Thom Bridge (SE/UK)

I am a Swedish British artist and educator living and working in Manchester and London. My discursive photographic research explores systems of duality, reciprocity and exchange, this manifests through solo, co-authored and collaborative practices spanning printing-making, sculpture, installation and video. I studied for a BA (hons.) in Photography at UCA Farnham (2008) and an MFA in Photographic Art at HDK Valand, Sweden (2014). I am a Lecturer in Photography and Early Career Researcher at the School of Digital Arts (SODA) at Manchester Metropolitan University.

I often work in collaboration with other artists and individuals, three of these project are ‘pool’ with Chicago-based American artist Sonja Thomsen, ‘The City & The City’ with Tokyo-based Japanese artist and researcher Taisuke Koyama and ‘T. Bridge’ with Melbourne-based Swedish British & Australian Design Researcher Theo Bridge, my identical twin.

My work has been exhibited across the UK and internationally, in 2021 I presented my first UK solo exhibition at Staffordshire St, London and took part in my first museum group exhibition at the Norwegian Museum of Photography.

Other recent exhibitions include: SODA ECR WIP Showcase, School of Digital Arts Manchester (2024); Thinking Our Loud: Vertical Gallery at Manchester School of Art (2024); An Exhibition of Small Things with Big Ideas, White Conduit Projects London (2023); Un_asked, South Hill Park Arts Centre Bracknell (2023); pool (ii) in collaboration with Sonja Thomsen, A.R.T.&M.S. Balcony, Senkron Video Art Festival Izmir Turkey (2022); Desemberutstilling, NOUA Bodø Norway (2021); Superpositions, Staffordshire Street London for South Bermondsey Art Trail (2021); The sad eyed chameleon, volcano grey, Staffordshire Street London for London Gallery Weekend (2021); Without You My Life Would Be Boring, Staffordshire Street London for South Bermondsey Art Trail (2020); pool (ii) (in collaboration with Sonja Thomsen), Balconnection Festival Izmir Turkey (2020); Photography & _____ (in collaboration with Sonja Thomsen), Catherine Edelman Gallery Chicago (2020); Who’s Looking at the Family, Now? curated by Tim Clark, Photo50 London (2019); Uncertain States Scandinavia, NRW-Forum Düsseldorf (2019); Rehearsing the Real curated by Tom Lovelace, Peckham 24 (2019); Translate/Transmission, LOOK Photo Biennial Satellite Programme Liverpool (2019); In Dialogue with Strömholm, Dorothée Nilsson Gallery Berlin (2018); Salong CFF, Centrum för fotografi Stockholm (2018); Field/s ONE, Sluice HQ London (2018) Brighton Photo Fringe Open18 Solo Shortlist Showcase, Outdoor Hub Brighton (2018); Photoworks Presents: Collaborate, Free Range London (2018).

Contact: info [at] thombridge . com

Photograph: Ed Sykes.

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