Hello! My name’s Tom Langdale Addis, but my street art and music name is Cyclopz. I’m a mixed media artist and designer living and working in Stoke-on-Trent.
I’ve been running a design studio since 2000. We create websites, branding packages and graphic design items for third sector charties and non-profit companies.
I also work as a professional large-scale mural and portrait painter, working alongside the We Are Culla street art team. I’ve painted many murals around Staffordshire including a 10m wide Arnold Schwarzenegger portrait at Basebody fitness in Park Hall, a large painting of legendary golfer Ben Hogan at Goin’ Golf in Longton and several brushwork pieces as part of the stunning War Memorial mural in Longton town centre.
I’ve always loved making 3D models and puppets. In 2022 my friend and fellow artist Chris Carr and I opened a stop-frame animation studio called ‘Moon Brothers’. Our short films (starring strange alien creatures and farmers made from felt) have been viewed over 250,000 times since we started!
I currently work with the Friends for Leisure children’s charity in Congleton running 3D workshops. I work with the children to created puppets and models out of junk materials; we use these puppets to make short films. It’s a lot of fun, and the children seem to love the fast pace of hot-glue junk puppet workshops.
In 2015 I joined a local art class and started painting large portraits using oils and acrylics. I recently showed some of my larger works in an exhibition titled ‘Stranger Faces’ at the 51-53 Gallery in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. I’m a little shy about showing my pieces in public but it was really enjoyable experience and everyone was so kind and supportive. This year I’ll be exhibiting new pieces in shows across the UK.
If have any questions or want to know more about my practice, just send me a message. I love to paint commissions, big or small.
