tom harrup

Tom Harrup is based at Glasgow Sculpture Studios at The Whiskey Bond, Glasgow. He maintains an individual sculptural practice, and collaborates with Deniz Üster on interdisciplinary projects. He also fabricates sculpture for other artists, installs exhibitions in the UK and abroad, and assists in a technical role. He graduated with an MFA from the Glasgow School of Art in 2010.

Tom is fascinated by the topographical accumulation in urban centres he has known and explored, such as Glasgow, Istanbul, Cardiff and Brighton. Experiencing the carved underground cities of Cappadocia, Turkey, have given importance to an awareness of place and duration, and of discovering the unseen.

A sculptural narrative begins to play when a subterranean passage is recreated in the flicker of photographs, wooden balls pass through a plasterboard column, tables and doors are inverted and revealed, light is breathed across factory walls, and waste products, such as horse dung, are remolded into bodily valves and organs. In Tom's world, obsolete technology is recalled and imaginary technology is created.

In and Around a Head is a blog emanating from two recent works - Curio Urbex and Internal Tourist. Since its inception it has developed to encompass the pertinent metaphysical occurrences in Tom's life, and their impact on his future sculpture production.