Tori Tipton is a Yorkshire based contemporary artist whose work is grounded in process, material and memory.
Using reclaimed and foraged elements, she creates abstract pieces that reflect on time, transformation and the natural weathering of surfaces. Her practice is guided by an intuitive response to found materials, embracing the quiet beauty found in erosion and imperfection.

About

Tori Tipton creates unique works that explore how we encounter the past in the present. In a world fixated on the new and the flawless, she turns instead to surfaces that are aged, weathered and worn.

Before turning to painting full time, Tori sourced vintage industrial relics for commercial design projects. This previous career shaped her eye for aged textures, patina and objects that bear the marks of time - themes that continue to inform her artistic practice.

Rooted in a deep connection to place, her practice begins with walking, an immersive, meditative act that informs both process and subject. As she moves through the landscape, she collects materials and notices subtle traces, fragments and remnants that speak to what endures and what fades.

These materials are not chosen solely for their aesthetic qualities but for their ability to carry memory, grounding each work in a specific geography and history. Through the slow, physical act of layering and eroding, she mimics natural processes such as weathering and decay. The result is a body of work that bears witness to time’s slow and inevitable passage.

Tori has exhibited in numerous galleries nationwide and her paintings are now part of private collections internationally.

Current Work

Featured for the first time at Manchester Art Fair are works from Tori's latest series Continumm. The steel sheets at the heart of this series carry a deep material history. Once iron ore, they were mined, smelted, and forged into steel before serving for decades in an agricultural building, where weather and time left their mark. Now reclaimed, these surfaces, rich with patina and memory are transformed from function to art, echoing the themes of Continuum: endurance, impermanence, and the layered nature of time.