Lot 21: Timothy Chapman, Mixed Media, Signed in Pencil 1/1

For inspiration, he turns to figures in art history, such as the surrealists, Hieronymus Bosch, and Giuseppe Arcimboldo, the 16th-century Italian painter who created bizarre portraits of people by incorporating images of animals and vegetables to depict their heads and faces. Chapman enjoys tweaking images and making up entirely new species in hopes that people will come away with a sense of having discovered something new. "What I want most is to impart to the viewer a sense of wonder and strangeness that nature photography and video, in spite of their inherent capacity for precision, cannot." After receiving his undergraduate degree in Biology from Occidental College near Los Angeles, Timothy Chapman went on to get a BFA from Arizona State University and then an MFA From Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, both in printmaking. He later began painting seriously for want of a press. Most recently he was honored to be chosen by the U.S. State Department to show paintings in the U.S. Embassy in Tunisia, and to have work become part of its permanent collection in Myanmar (Burma). Chapman lives and works in Arizona............................................................. There is a current listing of his work:

26” x 34.5”

Mixed Media

2000's

Excellent!

2009 Giacobbe-Fritz Fine Art. Santa Fe, NM (with Jared Gillett) Click for article 2007 “The Best of Modified,” Modified ArtSpace. Phoenix, AZ 2004 “The Peacable Kingdom,” Herberger Theater. Phoenix, AZ 2003 “The BBC Show,” Wilde Meyer Gallery. Scottsdale, AZ “Critters,” Grand Canyon University. Phoenix, AZ 2001 Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea. Florence, Italy “Arizona A to Z,” Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Phoenix, AZ “Collector’s Choice,” Arizona State University Art Museum. Tempe, AZ 2000 “4th Annual National All-Media Competition,” Ridge Art Association. Winter Haven, FL “In the Garden,” Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Phoenix, AZ 1999 Three artist exhibition, Modified ArtSpace. Phoenix, AZ. “8th Annual Scene/Unseen,” Eastern New Mexico University. Portales, NM. (3rd Place Award, William T. Wiley, juror) “Gateway Regional Juried Art Show,” Gateway Museum. Farmington, NM.(Honorable Mention) “’99 Cups,” Galeria Mesa. Mesa, AZ. (Juror’s Award) “La Phoeniquera XIX,” MARS Artspace. (Juror’s Merit Award) 1998 “Another Arizona,” Arizona State University Art Museum. Tempe, AZ 1997 “Arizona Biennial,” Tucson Museum of Art. Tucson, AZ 1995 Sixth Biennial Seven State Juried Exhibition. Dinnerware Artists’ Cooperative Gallery. Tucson, AZ “Animal, Vegetable, Mineral,” Phoenix Visual Arts Center. Phoenix, AZ Selected Solo Exhibitions 2009 JRB Art at the Elms. Oklahoma a City, OK 2009 Button-Petter Gallery. Douglas, MI 2009 Visions West Gallery. Denver, CO 2009 Giacobbe-Fritz Fine Art. Santa Fe, NM 2008 “Undiscovered Species,” Giacobbe-Fritz Fine Art. 2007 “Timothy Chapman: Recent Work,” Central Arizona College. Coolidge, AZ 2000 “Lusus Naturae: Paintings by Timothy Chapman,” Nicolaysen Art Museum. Casper, WY 1998 “Timothy Chapman: New Paintings,” Norman’s Arizona. Phoenix, AZ

Representation: Wilde Meyer Gallery. 4142 N. Marshall Way. Scottsdale, AZ, 85251 Visions West Gallery. 34 West Main Street. Bozeman, MT, 59715 Giacobbe-Fritz Gallery. 702 Canyon Road. Santa Fe, NM, 87501 Button Gallery.161 Blue Star Memorial Hwy. Douglas, MI, 49406 JRB Art Gallery. 2810 North Walker, Oklahoma City, OK,73103 Paderewski Fine Art. 158 Plaza. Beaver Creek, CO. 81620

Collections: Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Phoenix, AZ U.S. State Department, “Art in Embassies Program”, Tunisia (loan) and Myanmar (permanent collection) Awards 2001 4* Premio Lorenzo il Magnifico. Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea. Florence, Italy 2000 Arizona Commission on the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship in Two-dimensional Media 1999 First Place: “Black & White or One Color Illustration (Any Publication),” Arizona Press Club 1998 Arizona Artists’ Materials Fund Grant. Phoenix Art Museum Contemporary Forum Miscellaneous: 2006 Poetry Northwest Magazine, Fall 2006/Winter 2007. Cover illustration Arizona Cancer Center. Theme painting for annual fundraiser/public relations