Tom Piper

Bio

Tom Piper was born in the USA and emigrated to the United Kingdom in the early 1970s. He has taught and worked in Oxford, London, Jerusalem and Dallas. Now retired, he was, for 25 years, the head of the Printmaking Department, Cardiff School of Art and Design, Fine Art, UWIC. He was formerly Director of the Centre for Research in Fine Art, School of Art and Design UWIC. Tom Pipers work has been widely exhibited including recently at The Royal Academy Summer Show, London, 2005, The Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London 2005 and 06, Siggraph 2007, San Diego and in the Global Eyes exhibition at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery in 2008. Tom Piper recently was awarded the printmaking prize in Welsh Artist Of The Year exhibition 2010 in Cardiff. He has exhibited his work this year in the West of England, Open Print Exhibition where he won the digital print prize. His work has been shown in the Mall Galleries London in the ORIGINALS 2010 exhibition.