Draft:Tom Corby (artist)

Tom Corby (born 24th March, 1966) is an artist who lives and works in London the United Kingdom.

Life and early career
Corby was born in 1966, and was educated at Chelsea College of the Arts where he completed his Masters degree in Fine Art (1990), returning to do a Doctor of Philosophy in 1995-2000. His PhD was an early example of practice-based artists doctorates and was concerned with the use of the Internet as an artists medium linking him to artists movements such as net.art which were prevalent in the mid to late 1990s.

Career
Corby's career can be split into two periods: his early work exploring the Internet and digital technologies as an artistic medium which lasted to approximately 2009 and his later works engaging with issues around climate change up until the present day. During both periods he has worked collaboratively with Gavin Baily under the collective name Corby & Baily and then as part of the artistic collective The Atmospheric Research Collective (ARC) which also includes Jonathan Mackenzie which focuses on issues around climate change. For an overview of recent works see "An interview with artist and writer Tom Corby".

His artworks have been exhibited worldwide including at: the The Onassis Stegi, Athens, Tate Online, LABoral Centro de Arte, Gijón, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Victoria and Albert Museum; Arts Catalyst,  London; Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography; Transmediale; ZKM, ISEA; Ars Electronica; the Madrid Art Fair, and the Intercommunication Centre Tokyo (ICC) amongst many others.

Awards and recognition
Recent recognition of Corby's artwork includes a nomination for the 'Falling Walls' award by the Falling Walls Foundation in Berlin, for recognition of  art that raises awareness of climate change; a nomination for STARTS PRIZE 2022 for the work Political Atmospherics at the Ars Electronic Centre, Austria, and a prize for the work 'Carbon Chronicles' (2021) at Cinema Verde, Florida, In 2018 Corby was awarded the Professors Medal for art at the University of the Arts London by Grayson Perry,

Reviews and monographs
Corby's work has been featured in a number of books on contermporary art, and has been reviewed by Art Review 2009, 2000, La Republica 2010, The Guardian 2011, Neural (magazine) IT 2009, Art Monthly 2007, Artist Newsletter 2006, De bug magazine 2002.