Tom Hallifax | Lost Property

“All art is autobiographical to some extent. We share our experiences and thoughts as a way of engaging with the social and co-operative network that defines us as a species. This exhibition is a gathering together of my places, encounters and stories. I hope you find some connection in it.

The life of objects, both natural and manmade, has always fascinated me. The focus that an artist applies to an object, be it a person, a tree or a piece of junk, can draw out its stories and investigate meanings that may have gone un-noticed. And these objects reward the artist, and hopefully the viewer, by revealing themselves with greater intensity, so that their associative and physical magic can emerge. I have become increasingly interested in the more musical communication of gesture and pattern, and the creation of objects with a particular and constructed meaning.” Tom Hallifax

Tom Hallifax is an artist and maker, principally a painter but also a sculptor, woodworker, constructor of garden and green oak buildings, and partner in a restaurant. He studied history at St Andrews and fine art at the University of Ulster. He has put on two solo shows in Belfast and three solo shows in London, has participated in a number of group exhibitions, and has won awards from the National Portrait Gallery. He has painted many portraits, including commissions for King Charles, The Irish College of Surgeons, The Irish College of Physicians, Queens University Belfast and many others. His work can be found in the collections of the Arts Council, Paul Smith, The National Self Portrait Collection of Ireland (University of Limerick), Hillsborough Castle. He has taught at the Royal Drawing Schools, the Ulster Museum and Belmarsh Prison.

This Exhibition will run from Saturday 29th March – Saturday 12th April 2025
The Allsop Gallery is open from 10am – 4pm Tuesday – Saturday | FREE ENTRY