Tom Carment was born in Sydney in 1954 and studied at Julian Ashton's Art School in 1973. Tom has been painting landscapes and portraits ever since. He is also a writer whose stories and essays have been published nationally.

During the 1980's he lived overseas for four years, in Africa (Zimbabwe and Zambia) and in France. Tom returned to Sydney in 1988 where he lives with his partner and their three children.

We can see in Tom's work a reportage on his life, the external lived environment through his landscapes and the internal environment and friendships through his portraits. His body of work explores these themes through his choice of medium and sensitive interpretation of light. His pictures are painted and drawn from life.

Tom Carment's work has been shown since 1974 in twenty solo and numerous group exhibitions, mainly in Sydney. His work is held in public and private art collections in Australia and overseas including the Art Gallery of N.S.W. and the State Library of N.S.W.

Tom is the winner (shared with Adam Cullen) of the 2005 Mosman Art Prize. In 2002 he was awarded the inaugural Alan Gamble Award for the best depiction of the built environment. He has been a finalist in the Archibald Prize eight times, the Wynne Prize five times and the Sulman Prize and Dobell Drawing Prize twice. Tom is a three times winner of the Waverley Art Prize.

His book ‘Days and Nights in Africa’ (written and illustrated by the artist) was published in 1985 (Peter Crayford Public Pictures), and his essays, stories and pictures have appeared in HQ magazine, Heat magazine, the Bulletin and Sydney Morning Herald Good Weekend.