Tom Grace-Whittaker
About
Tom Giwi is an artist and designer whose practice encourages viewers to slow down and engage more deeply with the visual. Through a combination of drawing, print and sculpture, Tom creates striking abstract work layered with details that force the audience to spend time exploring the dynamic, distorted and fragmented scenes presented to them.
With a background in design, he is heavily influenced by the eye-catching industrial aesthetics—fluorescent colours, high-visibility materials, reflective surfaces, and industrial machinery. Tom uses laser cutting and materials such as acrylic and metal to capture these qualities. These elements, often associated with function and utility, take on an abstract, almost enigmatic quality when removed from their original context. His compositions feature bold, clean line work juxtaposed with jagged, expressive strokes, often layered through tracing paper and light box techniques. Primarily working in black and white, he incorporates selective bursts of colour to highlight movement and form, with flying debris as a recurring motif—symbolising both fragmentation and energy.
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