Ottawa Visual Artist: Tom Brooks

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Tom Brooks is a Canadian communications educator, network instructor, industrial designer and visual artist. He is influenced by non-narrative abstraction, pop art, graphic design and scientific phenomenon. He is currently interested in human evolution and its link to the internet of everything. His current work explores education and man's relationship with work and self fulfillment in this time of social change. His layered portraits of famous and local artists are influenced by analog recordings of distortion and interference patterns. In some cases these patterns will be layered with images and text.

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“I create multimedia works that speaks to our changing relationship with work in a media driven society. Political forces and automation are at odds with our traditional notions of work. I feel we must find new purpose in lifelong learning and the ongoing, voluntary, and self-motivated pursuit of knowledge. The Ottawa school of art is a place where I re-discovered that joy of learning. As the definition states, learning not only enhances social inclusion, active citizenship, and personal development, but also self-sustainability, as well as competitiveness and employability. In my art I use well known images and text to suggest the manipulation of data and the passage of time. I apply acrylic paint to using trowels, brushes, rollers, and stencilling. I have displayed my art in many juried, national and local art shows, in Canada. I have a Bachelor's Degree in, Industrial Design and Education."

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Shows

Ottawa New Art Festival 2016 2017 2018 

[runner up for new emerging artist award, 2 years]

Alice’s restaurant Carp Ontario

Perth Studio Theatre

Art in the barn, Rideau lakes art association

Almonte health center.

Ottawa School of Art, Christmas show.

Ottawa School of Art, Minto showcase. 2017

Cube Gallery Ottawa, Big smalls show. 2017, 2018

Arta Gallery,Distillery District Toronto, 2018

Cube Gallery Ottawa, Great Big smalls show. 2018

Cube Gallery Ottawa, Compendium group show. 2019

Ottawa School of Art, Prime Corporation showcase. 2019

Galerie St-Laurent + Hill showcase. 2020

 

Bio

Born 1959, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada Studied Engineering and Industrial Design from 1979 to 1984, Industrial Designer from 1984 to 1997, Studied Fine Art part time from 1990 to 1994, Studied Technological Education 1997, Cisco Certified network Instructor. High school teacher of Technology and Design from 1997 

 

Contact

Text: 613-850-0091

E-mail: tomrobtay2@gmail.com

Website: tomrobtay.wixsite.com/arts

Instagram: @tombrooksdesign