Tom Giwi’s work builds on an evolving visual language, with each new piece growing out of previous drawings. This creates a sense of continuity across their practice while allowing forms to shift and change. They are drawn to work that feels in progress — art that invites curiosity and leaves space for imagination.
Influences from childhood — cartoons, anime, toys, machines — quietly inform their work, not as references, but as emotional starting points. Channelling the energy, excitement, and sense of wonder those things sparked. The result is work that’s visually sharp, structurally considered, and open-ended in meaning.
While not created for a specific audience, the work aims to connect beyond the art world — to anyone willing to look closely, even those unfamiliar with or intimidated by abstract art. It remains playful and strange while asking to be taken seriously on its own terms.
A Movable Feast, Hypha Curates (Freeze 2025) HYPHA HQ, London
In Betweens (2025) Southwark Park Gallery, london
Rites of Ruins (2025) Peckham Safehouse, london
Metal Is Bendy (2024) D Unit, Bristol
EBC Big Summer Blowout (2023) Peoples Republic of Stokes Croft, bristol
EBC WIP (2023) St Annes House, bristol
Education
Royal College of Art (RCA) MA Print, 2025
Day School (FKA East Bristol Contemporay Day School), 2023
University of the West of England (UWE) BA Illustration, 2020
UPCOMING SHOWS:
Digital Ferment, Bristol, @kit form - 14th - 15th Nov 2025
01.Petal Blades, Floral Shards
Acrylic Plastic, Mild Steel, Solvent Based Screen Print Petal Blades, Floral Shards bring together the harsh jagged edges, solid clean surfaces of metal with the beauty of the soft, elegant natural forms of flowers. z