Qualifications:
Pending: PhD in Fine Art. 2020-2026. Edinburgh College of Art.
MA Education. 2016-2018. University of Northampton. Distinction.
MA Fine Art. 2014-2016. University of Northampton. Distinction.
Postgraduate Certificate in Multidisciplinary Printmaking. 2013-2014. UWE, Bristol. Distinction.
PGCE. 2011-2013. Coleg Sir Gar & TSD Partnership. Distinction.
BA (Hons) Fine Art: Sculpture. 2006-2009. Wimbledon College of Art, University of Arts London. 2:1 (80%)
Scholarships:
Edinburgh College of Art Scholarship, 2020-2026.
Postgraduate Research Expenses Award, 2022.
Sir John Lowther Scholarship, 2014.
Chelsea Arts Club Travel Award, 2008.
Work in Higher Education:
Senior Lecturer in Fine Art at Falmouth University (August 2023-Ongoing)
External Examiner. Bristol School of Art. (Jan 2023 – August 2026)
Lecturer in Fine Art at Falmouth University (Sept 2020-August 2023)
Senior Lecturer and Cognate Leader of the Integrated Foundation Year in the Arts at the University of Northampton (Sept 2017 – Oct 2020)
Curriculum Design for new BA (Hons) Fine Art. Buckinghamshire New University. (Jan 2020 - March 2020)
Associate Lecturer in Fine Art. University of Northampton. (Sept 2015 - July 2018)
Learning Designer at the University of Northampton (Sept 2015 - Sept 2017)
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. (2014 – ongoing)
Learning Developer at the University of Northampton (Jan 2014 - Sept 2015)
Verifier. Norton Radstock College (Sept 2013 - Sept 2015)
Course Leader of BA Multidisciplinary Arts & BA Contemporary Fine Art Practice at Carmarthen School of Arts (Sept 2012 to Dec 2013)
Associate Lecturer in Contextual Studies, Foundation Diploma in Art & Design and Extended Diploma in Fashion & Clothing (Jan 2010 - Dec 2013)
Work in the Arts
Self-employed: Artist (2009 – ongoing) Most recent project: Northamptonshire Creative Climate Action Fund (50k) via Northampton Community Foundation (Funding Body) in partnership with Sol Haven (Community Organisation) (June 2023 to to November 2024)
Self-employed: Private Tutor in Arts & Humanities. (March 2019 - Sept 2020)
Shallal Dance Theatre (2023 – ongoing) Trustee.
Trans-states Director (2023 – ongoing), Conference Organiser & Curator (2019 – ongoing)
Parker Harris: Arts Administrator. Arts administration for art prizes in Parker Harris portfolio. January 2008 - August 2009.
University of the Arts London: Gallery Assistant. September 2006 - July 2009.
Exhibitions, Screenings and Performances
“In Contact” @ Northampton Film Festival 2025. Screening of film of In Contact by Joe Brown. 10th March 2025, 6.30pm
“In Contact” @ 42 East Park Parade, Northampton. Exhibition and film screening. 11th – 17th October 2024.
“In Contact” @ Umbrella Fair Organisation, Northampton. Live performance and Q&A. June 15th 2024
“In Contact” @ Delapre Abbey, Northampton. Live performance and Q&A. 22nd June 2024.
“In Contact” @ Hideaway Farm, Daventry. Live performance and Q&A. 29th June 2024.
“Hiraeth: An ode to (be)longing” @ MA Fine Art Alumni Show. University of Northampton, Northampton. Installation, Screening and Live Performance.
“Hiraeth: An ode to (be)longing” @ PSi (Performance Studies International) #28 Conference, Wits School of Arts, Johannesburg, South Africa. Screening of solo performance and talk. 2nd – 5th August 2023.
“Hiraeth: An ode to (be)longing” @ Trans-states conference, University of Northampton. Solo performance. 9th September 2022.
“Go Dig My Grave” @ Queen Mary’s University, London. Performance as part of The Last Breath Society by Martin O’Brien. Produced by Future Ritual.
“Together Elsewhere” @ Mediathek of the Academy of Art and Design, Basel [Online]. Zoom performance with Angela Stoecklin (2023)
“The 6th Bergen International Performance Festival” @ Bergen Kjøtt, Bergen, Norway. Mari Norddahl (NO), Elizabeth Tomos (UK), Maire Karuvuori (FIN), Ana Matey (ES), Isabel León (ES), Giusseppe Dominguez (ES), Mario Montoya (ES), Lorena Izquierdo Aparicio (ES), Héctor Navarro Agulló (ES), Thomas Reul (DE), Stephan US (DE) and Surya Tüchler (DE) (2023) Live performance and artist’s talk.
