About Tom Sepe
Tom Sepe is a multimedia artist, performer, organizer… and more … Born in New Jersey in 1971, Tom Sepe migrated with his immediate family (Swedish mother Lisbet, Italian father Thomas Alfred and three siblings) to the Left Coast of the U.S. 1976.
Tom has been involved in the performing arts from the early age of 5 where he acted and assisted in community theater productions in his hometown of Moraga, CA. He graduated from the prestigious College of Creative Studies, UCSB in 1995 with a BA in Creative Studies, focusing on multi-disciplinary art and performance. As an activist he participated in protests and actions against the first Persian Gulf war, as well as numerous environmental causes. Professionally over the last ten years, he has worked as a high-end catering chef, a graphic designer for film and television, and a freelance web-designer.
Recently, in addition to building large-scale metal sculptures and Art-Vehicles for the Burning Man Art Festival, he designed and built the Whirlygig Emoto – the world’s first steam electric hybrid time machine!
When not tinkering in a dirty warehouse, he has been producing video shorts for The Crucible, an industrial-arts school in West Oakland, CA. Video projects include 2 min promos, full length 3-camera theater productions and a short documentary on the Crucible’s “Diemoto†a bio-diesel powered custom motorcycle that set the world land speed record in 2007.Currently he is producing a documentary on Tibet, Non-Violence and Activism.
After spending the last year traveling (to Canada, India and an organic goat farm outside of Ashland), Tom has returned to the Bay Area to continue to collaborate with amazing artists and activists. When not living somewhere else, Tom calls North Oakland home.
Professional Skills:
Graphic Design, Web Design, Digital Video and Editing, Professional Chef, Modern and Post-Modern Dance, Stilt-builder, stilt-walker and teacher, Fire Breathing, Internal Combustion Engine Repair, Vegetable-Oil Biofuel System Installer, Community and Events organizer, Poet and writer of fictional truths, Storyteller, Letterpress and Screen printing, Bookmaking and Paper-making, Bicycle Repair and Safety Teacher, Mechanic, Welder and Meta Fabricator, Woodworking and custom construction, DJ, Professional Whirlwinder of Clothing, Theater and Clown Make-up…
