Artist Kate Timmerman

Kate Timmerman - Artist Statement

The physical relationships created in my work allude to intellectual and natural references provoking an experience for the viewer. The handmade eccentric quality of the painted, stained, carved and layered wax surfaces combined with found objects and non-traditional materials allow me to engage in themes of alienation, mystery, betrayal, consequence, courage, mortality and non-violence. Turning inert materials to the service of meaning is for me, the essence of communication. The physicality of materials and the link between aesthetics and social, moral and political imperatives is of great interest to me.

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Education

1991-00 Seminars/Workshops in painting, drawing, sculpture and encaustic with artists: David Sklar, Willa Shalit, Joshua Fallick and Cynthia Winika

1977-80 Arizona State University College of Fine Arts, Phoenix, AZ-
Emphasis on American Art since 1945

1974-75 Art and art history studies in Florence, Italy

1974 BA in Visual Communications from Florida State University

1970-72 State University of New York at Stony Brook - Special projects with Lawrence Alloway, former curator of the Guggenheim Museum, New York

Exhibitions

Solo:

2005 IN SOLITUDE, eye lounge art space, Phoenix, AZ

2004 DRAWING CONCLUSIONS, eye lounge art space, Phoenix, AZ

1998 KATE TIMMERMAN/PAINTINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER, Scottsdale Community College Art Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

2005 ARTISTS AND THEIR CHILDREN, Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Curator: Sally Lindsay, SMOCA Scottsdale, AZ

2005 Paperheart Gallery, Phoenix, AZ

2005 UPGRADE artist made birdhouses, MADE art boutique, Phoenix, AZ

2005 DRAWING OUTSIDE THE LINES, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ

2005 MOTHER, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ

2005 FLOOD, Icehouse, Phoenix, AZ, Curator: Jennifer Urso

2005 UNDER THE INFLUENCE, eye lounge art space, Phoenix, AZ

2005 HOME, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL

2004 HARVEST, eye lounge art space, Phoenix, AZ - curators: by Greg Esser and Carrie Bloomston

2004 CELEBRATING THE ARTS IN DOWNTOWN PHOENIX, Herberger Theater Steele Gallery, Phoenix, AZ

2003 ARTLINK JURIED EXHIBITION, Phoenix, AZ
Jurors: Brady Roberts, Curator Phoenix Art Museum; Glen Lineberry, Bentley Gallery; Annie Lopez, Artist

2003 FISH STORIES, Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, AZ

2002 KAREN JILLY AND KATE TIMMERMAN, Herberger Theater Steele Gallery, Phoenix, AZ - Curated by John Armstrong and Joan Prior

2001 DINNERWARE 9TH BIENNIAL JURIED NATIONAL EXHIBITION, Tucson, AZ Juror: Fritz Scholder

1999 ART OF THE COMMUNITY, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ

1999 PAINTING ON CLAY, Arizona State University Museum of Art, Tempe, AZ

Professional Experience

2005 Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, guest artist, Visions Program

2005 Scottsdale Public Art Program, finalist with Joe Willie Smith, Temporary Art Project

2005 Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, guest artist, Slide Slam

2004 Tempe Fine Arts Commission, Tempe Library Placard Project

2004 Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture, finalist with Linda Ingraham, Artist’s Initiative Temporary Art Project, Choose to Speak project

2004 Civic Center Plaza Billboard Project, collaboration with Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona, mural painting, Phoenix, AZ

2004 Guest artist, Meaning is Fluid Project, collaboration with ASU Dance and Arcadia High School Dance Department, Phoenix, AZ

2004 Arizona State University West, public art project, Migrants, Borders and Justice: The Mending Wall, large-scale multi media wall project, Glendale, AZ

2004 Performer/Sponsor: Word on the Street, soapbox design for presenting politically inspired material with public interaction, Phoenix, AZ

2004 Juror, Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture, 35th Avenue Streetscape Project

2003 Juried member, eye lounge collective art space, Phoenix, AZ

2003 Selected Project Artist, national juried call, Phoenix Family Museum

2003 Co-Organizer of the Picture Peace Exhibition, installation at Herberger Theater Steele Gallery, Phoenix, AZ

2003 Curator- Herberger Theater Steele Pavilion Gallery exhibition program

1998-03 Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture Juror, Arizona Falls Project

1988-93 Vice-President and founding board member of The Schoolhouse Foundation (Thomas Pappas School for Homeless Youth), Phoenix, AZ

1988-93 Artist-in-Residence, The Schoolhouse Foundation (school for homeless youth).