“Your touch is monstrous” as part of Exploring the Monstrous and the Miniature @ Grays Wharf Gallery. A show by BA (Hons) Fine Art staff and students. Funded by Falmouth University. 24th Feb – 11th March 2023.
“Vibrant Matter” @ Draw to Perform Festival, Phoenix Arts Centre, Brighton, UK. Largescale mono-printing for four performers. Arts Council funded festival of Performance Drawing practitioners. 10th July 2022.
“Time and tide wait for no (wo)man” @ Brighton beach, UK. Performance at the culmination of week-long residency with Draw to Perform. 17th July 2021.
“Untitled” Performprint & Elizabeth Tomos collaboration @ “Impact 11” @ Hong Kong Open Printshop, Hong Kong [online]. Performprint & Elizabeth Tomos produced a digital exhibition, video performance, and artists’ talk for the conference. 20th - 25th April 2021.
“MK Calling 2020” @ Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK. Screen-print installation as part of group exhibition. February - November 2020.
“Elizabeth Tomos & Performprint” @ Cozens Street Studios, Melbourne, Australia. Live performance collaboration between Elizabeth Tomos and Performprint, and solo exhibition of residency outcomes. 15th June 2019.
“ArtBox” @ Sydney Contemporary, Sydney, Australia. Collagraph edition entitled “Paperbark” submitted as part of ArtBox’s printmaking display. September 2019
“Reflections & Refractions” @ Avenue Gallery, University of Northampton, Northampton, UK. Exhibition of work from Elizabeth Tomos and Charlotte Richards including live collaborative performances using hand-built vertical print machine. June 2018
“Freerange 2018” @ Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London, UK. Live performance in collaboration with Charlotte Richards using hand-built vertical print machine. July 2018
“Aesthetica Art Prize” @ York Art Gallery, York, UK. Video documentation of live print performance entitled “The hand tends to return by a shorter path” included as part of showcase of nominees. May – September 2017
“National Original Print Exhibition” @ Bankside Gallery, London, UK. “CMYK Registrated Ontology” screen-print. September 2015.
“Redefining Print” @ Exeter Phoenix, Exeter, UK. “CMYK Registrated Ontology” screen-print series. Nov 2015 – Jan 2016.
“Time, Chemistry, Chance & Human Design” @ Avenue Gallery, University of Northampton, Northampton, UK. Group exhibition & book launch based on outcomes from Santander funded residency at Frans Masereel Centrum. Original book held in TATE special collections. Limited edition digital reproduction was sold at the event. March 2017
“Freerange 2015” @ The Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London, UK. “CMYK Registrated Ontology” screen-print series. July 2015
“The Palimpsest Exchange” @ M.A.D.E. Roath, Cardiff, UK. Exhibition of outcomes from three-week residency. October 2013
“The Palimpsest Exchange” @ Milkfloat, Roath, Cardiff, UK. Exhibition of outcomes from three-week residency. July 2013
“I thought it only concerned me and the birds” @ King Street Gallery, Carmarthen, UK. Solo show of performance work and drawings. Oct 2012
“Rhod” @ Melin Glonc, Carmarthenshire, UK. “I thought it only concerned me and the birds” & “The Milling Line” commissioned works for group show. June 2012
“Drawing Breath” @ King Street Gallery, Carmarthen, UK. Exhibition of performance, video and drawing work. September 2011
“Project Gravity” @ Ballet for All, Riverfront Theatre, Newport, UK. Exhibition of “Drawing Breath,” a performed drawing commissioned as part of a collaboration with Ballet Cymru. August 2011
Residencies
5 weekends with The Last Breath Society created by Martin O’Brien, produced by Future Ritual. Sept 2023- March 2024.
10 day residency with Performance Art Bergen, Norway, August 2023.
1-week residency and mentoring programme @ Draw to Perform, Brighton, July 2021.
2-week residency @ Cozen Street Studio, Melbourne, Australia, June 2019.
1-week Santander funded research residency @ Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium, February 2015.
3-week funded residency @ Milkfloat, Milkwood Gallery, Roath, Cardiff, July 2013.
Research & Publications
Arts (as Elizabeth Tomos):
Coe, J., And Kennedy, J. (eds.) (2024) Perform//Print. Pressing Matters. 28, p.11.
Tomos, E. (2024) “Hiraeth: An ode to (be)longing”. 4th World Congress of Psychogeography: Heritage and Hiraeth. Online. Screening of solo performance and talk. September 6th to 8th 2024.
