Thomas Allen

United Kingdom

Credentials

  • Covered by the Press
  • Works on commission
« I am fascinated by how the personal and the universal relate to one another. The most deeply personal of experiences often turn out to have a profoundly universal significance; and conversely, the most general of expressions can resonate with the greatest intimacy. »

Thomas Allen (b. 1989) is a British artist whose distinctive and award-winning work explores internal landscapes. He uses techniques such as automatic drawing to tap into the unconscious, and blends abstract and representational imagery to give his artwork a dream-like quality. For Allen the creative process is a dance of agency in which the materials, the image, the imagination and even the viewer all have active roles. The work has a life of its own, which the artist does not completely control.

Thomas Allen
Jane
$3,440
Painter, Draftsman