T J Bacon

Dr Tōmei June Bacon (she/they) publishes under the name T J Bacon and creates artwork using the name tjb. She is a is a trans-femme pansexual person with hidden disabilities. Her practice as an artist-philosopher foregrounds transgender studies and phenomenology, alongside queer theory, crip theory, disaster studies, and futures to consider visual art, performance art, activism and curation.

She has exhibited internationally for over 20 years with a practice rooted in the elemental and esoteric. She is also the founder and artistic director of Tempting Failure which produces and supports international visual art, performance art and sonic art.

She is currently Resident Researcher at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London and a PhD Advisor with the Trans Art Institute. She is the lead on the Queer Acts of Hope line of enquiry at the Guildhall De-Centre for Socially Engaged Practice & Research. A timely and urgent response to transgender lived experiences, arguing that trans lives occupy a position of queer phenomenological value for inclusive practices to be advocated for and through.