Tomos, E. (2023) “Hiraeth: An ode to (be)longing”. PSi (Performance Studies International) #28 Conference, Wits School of Arts, Johannesburg, South Africa. Screening of solo performance and talk. 2nd – 5th August 2023.
Tomos, E. (2023) “Hiraeth: An ode to (be)longing”. Women Who Create: The Feminine and the Arts Conference. Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge University. Screening of solo performance and talk. 25th-26th March 2023.
Pelzer-Montada, R., Adams, R., De Rycker, S., Hancill, M. and Tomos, E. (2022) To Print or Not to Print: Epistemological, Methodological and Practical Issues of the PhD in Print. Panel Discussion. Impact 12 Printmaking Conference, Bristol, 21st-25th September 2022.
McLaughlin, C. and Tomos, E. (2022) Thin Curation and Intuitive Convocation: A Methodology for Curating Esoteric Art and Propagating Rhizomatic Occulture. Trans-states: The Art of Deception. University of Northampton, 9th-10th September 2022.
McLaughlin, C. and Tomos, E. (2022) Trans-states: The Art of Deception. Conference Organiser and curator. University of Northampton, 9th-10th September 2022.
Tomos, E. & Performprint (2021) Performprint: collaboration and collective activity. Impact11 Conference, Hong Kong [online], 20th - 25th April 2021.
McLaughlin, C. and Tomos, E. (2018) Trans-states: The Art of Revelation. Conference Organiser and curator. University of Northampton, 13th -14th September 2019.
Tomos, E. (2017) Inscribed Matter to Matter and Interview with Linda Karshan. In: Linda Karshan, Studio View: A Book in Three Parts. UK: Golden Cockerel Press.
Staff, C., Leahy, C., Tomos, E., Ballinger, S., Elcoat, E. And Tobot, M. (2017) Time, Chemistry, Chance & Human Design. London: Bookworks. Original artist book hosted in the TATE special collections.
Coe, J., And Kennedy, J. (eds.) (2018) Reflecting Movements. Bits and Pieces. Pressing Matters. 5, p.8.
Tomos, E. (2017) The hand tends to return by a shorter path. In: Federico, C. (ed.) (2017) Future Now: 100 Contemporary Artists from The Aesthetica Art Prize. UK: Aesthetica Magazine.
Tomos, E. (2015) CMYK Registrated Ontology in Tallman, S. (Ed.) Prix De Print. Art in Print. 5(2), p.44.
Tomos, E. (2015) Inscribed Matter to Matter: Printmaking and Performance. ‘Redefining Print’ Symposium, Double Elephant Print Studios, Exeter, 19th November 2015.
Education (as Elizabeth Palmer):
Lomer, S. & Palmer, E. (2021) ‘I didn’t know this was actually stuff that could help us, with actually learning’: student perceptions of Active Blended Learning. Teaching in Higher Education. DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2020.1852202
Lomer, S. & Palmer, E. (2017) Student Responses to Blended Learning: Valuing Relationships. SRHE Conference, Newport. 6-8th December.
Lomer, S. & Palmer, E. (2017) Understanding Student Engagement in Active Blended Learning (ABL): The Importance of Epistemic Beliefs and Concepts of Teaching and Learning. BERA Conference, Brighton. 4th – 7th September.
Lomer, S. & Palmer, E. (2017) Engaging Students in Active Blended Learning: Transparent Pedagogy. JISC Student Engagement Experts Group, Birmingham. 18 October 2017.
Palmer, E., Lomer, S. and Bashliyska, I. (2017) Overcoming Barriers To Student Engagement With Active Blended Learning. Internal Report. Northampton, UK: University of Northampton, Institute for Learning & Teaching.
Lomer, S. & Palmer, E. (2016) Lessons Learnt: Blended Approaches to Academic Writing. SEDA Educational Developments. 17 (4), pp. 13 -17.
Awards/Prizes
Selected by CVAN East Midlands for nomination to the Government Art Collection (2022/2023)
Longlisted, published, and exhibited as part of Aesthetica Art Prize, 2017.
Shortlisted and published as part of Prix De Print, Art in Print, 2015.
Shortlisted and exhibited as part of National Original Print, 2015.
Shortlisted for University of Northampton’s Student Union S.T.A.R Awards: Lecturer of the Year Award, 2019.
Shortlisted for University of Northampton Changemaker Team of the Year Award, 2018.
Shortlisted for University of Northampton Changemaker Staff of the Year Award, 2015.
Shortlisted for University of Northampton Changemaker Support Staff of the Year Award, 2014.