Tom Hallifax | |
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Born | 1965 (age 58–59) |
Education | Eton College St Andrew's University |
Alma mater | University of Ulster |
Known for | Gurning self-portraits |
Website | tomswork |
Tom Hallifax (born 1965)[1] is an Anglo-Irish contemporary artist who came to prominence in 1993 when his gurning self-portraits were used to publicise the National Portrait Gallery's BP Portrait Award Exhibition.[1] Hallifax, who has lived and worked in Belfast, London, and in a remote cottage on an island off Donegal, currently resides in Dorset.