1984-85 Acting Curator of Contemporary Art, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ

1982-85 Curator of Education, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ

1979-1982 Registrar, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ

1976-1979 Curator of Education, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ

2005 Artists Award- Artlink Statewide Juried Exhibition, ASU Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ jurors: John Spiak and Heather Lineberry

2005 Artist Career Development Grant- Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture

1999 Juror’s Award, Arizona Women’s Caucus for Art, Scottsdale, AZ, Juror: Lenee Eller, Curator, Sky Harbor Airport Program

1998 Best of Show/Painting Award- Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ - Jurors: Heather Lineberry and Ted Decker, ASU Museum of Art



	Kate Timmerman - Artist Statement The physical relationships created in my work allude to intellectual and natural references provoking an experience for the viewer. The handmade eccentric quality of the painted, stained, carved and layered wax surfaces combined with found objects and non-traditional materials allow me to engage in themes of alienation, mystery, betrayal, consequence, courage, mortality and non-violence. Turning inert materials to the service of meaning is for me, the essence of communication. The physicality of materials and the link between aesthetics and social, moral and political imperatives is of great interest to me. Resume Education 1991-00 Seminars/Workshops in painting, drawing, sculpture and encaustic with artists: David Sklar, Willa Shalit, Joshua Fallick and Cynthia Winika 1977-80 Arizona State University College of Fine Arts, Phoenix, AZ- Emphasis on American Art since 1945 1974-75 Art and art history studies in Florence, Italy 1974 BA in Visual Communications from Florida State University 1970-72 State University of New York at Stony Brook - Special projects with Lawrence Alloway, former curator of the Guggenheim Museum, New York Exhibitions Solo: 2005 IN SOLITUDE, eye lounge art space, Phoenix, AZ 2004 DRAWING CONCLUSIONS, eye lounge art space, Phoenix, AZ 1998 KATE TIMMERMAN/PAINTINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER, Scottsdale Community College Art Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ Group: 2005 ARTISTS AND THEIR CHILDREN, Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Curator: Sally Lindsay, SMOCA Scottsdale, AZ 2005 Paperheart Gallery, Phoenix, AZ 2005 UPGRADE artist made birdhouses, MADE art boutique, Phoenix, AZ 2005 DRAWING OUTSIDE THE LINES, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ 2005 MOTHER, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ 2005 FLOOD, Icehouse, Phoenix, AZ, Curator: Jennifer Urso 2005 UNDER THE INFLUENCE, eye lounge art space, Phoenix, AZ 2005 HOME, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 HARVEST, eye lounge art space, Phoenix, AZ - curators: by Greg Esser and Carrie Bloomston 2004 CELEBRATING THE ARTS IN DOWNTOWN PHOENIX, Herberger Theater Steele Gallery, Phoenix, AZ 2003 ARTLINK JURIED EXHIBITION, Phoenix, AZ Jurors: Brady Roberts, Curator Phoenix Art Museum; Glen Lineberry, Bentley Gallery; Annie Lopez, Artist 2003 FISH STORIES, Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, AZ 2002 KAREN JILLY AND KATE TIMMERMAN, Herberger Theater Steele Gallery, Phoenix, AZ - Curated by John Armstrong and Joan Prior 2001 DINNERWARE 9TH BIENNIAL JURIED NATIONAL EXHIBITION, Tucson, AZ Juror: Fritz Scholder 1999 ART OF THE COMMUNITY, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ 1999 PAINTING ON CLAY, Arizona State University Museum of Art, Tempe, AZ Professional Experience 2005 Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, guest artist, Visions Program 2005 Scottsdale Public Art Program, finalist with Joe Willie Smith, Temporary Art Project 2005 Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, guest artist, Slide Slam 2004 Tempe Fine Arts Commission, Tempe Library Placard Project 2004 Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture, finalist with Linda Ingraham, Artist’s Initiative Temporary Art Project, Choose to Speak project 2004 Civic Center Plaza Billboard Project, collaboration with Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona, mural painting, Phoenix, AZ 2004 Guest artist, Meaning is Fluid Project, collaboration with ASU Dance and Arcadia High School Dance Department, Phoenix, AZ 2004 Arizona State University West, public art project, Migrants, Borders and Justice: The Mending Wall, large-scale multi media wall project, Glendale, AZ 2004 Performer/Sponsor: Word on the Street, soapbox design for presenting politically inspired material with public interaction, Phoenix, AZ 2004 Juror, Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture, 35th Avenue Streetscape Project 2003 Juried member, eye lounge collective art space, Phoenix, AZ 2003 Selected Project Artist, national juried call, Phoenix Family Museum 2003 Co-Organizer of the Picture Peace Exhibition, installation at Herberger Theater Steele Gallery, Phoenix, AZ 2003 Curator- Herberger Theater Steele Pavilion Gallery exhibition program 1998-03 Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture Juror, Arizona Falls Project 1988-93 Vice-President and founding board member of The Schoolhouse Foundation (Thomas Pappas School for Homeless Youth), Phoenix, AZ 1988-93 Artist-in-Residence, The Schoolhouse Foundation (school for homeless youth). 1984-85 Acting Curator of Contemporary Art, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ 1982-85 Curator of Education, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ 1979-1982 Registrar, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ 1976-1979 Curator of Education, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ Awards 2005 Artists Award- Artlink Statewide Juried Exhibition, ASU Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ jurors: John Spiak and Heather Lineberry 2005 Artist Career Development Grant- Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture 1999 Juror’s Award, Arizona Women’s Caucus for Art, Scottsdale, AZ, Juror: Lenee Eller, Curator, Sky Harbor Airport Program 1998 Best of Show/Painting Award- Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ - Jurors: Heather Lineberry and Ted Decker, ASU Museum of Art





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