Timothy App
Timothy App | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1947 (age 76–77) Akron, Ohio, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, educator, curator |
| Known for | Abstract painting |
| Notable work | Avatar (1998), Leviathan (2001), Crucifer (2007) |
| Movement | Abstract art, minimalist art |
Timothy App (born 1947)[1] is an American contemporary painter, curator, and educator.[2] He teaches at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA).
Early life and education
[edit]Timothy App was born in 1947, in Akron, Ohio.[1][3]
He attended Kent State University in Ohio, where he received a BFA degree in painting in 1970. He continued his study of painting at Tyler School of Art of Temple University and in 1974 received an MFA.[3]
Career
[edit]With many one-person and group exhibitions, he has shown his abstract paintings regionally, nationally, and abroad. In 1988, his work was the focus of a 20-year survey exhibition at Linda Durham Gallery in Santa Fe.[1][4] His work from the last forty-five year was the subject of a retrospective exhibition in 2013 at American University's Katzen Arts Center in Washington, D.C., and Goya Contemporary in Baltimore.
He is a recipient of a NEA fellowship in painting, as well as an individual artist's grant from the Maryland State Arts Council.
He has taught at Pomona College in California, the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, and since 1990 at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA).[2] Twice he has received the Trustee's Award for Excellence in Teaching at MICA, and has been nominated for the Richard C. Diebenkorn Teaching Fellowship. In addition to teaching and painting, he has written on the work of other artists, lectured on his own work, and curated exhibitions of abstract painting.
His artwork is in museum collections, including the Albuquerque Museum,[5] Buffalo AKG Art Museum,[6] and the Baltimore Museum of Art.[7]
Exhibitions
[edit]Solo exhibitions
[edit]- 1988, Timothy App: A Survey of Paintings, 1968–1988, Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.[1]
- 2013, The Aesthetics of Precision, American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center, Washington, D.C., U.S.[2]
- 2013, The Aesthetics of Precision, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.[2]
- 2021, States of Mind, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.[8]
- 2024, Timothy App: Equipoise, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.[9]
Group exhibitions
[edit]- 2009, The Grey Zone: Abstraction and/or Representation Paintings and Drawings by Timothy App and Howie Lee Weiss, Howard Community College, Columbia, Maryland, U.S.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Spaulding, Karen Lee (2005). The Natalie and Irving Forman Collection: An Exhibition. Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Albright-Knox Art Gallery. p. 151. ISBN 978-1-887457-04-0.
- ^ a b c d Civin, Marcus (May 22, 2013). "There's an App for that". CityPaper. Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on January 1, 2014.
- ^ a b The Phoenix Biennial: Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, May 13, 1983-June 19, 1983. Phoenix Art Museum. 1983. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-910407-03-8 – via Google Books.
- ^ Art Now/U.S.A., Issue 8–11. Vol. 3. Art Now, Incorporated. 1984. p. 17 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Timothy App". Albuquerque Museum. Retrieved 2024-11-17.
- ^ "Timothy App". Buffalo AKG Art Museum. Retrieved 2024-11-17.
- ^ "Timothy App". BMA. Retrieved 2024-11-17.
- ^ Houston, Kerr (March 19, 2021). "Utopian Philosophies and Systematic Rigor, Timothy App: States of Mind at Goya Contemporary". BMoreArt.
- ^ "BmoreArt's Picks: November 12-18". Baltimore Fishbowl. 2024-11-12. Retrieved 2024-11-17.
External links
[edit]- Profile, MICA faculty directory
- 1948 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American male artists
- 20th-century American painters
- 21st-century American male artists
- 21st-century American painters
- American male painters
- American modern painters
- Artists from Akron, Ohio
- Artists from New York (state)
- Maryland Institute College of Art faculty
- Minimalist artists
- Kent State University alumni
- Pomona College faculty
- Temple University Tyler School of Art alumni
- University of New Mexico faculty