Tom Bull (b. 1995, Northamptonshire) makes sculptures and video installations in an absurd attempt to capture the lived experience within these dark, strange and untrustworthy times. Working and living in London, through the landscape of folklore, urbanisation and rituals, Bull investigates the tension and slippage between fiction and representation, violence and sensitivity, truth and mythology. With a wide range of tools and materials borrowed from architecture, model making, craft, aspirational design, preservation, farming and forestry, Bull employs a sculptural practice that confronts and manipulates traditions, time periods, lore and genre. His most recent works interrogate “country life” by challenging issues around land, loss, community, wealth, nostalgia, access, labour and violence. These sculptures are nuanced and complex, not just imitating life but working within it, for they do not seek answers to life’s ambiguities instead they highlight them as well as their resultant anxieties, playing with them as a visual medium, giving them form and presence.
Works
Acid Peat
Acid Peat, 2023
Amateur Peg Rail Project (chrome yellow)
Amateur Peg Rail Project (chrome yellow), 2026
Amateur Peg Rail Project (red ochre)
Amateur Peg Rail Project (red ochre), 2026
Black & Neon (diptych)
Black & Neon (diptych), 2026
Black & White Stars
Black & White Stars, 2026
But A Dream That’s Getting Cold (1)
But A Dream That’s Getting Cold (1), 2023
But A Dream That’s Getting Cold (2)
But A Dream That’s Getting Cold (2), 2023
Feeder
Feeder, 2023
Feeder III
Feeder III, 2023
Form = Function
Form = Function, 2026
GHOST FOLK ECSTASY
GHOST FOLK ECSTASY, 2025
Glow in the Dark Star (city)
Glow in the Dark Star (city), 2026
Glow in the Dark Star (village)
Glow in the Dark Star (village), 2026
HARDCORE COTTAGECORE (balloons)
HARDCORE COTTAGECORE (balloons), 2026
Hardcore Cottagecore (Hammered Black)
Hardcore Cottagecore (Hammered Black), 2026
Hardcore Cottagecore (Shaker Edition)
Hardcore Cottagecore (Shaker Edition), 2025
HARDCORE COTTAGECORE (star)
HARDCORE COTTAGECORE (star), 2026
Hardcore Cottagecore #II
Hardcore Cottagecore #II, 2023
HARDCORE Metal Star
HARDCORE Metal Star, 2026
HARDCORE with Stars
HARDCORE with Stars, 2026
Historic American Buildings Survey (chrome green)
Historic American Buildings Survey (chrome green), 2026
Historic American Buildings Survey (red ochre)
Historic American Buildings Survey (red ochre), 2026
Historic American Buildings Survey (shadow)
Historic American Buildings Survey (shadow), 2026
I <3 Spirals (ritual)
I <3 Spirals (ritual), 2026
I <3 Spirals (staircase)
I <3 Spirals (staircase), 2026
Made more HARDCORE Stars
Made more HARDCORE Stars, 2026
Metal FEEDER (day)
Metal FEEDER (day), 2026
Metal FEEDER (night)
Metal FEEDER (night), 2026
Mosh Pit (Rock My Religion)
Mosh Pit (Rock My Religion), 2026
Oiled Star
Oiled Star, 2026
SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE
SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE, 2024
Shaker FEEDER
Shaker FEEDER, 2026
Shaker Fever
Shaker Fever, 2026
Shaker Museum
Shaker Museum, 2026
SOCIETY OF BELIEVERS
SOCIETY OF BELIEVERS, 2026
Stock Image (Shaker village with rainbow)
Stock Image (Shaker village with rainbow), 2026
Window x Fence
Window x Fence, 2026