Tom Keukenmeester, born in Adelaide is a contemporary Australian artist working on Kaurna land.
Tom began his practice in 2015 and went on to study a Master of Art History at The University of Melbourne and The University of Adelaide along with Drawing and Painting at Adelaide Central School of Art.
Tom’s work draws inspiration from art history, museum collections and his own memories and imagination. The work embraces cross-cultural thinking to explore historic examples of figuration, contemporising and reimagining subjects while engaging with notions of archetype, ritual and the spiritual.
Tom's has exhibited extensively in Australia and has participated in several national and international residencies. His work has been shown in various art fairs, prizes, curated and commercial exhibitions including the 2024 SALA Contemporary Art Award, 2023 Sydney Contemporary, 2023 Australian Ceramic Association, 2022 Melbourne Art Fair, 2022 Waverly Art Prize, 2020 Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize, 2019 Kilgour Art Prize, 2021, 2019 & 2017 Royal South Australian Society of Arts Biennial Portrait Prize (Winning the 2017 RSASA award), 2017 Cliftons Art Prize, 2016 Fleurieu Art Prize, 2016 Loreto Star Portrait, 2015 Lethbridge Art Prize and the 2014 Cossack Art Prize.