{"product_id":"tom-mead-another-reflection","title":"150. Tom Mead - Another Reflection","description":"\u003cp\u003e2026\u003cbr\u003eAcrylic on board\u003cbr\u003e12 x 17 x 0.5 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTom Mead (b. 1997) is a figurative artist living and working on the London\/Essex border.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis practice is an ongoing exploration of existentialism and saudade through the lens of working-class adulthood. Drawing on themes of memory, isolation, humour, and psychological tension, Mead creates uncanny painted scenes that blur distinctions between realism and artifice, intimacy and performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCentral to his process is a handmade theatrical approach rooted in childhood fascinations with miniatures, stop-motion animation, and cardboard construction. Mead builds crude sets populated with printed cut-outs of figures and objects, manipulating them into surreal arrangements before translating these staged environments into paintings. The resulting works destabilise perceptions of scale, flatness, and spatial logic, creating psychologically charged images that hover between reality and fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMead completed a BFA in Fine Art: Painting at Wimbledon College of Arts, University of the Arts London, London, UK (2016–2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelected exhibitions include \u003cem\u003eA Selection of Works by Tom Mead\u003c\/em\u003e at City of London Cemetery (2025–present); the Real Art School Anniversary Exhibition at Camden Open Air Gallery (2026); \u003cem\u003eFLAT LIFE\u003c\/em\u003e at New House Art Space, Guildford (2026); \u003cem\u003eFLAVA\u003c\/em\u003e at The Handbag Factory, London (2025); the Cass Art Prize at Copeland Gallery, London (2025); the Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize online exhibition (2025, 2023, 2021 \u0026amp; 2019); Contemporary British Portrait Painters at The Department Store, Brixton (2025); \u003cem\u003eThe Space In-Between\u003c\/em\u003e in Eygalières, France (2025); the Green \u0026amp; Stone Summer Exhibition, London (2024); \u003cem\u003eSemi-Conscious\u003c\/em\u003e at Islington Art Factory (2023); \u003cem\u003eDISASSOCIATE\u003c\/em\u003e at The Art Space, Cass Art Islington (2023); the London Graphic Centre Art Prize, Covent Garden (2023); the New English Art Club Annual Exhibition at Mall Galleries (2023); \u003cem\u003eA Material World\u003c\/em\u003e at Liliya Gallery, London (2022); Portrait Artist of the Year at Compton Verney (2022); \u003cem\u003eTAKING SHAPE\u003c\/em\u003e at Espacio Gallery, London (2021); the Art of London Augmented Gallery Trail at The Wolseley, London (2021); \u003cem\u003eSkyArts Lockdown Portraits\u003c\/em\u003e (2021); \u003cem\u003eQUOTIDIAN\u003c\/em\u003e at Blanco Gallery (2021); the ING Discerning Eye (2020); Clyde \u0026amp; Co Art Award (2019\/20); Wimbledon College of Arts Degree Show (2019); \u003cem\u003ePortrait Artist of the Year 2019\u003c\/em\u003e at Clarendon Fine Art, Mayfair; \u003cem\u003eFor Love or Money\u003c\/em\u003e at Copeland Gallery (2019); and \u003cem\u003eFaces \u0026amp; Places\u003c\/em\u003e at 5th Base Gallery (2018).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAwards include shortlistings for \u003cem\u003eArtist Portrait Artist of the Year\u003c\/em\u003e (2026), the Cass Art Prize (2025), and the Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize (2019, 2021, 2023 \u0026amp; 2025). In 2023 he won First Prize in the London Graphic Centre Art Prize and was a finalist in Portrait Artist of the Year in 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis work is held in the collection of the Roundhouse, London, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AOAP Projects","offers":[{"title":"No insurance (+£0)","offer_id":57733100011894,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"UK insurance (+£15)","offer_id":58013658481014,"sku":null,"price":365.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Europe insurance (+£25)","offer_id":57987670573430,"sku":null,"price":375.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Rest of World insurance (+£35)","offer_id":57987670606198,"sku":null,"price":385.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2714\/0060\/files\/Artwork150.jpg?v=1776950277","url":"https:\/\/aoapprojects.com\/products\/tom-mead-another-reflection","provider":"AOAP Projects ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}