Tommy Perman – born Edinburgh, Scotland, 1980
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1998 — 2002 Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, UK, BA (1st Class honours) Fine Art,
2001 Academie Beeldende Kunsten Maastricht, NL (Socrates ERASMUS Exchange)
1997 — 1998 Telford College, Edinburgh, UK, Art and Design (Foundation Course)
1992 — 1997 Broughton High School, Edinburgh, UK
RESIDENCIES
2006, Daglicht / Beeldenstorm, Eindhoven, NL, ‘Gast Ateliers’
AWARDS AND FUNDING
2006 Scottish Arts Council, Research and Development Award, UK
2005 Scottish Arts Council, Creative Development Award towards the cost of recording an album with FOUND, UK
2004 funding from Aberdeen City Council, the Royal Scottish Academy, the Meffan, Forfar and Peacock Visual Arts towards the cost of producing the exhibition catalogue and double CD for the Stop Look Listen exhibition.
2004 Scottish Arts Council, Creative Development Award towards the cost of making new work for the Stop Look Listen exhibition.
2003 received funding from Limousine Bull, Aberdeen to produce a limited edition vinyl record, Random Audio Therapy Unit.
2002 British Airways Travel Award, UK
2002 Peacock Visual Arts Editioning Prize, UK
2002 David Gordon Memorial Trust Prize, UK
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005 Analogue, Edinburgh, UK, ‘Running Amok / Ambling Along’
2003 Foyer Gallery, Aberdeen, UK, ‘Road Island’
2002 Sumo, Sheffield, UK, ‘Survey : Sheffield’
2001 Hedah, Maastricht, NL, ‘Always Looking Up’
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006 Daglicht / Beeldenstorm, Eindhoven, NL, ‘Gast Ateliers’
2005 Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK, ‘Stop Look Listen’
2005 The Meffan, Forfar, UK, ‘Stop Look Listen’
2005 Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen, UK, ‘Stop Look Listen’
2004 Red Door Gallery, Edinburgh, UK, ‘Urban Collection’
2004 Plexi Pixel, Seattle, USA, ‘European Exchange’
2004 RSA, Edinburgh, UK, ‘Festival Exhibition’
2004 eyelevelgallery, Halifax, Canada, ‘Artists’ Multiples’
2003 Ols&Co gallery, London, UK, ‘Nth-art collective’
2003 Generator, Dundee, UK, ‘Kill Your Timid Notion’
2003 Kelly Cooper Bar, Glasgow, UK, ‘New Works’
2003 The Leith Gallery, Edinburgh, UK, ‘New Faces Show’
2002 The Bridge Arts, Aberdeen, UK, ‘New Faces Show’
2002 Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen, UK, ‘A5 Exhibition’
2002 Demarco European Art Foundation, Thistle Hotel, Piccadilly, Manchester, then the Apex Hotel, Edinburgh, UK, ‘Beyond Conflict’
2002 Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, UK, ‘Final Year Degree Show’
2002 De Overslag, Eindhoven, NL, ‘De Archieven’
2002 Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, UK, ‘Aberdeen Artists Society, 68th Exhibition’
2002 McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, UK, ‘RSA student exhibition’
SELECTED PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS
2006 National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK, ‘Cathy House Blend’. Collaboration with contemporary Chinese composer Kimho Ip.
2006 Classic Grand, Glasgow, ‘BBC Electric Proms’. Collaborative performance with video artists / multi-media comedians (nobleandsilver).
2006 Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Edinburgh, UK, ‘16 Shocks From a 30 Ohm Load’. FOUND performance project.
2006 The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK, ‘Flight Path’ (part of the Body Parts performance arts festival)
2005 The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen, UK, ‘homespun’ (PRSFoundation funded performance event. FOUND performance project)
2005 Edinburgh Annuale, Cell77, Edinburgh, UK, ‘Found Write Rock. FOUND performance project
2005 The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK, ‘Ensemble’ (part of the Body Parts performance arts festival)
2004 Cabin Exchange, Potter Row, Edinburgh, UK, ‘Edinburgh Music Exchange’
2004 Dr. Drakes Aberdeen, UK, ‘Random Audio Therapy Unit vinyl launch party’
2003 Limousine Bull, Aberdeen, UK, ‘Random Audio Therapy Unit v3.0’
TEACHING / WORKSHOPS
2004 Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen, UK, ‘Phreak the Beat’. Two-week educational course on experimental music production for children aged 12 – 16
2003 Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen, UK, ‘Code of the Streets’. One-week course on digital imaging and screen printing
PUBLICATIONS
2005 ‘Running Amok #5’ by Tommy Perman, limited edition zine and mp3 soundtrack. Published by Analogue Books, September 2005.
2005 ‘STOP LOOK LISTEN’ Jan 2005. ISBN 0-9543574-4-2. A publication produced for a touring exhibition, with a 64-page booklet, 2 audio CDs and inserted postcards. Featuring an introduction by Ken Neil and interview with Monika Vykoukal.
SELECTED ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
2005 ‘The Map’, UK, Pages 16-17 ‘The Map Commission’ double page feature.2005 ‘The Metro’, UK, review of Running Amok / Ambling along
2005 ‘Prospect’, UK, Scottish architectural journal, June 2005, 500 words on ‘My favourite building’
2005 ‘The Map’, UK, Pages 60-61 Summer 2005. 400 word exhibition review.
2005 ‘The Scotsman’, UK 10 May 2005. 200 word exhibition review.
2005 ‘The Sunday Herald’, UK Page 33, 8 May 2005. 1000 word exhibition review.
2005 ‘Noise Magazine’, UK Page 35, May 2005. 400 word exhibition review.
2005 ‘The List’, UK Page 103, 28 April 2005. 400 word feature.
DISCOGRAPHY
2007 FOUND ‘Synth Like Minds’, 7” single. Label: Augeladen und Bereit, DE
2007 FOUND ‘Static 68’, 7” single. Label: Creeping Bent Organisation, UK
2006 FOUND ‘Found Can Move’, CD album Label: Surface Pressure Records, UK
2006 FOUND ‘Mullokian’, 7” single. Label: Surface Pressure Records, UK
2005 FOUND ‘Fergus and Marion of Forfar’, included on Music Volume Three, Benbecula Records, UK
2003 ESC ‘Secrets of the Soul’, 12” EP. Seminal Emissions, UK
FILMOGRAPHY
2006 FOUND ‘Static 68’, promotional music video
2006 FOUND ‘Mullokian’, promotional music video