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Ed Ruscha Books & Co (2019)
Exhibition / Performance

“Books & Co.” presents Ruscha’s legendary artist books together with those of more than 70 contemporary artists from all over the world—from Russia to Japan to the Netherlands, including artists' book by Tom Sowden, who have responded directly and di... Read More about Ed Ruscha Books & Co.

RE: Follow-ed (after hokusai) (2015)
Exhibition / Performance

Co-curated by Tom Sowden and Michalis Pichler. An exhibition of artists' tribute books to Ed Ruscha.

BABE – The Fifth Bristol Artists Book Event (2015)
Exhibition / Performance

Curated event including 113 artists, publishers, dealers and presses from the Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Norway, Sicily, Spain, South Korea and the UK, attracted 7150 visitors and held at the Arnolfini, Bristol, 11-12 April 2015.

Click, swipe, download, share (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Tom Sowden was keynote speaker at the Beyond the Book conference, organised by Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Exeter University.

During this talk Sowden looked at how and why artists are using digital publishing tools to produce books. For the purposes... Read More about Click, swipe, download, share.

How to be a book artist (2014)
Journal Article

Tom Sowden is an artist and a lecturer on the MA Multi-disciplinary Printmaking course at the University of the West of England. Commissioned by Artquest to shed some light into the complexities of working with book art, this article is a vital compe... Read More about How to be a book artist.

BABE – The fourth Bristol Artists Book Event (2013)
Exhibition / Performance

Curated by Sarah Bodman and Tom Sowden with the Arnolfini Bristol this event showcased 105 artists, publishers, dealers and presses from the UK, The Netherlands, Belgium, USA, Canada, South Korea and Italy with 7530 visitors.

Re-reading the page (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Sarah Bodman and Tom Sowden are based at the Centre for Fine Print Research, UWE, Bristol, where they explore many aspects of artists’ publishing: from the conception and history of the artist’s book to creative processes and output, current developm... Read More about Re-reading the page.

'Fifty Two Shopping Trolleys', 'Salad Dressing', 'Homeless People' and 'Some of the Buildings on the Sunset Strip'. (2013)
Physical Artefact

As part of his ongoing research into the artists’ books produced by Ed Ruscha in the 1960s and 70s, and how these have influenced a huge raft of copycat books since, Sowden produced his homage to one of Ruscha’s most famous books, 'All of the Buildin... Read More about 'Fifty Two Shopping Trolleys', 'Salad Dressing', 'Homeless People' and 'Some of the Buildings on the Sunset Strip'..

Follow-ed (after Hokusai) (2013)
Book Chapter

I can't stop making books in the style of Ed Ruscha. It has become an obsession, and my failure in trying to replicate an Ed Ruscha book, while always trying to succeed, is entirely part of the appeal to me. I don't live in 1960s California and my... Read More about Follow-ed (after Hokusai).

Codex Event 8 (2012)
Exhibition / Performance

An Australian and British collaborative research project into pulp-printing, installation and artists’ books between Sarah Bodman, Paul Laidler, Tim Mosely, Monica Oppen and Tom Sowden.

Codex Event 8 tackled the ‘urban jungle’, its physical mass... Read More about Codex Event 8.