ABOUT


Tom Phillipson is an Australian Curator, Project Manager and Digital media producer, working primarily with video, motion graphics, music and sound production. In his career Tom has received a number of grants, with the most recent being from the Australia Council to establish a Berlin based production studio in 2012 at the renowned cultural hub and club Stattbad Wedding, home of Boilerroom.tv

Tom is also co-host and producer behind Vantagepointradio.com, an urban art interview podcast which over the last 10 years have featured international heavyweights such as The London Police, D*Face, Ron English, Nychos and Tristan Eaton to name a few. With his co-host James Bullough, they have produced over 160 episodes since 2014 and have been invited to cover festivals such as Denver Walls, Shine Mural Festival St Petersburg, Artscape Sweden, Pow Wow Hawaii, Roskilde Festival Denmark and Seawalls New Zealand.

He has a Masters in Curation and Cultural policy from UNSW Art&Design,  which is put to good use producing numerous Mural projects for Hornsby Shire Council and others.

Recently returned from 7 years living in Berlin Germany, he has produced film clips for electronic artists such as Dominik Eulberg, Piemont, Sacha Robotti, Noah Pred, Emerson Todd and Deepchild to name a few. He has also worked with commercial clients such as Vice Magazine, Carhartt WIP and Eastpak Germany.

Over the past 10 years he has performed and VJ’d in some of the most respected clubs and festivals in Berlin including Tresor, Week End, Gretchen, Cookies, Ritter Butzke, Lido, Monarch and Tacheles, as well as VJing 5 years in a row at one of Germanys largest electronic music festivals, Fusion Festival.  He has provided support visuals for acts such as GrooveriderNoisiaMarcus IntalexUlterior MotiveBlack MilkEl-PExile feat. BluKutmasta Kurt, James Pants and Deepchild.

 

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2013 Video installation, DeerBAR, Berlin
2013 Oversized&Underpriced 4, Superplan, Berlin
2013 Illuminations Wedding, Supermarkt, Berlin
2012 Metropolitan, Strychnin Gallery, Berlin
2012 Eastpak Artist Studio, Tacheles, Berlin
2011 deerBLN 05, KAB, Bordeaux
2011 Five Quarters, Kunstfabrik, Berlin
2011 My Berlin, Neon Chocolate Gallery, Berlin
2011 Eastpak Artist Studio, Ruttkowski68, Cologne
2010 Monogarden, Oh Really Gallery, Sydney
2010 deerBLN 04, Strychnin Gallery, Berlin
2009 COFA Annual 09, Sydney
2009 deerBLN 03, Carhartt, Cologne
2008 Oversized & Underpriced 1, Hatch museum, Berlin
2008 Anonyme Zeichner N°9, Bethanien, Berlin
2007 Modulations, China Heights, Sydney
2007 Wooden Toy, Rancho Notorious, Melbourne
2006 Self Rising, Kudos Gallery, Sydney
2006 GAS06, Global Gallery, Sydney
2006 Construct, China Heights, Sydney

2012 Artstart, Australia Council
2011 Small Business Grant, Berlin City Council
2009 COFA Annual Award 2009 – Digital Media World Prize
2003 Duplex projekt, Australia Council
2001 Squelch Radio Series, AMRAP