Thomas Watkiss is an American visual artist and experimental musician. He uses various materials and tools in creating organic and abstract movements dealing with themes of war and post-industrial reality. He has written and produced seven portfolio albums since 2005 including the production STIGMATA AND THE HUNTER with Mathias Josefson, Per Åhlund, Jon Egan, Magnus Andersson, Amit Sen and Colin Greig. He has co-founded bands such as JÅW (with Åhlund and Josefson) a hard ambient trio based in Stockholm and THOEL:EME with Joel Grimes, an experimental rock duo that combines images and sounds of the Appalachian rust belt.

Thomas has developed his creative angles with a double B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh (2003) and an M.A. from Konstfack, Stockholm Sweden (2006). He is as avid visual arts enthusiast and has worked with contemporary art institutions and events such as The Mattress Factory (Pittsburgh), The Snow Show (Lapland '04, Torino '06), Art Basel (Miami) and Färgfabriken (Stockholm). He has also curated and co-curated several exhibitions with the CuratorLab program at Konstfack including the multi-media performance and installation exhibition, RESONANCE for various locations in Stockholm, 2005.

ANCESTOR, his current production, is a 3 part series of albums combining drifting ambient synthesis with drone-guitar riffing over photographic themes. A studio production that has been recorded in various locations in the United States and Scandinavia, ANCESTOR merges soundtrack music and the dark avant-garde. He is producing the limited edition albums under his micro-label, The Seventh Media. Most recently, he has completed a series of recordings from an Artist-in-Residence at USF, Bergen Norway.