2025 – Come Rest in Chaos – Bradford City of Culture – Tickets not on sale yet
27th August 2025 – Workshop: Directing Puppetry for Film – The Bluecoat, Liverpool – Tickets not on sale yet
12-21st September 2025 – False Positive Stills – ‘Hide Me, Steal Me, Be Nice to Me’ @ Arthall Gallery, Malta – Free entry
18-19th October 2025 – Come Rest in Chaos – NottDance Festival @ FABRIC, Nottingham – Tickets not on sale yet

Previous commissions & grants
2025, Collective Encounters/University of Liverpool, Film Commission
2024, Convenience Gallery (Birkenhead), Exhibiting
2024, Arte.M (Madeira), Exhibiting
2024, Collective Encounters, Film Commission
2023, Puncture the Screen, Exhibiting
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 funde d by National Lotter y / 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

Previous Roles
Aug 2022 to Apr 2023 – Lead Artist – All the Screen’s a Stage
Jan-Jul 2022 – Digital Artist – Z-arts
Oct 2020-Aug 2021 – Associate Artist, Radical Makers – Collective Encounters

Residencies
Sep 2024 – Visual artist/Filmmaker for Velocities – FABRIC, Nottingham
Aug 2023 – Visual artist/Filmmaker for Velocities – University of Gloucestershire
Jul 2023 – Visual artist/Filmmaker for Velocities – Talawa, London
Oct 2021 – Visual artist/Filmmaker for Velocities – Streatham Space Project
Aug 2021 – Visual artist/Filmmaker for Velocities – The Place, London
Jul 2021 – Visual artist/Filmmaker for Velocities – Kala Sangam, Bradford

Education
MA, Film Directing (distinction) – Edinburgh College of Art, 2014/15
BA, Physics (2:1) – University of Oxford, 2010-13