Tony Blackmore lives and works in London. He attained a first class BA (Hons) in Fine Art Sculpture from Kingston University in 1993, a Postgraduate Diploma from the Cyprus College of Art in 2004 and an MA in Fine Art from the Wimbledon College of Art in 2013.
Tony specialises in creating hand-folded reliefs using a single sheet of drafting film; a polyester-based film traditionally used by architects. Patterns, derived from simple numerical sequencing and created using only pencil and paper, form the composition of each relief before the drafting film is laid on top. Each line is then individually scored by hand before being hand-folded to create a relief form. As Tony says,
“I enjoy the discipline that’s required in the making of each folded surface. I find the creative process akin to a form of meditation and can be totally absorbed for hours at a time. There is always an element of surprise that I find hugely rewarding when a final form emerges.“
Due to the matte transluscent quality of the film, subtle illusions of shapes and patterns appear to gradually change in tone as the angle of view or illumination changes. This creates additional depth and movement in the artwork.
Tony also creates smaller artworks in colour by adding underlying layers of photographic lighting gels and light deflection materials so the artwork’s surface colours appear to change in tone.
Since 2018, Tony has been represented by Cube Gallery, London. In the same year, he took part in the 250th anniversary of the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and became a Member of the Royal Society of Sculptors (MRSS). The following year, he completed a commission for the penthouse suites at the five-star St.Regis Hotel in central Venice.
In addition to his practice and participating in the below exhibitions he also acted as Project and Artist Support for the 2024 E17 Art Trail, an artist-led community powered arts festival in Walthamstow, East London, and more recently, co-produced and participated in Yes! Art; a celebration of East London emerging and established artists. He has also worked intermittently for Cube London and is in the process of establishing a micro-mentoring business as part of Artillery Arts CIC (watch this space!).
Created for the 2021 E17 Art Trail, you can watch an introduction to his practice here.
Contact and sales
Tony is available to undertake commissions. If this is of interest to you, please contact [email protected] for an initial conversation as to the style and size you think you might like. You may have more ideas by following his activities and artwork on Instagram at @tonyblackmoreart. More information is available on the Commissions page of this website.
His signature large format artworks are currently for sale at Cube Gallery, London.
Selected exhibitions
2025 / Yes! Art Three Rooms Gallery and Big Penny Social, London
2025 / Postcards for Seyðisfjörður’, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland.
2025 / ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2024 / Striations, CLOSE Ltd, Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset
2024 / Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
2024 / Yes! Art, William Morris Gallery, London
2024 / Material Transformations, Cube Gallery, London
2022 / Grosvenor House Suites, Mayfair
2021 / At a Tangent / Cut Gallery, Halesworth, Suffolk
2020 / Cut, Fold, Burn / Cube Gallery / London
2019 / Iterations / Arthouse 1 / London
2019 / Possible Architectures / Stephen Lawrence Gallery / London
2019 / Royal Society of Sculptors (RSS) Summer Exhibition / RSS HQ / London
2018 / ING Discerning Eye / Mall Galleries / London
2018 / Wild / Quaker House Gardens / London
2018 / Royal Academy Summer Exhibition / Royal Academy / London
2018 / The Momentum / Angus Hughes Gallery / London
2018 / Brighton Open Houses / Studio 93a / Brighton
2018 / Saturation Point Summer Salon / ACME Studios
2017 / A Many-Sided Thing – A Residency of Collaborations, / Wimbledon Gallery / London
2017 / Folded Geometries / Walthamstow Village Window Gallery / London
2017 / Sacred Geometry / St.Peter’s-in-the-Forest Church / Epping Forest, London
2016 / On our Way to Where, with ‘Drawing Connections / hARTslane Project Space / London
2016 / GX Revolving Gallery / GX Gallery / London
2015 / Making Waves / Walthamstow Village Window Gallery / London
2015 / Static Motion / Orso Major Gallery / London
2013 – Down the Dori / Tokyo Wondersite / Tokyo
2012 – Wunderkammer / The Nunnery / London
2012 – TRUST/ Morden Hall Park / London