Contact | |
| thomdriver@gmail.com | |
| insta | |
Education | |
| 2018 | MA Master of Voice, Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam |
| 1999 | BA (Hons) Arts Management, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK |
Solo presentations | |
| 2025 | OAZO, Amsterdam |
| 2023 | Incomplete Sentences (with Ruth Legg), Knollendamstraat, Amsterdam |
| 2022 | An Image in Search of an Idea, Growing Space, Wielewaal, Rotterdam |
| Listen up, I’ll show you something, Galerie Oberwelt, Stuttgart | |
| If the wind blows, Flag Project Oud-Charlois, Rotterdam | |
| 2021 | Temporary Arrangement #1, De Aanschouw, Rotterdam |
Selected group shows and curatorial activity | |
| 2025 | Words Are Very Unnecessary, Arkanoid Project, London |
| 2024 | Still Life, Studio Yacay at Westergas, Amsterdam |
| Open House Open Mouth, GASP, Amsterdam | |
| Carrier, an other world, Rotterdam | |
| 2023 | Spells on the Wave, an other world, Rotterdam |
| 2022 | Home Cinema x Sandberg Alumni, screening at Rialto VU Cinema, Amsterdam |
| We Are All Guests #8, South Explorer, Rotterdam | |
| 2021 | We Are All Guests #6, Paviljoen aan het Water, Rotterdam |
| Attract, Engage, Motivate (part of the Bad—Inside Out—For You series), Foundation b.a.d., Rotterdam | |
| Co-curator, Freed From Desire, Renenee, Amsterdam – Freed From Desire archive site | |
| 2020 | Irruptive Chora, Chalton Gallery, London |
| Boiling Point, Third Quarter Gallery, Brisbane, Australia | |
| 2019 | Guest curator, Moving Image Club screenings, Sexyland and Goleb, Amsterdam |
| 2018 | Minotauro, Espacio Cultural, Barca de Avilla, Spain |
| Mountain Song, (Master of Voice MA graduation show), Dokzaal, Amsterdam | |
| 2017 | Curator, Original Copy, WORM, Rotterdam |
| Of Voice, Im Goldenen, Düsseldorf | |
| Songs of Innocence and Experience, Rongwrong, Amsterdam | |
| 2012 | Function Room – instigated and curated a series of monthly one-evening events in London, with a focus on performative and time-based work – Function Room archive site |
| 2011 | Mail Art at the Memorial, Galeria Progresso, Porto Alegre, Brazil |
| Irina Botea / We Are The Artists, Kunsthalle Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland | |
| Die Kleine Kunstsammler, K3 Project Space, Zürich | |
Selected performances | |
| 2024 | 3AM Voice Notes, Treehouse, Amsterdam |
| 2022 | Arthur Brick, audio-visual performance, AMP Studios, London |
| 2021 | BABYMAN, performance and exhibition, Galerie Oberwelt, Stuttgart |
| Wyrtig, Weedy House (by Liza Prins and Layla Durrani), Mondriaan Prospects, Art Rotterdam | |
| of womxn and other weeds (a book by Liza Prins and Layla Durrani), performance for online launch | |
| 2019 | Voicesong, a performative reading, WOW, Amsterdam |
| Akademia, an opera, Malkasten Park, Düsseldorf – akademiaoper.com | |
| 2018 | Sebastiano Blu (by Pauline Curnier Jardin), Thomaskerk, Amsterdam |
| Site-specific singing (by Miyuki Inoue), Dokzaal and WOW, Amsterdam | |
| 2016 | Nachtelijke Dwaling #10 (by Ute Eisenreich and Zhana Ivanova), Oude Kerk, Amsterdam |
| 2007 | The Soundtrack (by Annika Eriksson), Cubitt Gallery, London |
| 2005 | Triangle2 (by Max Mason), Traingle Space, Chelsea College of Art, London |
| 2004 | Performers Wanted (a film by Peter Harris) |
| Soundtrack & performance in Hymn (a film by Peter Harris), commissioned for Artist’s Film on Music Culture, National Film Theatre, London | |
| 2003 | An Evening With Jabba the Hut, International 3, Manchester |
| Kabinett der Abstrakten, Bloomberg Space, London | |
| You Don’t Love Me Yet (by Johanna Billing), Frieze Art Fair, London | |
| The Mighty Lights Community Project (by David Thorpe), Tate Live Series, Tate Britain, London | |
Publications | |
| 2021 | of womxn and other weeds (a publication by Liza Prins and Layla Durrani) |
| 2020 | IN search || RE search, (ed. Gabrielle Kennedy), Valiz, Amsterdam |
| Master of Voice (ed. Lisette Smits), Sternberg Press, Berlin | |
| 2018 | The Name of the Author, Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam |
Residencies | |
| 2025 | Uncool, Poschiavo, Switzerland (with Gregory Tara Hari and Linus Lutz) |
| Artist in residence, OAZO, Amsterdam | |
| 2022 | Stichting NAC, Rotterdam |
| 2021 | Guest artist, Foundation B.a.d., Rotterdam |
| 2019 | Joya:AiR, Velez Blanco, Spain |
| 2018 | BYOB Residency, Villefranche de Rouergue, Aveyron, France |
Music Commissions | |
| 2022 | Soundtrack for What Makes a Home, (installation by Dan Turner), shown at Lakeside Centre, Thamesmead, UK |
| 2019 | Soundtrack for Commuter (installation by Aaro Murphy), shown at De School, Amsterdam |
| 2018 | Co-written score for Akademia, an opera presented in Malkastenpark, Düsseldorf |
| Soundtrack for SCORE, (film by Lotte Geeven), shown at Elektricitheitsfabriek, Den Haag | |
Discography | |
| 2023 | BABYMAN – Babyman (Limited edition vinyl LP with hand drawn sleeves / Tea Bar Records) |
| 2022 | BABYMAN – Babyman (digital LP / Spotify, etc) |
| 2019 | Arthur Brick – Half A Brick (digital LP / bandcamp release) |
| 2016 | Piper’s Son – Who Started This? (Vinyl LP / Vacilando ’68 Recordings) |
| 2015 | Piper’s Son appear on Specialized 4: Combat Cancer (in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust, 4x CD LP / Specialized Project) |
| 2014 | Piper’s Son – Mining (Digital EP / Vacilando ’68 Recordings) |
| 2013 | Piper’s Son – The Roar From Behind (CD LP / Vacilando ’68 Recordings) |
| 2011 | Piper’s Son – Zoo (CD EP / private pressing) |
| 2010 | Mathew Sawyer & The Ghosts – How Snakes Eat (CD LP / Fire Records) |
| 2009 | Arthur Brick – Original Swiss Wedding (CD EP / private pressing) |
| 2008 | Arthur Brick – Brown (CD LP / private pressing) |
| 2005 | Norwegian Lady – Dance Champ (12″ vinyl single / Delta B Records) |
| 2002 | Norwegian Lady – Norwegian Lady (7″ vinyl EP / Golden Triangle Records) |
