Artist Bio
Thom Buchanan is an Australian painter/drawer encompassing installation, photography, video, performance, sound and murals. His practice traverses cross-disciplinary modes of process and research as a professional visual artist residing on Kaurna Yerta in Tarntanya, Adelaide, South Australia. Buchanan has exhibited extensively locally, nationally and internationally, along with being a finalist and winner of several major art prizes and the recipient of major grants. His work is held in esteemed Australian collections and across the globe in private and corporate collections.
Buchanan is a master of large-scale live performative works and collaborations. His work has been commissioned by Big Day Out, Australian Dance Theatre, Zephyr Quartet, Canberra Centenary, Canberra Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Festival, Rise Festival NZ, The State Theatre Company SA, Guitar Festival SA, Vivid Festival Sydney, Edinburgh Fringe Festival UK, Fringe Festival SA, SALA Festival, Surge Festival Scotland, Cabaret Festival SA, Slingsby Theatre Company, Limosani Projekets, Cubadupa festival NZ, Illuminate Festival Adelaide, SIDance Seoul SK.
