Tim White-Sobieski
Lives and works in New York City
EDUCATION:
New York University, New York, NY
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
– Confession Buro Empty Contemporary Art, Amsterdam, Netherlands,
(video installation and photography; December-January)
– Transitions - Rudolf Budja / Artmosphere Galerien, Wien, Austria
(video installation and photography; December-January)
– Terminal - Museo de Bellas Artes de Santander, Spain (catalogue)
curated by Salvador Carretero (Sept.-Dec.)
– Terminal at Last (video installation and photography)
Pilar Parra Galería de Arte, PhotoEspaña 2003, Madrid (June-July)
Pilar Parra Galería de Arte, Sanxenxo, Spain (August)
– “Night at the Terminal” (video), Project Space, Riva Gallery, New York, NY (Febr.)
– Confession (4–channel video installation and photography),
Riva Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)
– Terminal (video), Project Space, Riva Gallery, New York, NY
– …and God Bless America (4–channel video installation and photography),
Alexandre de Folin Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)
– White (paintings), Westwood Gallery, New York, NY
– Presence (Runner – El Alamein) (3–channel video installation and photography),
Alexandre de Folin Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)
– Time (paintings), B Gallery, Atlanta, GA
– Evidence (paintings), Hugo de Pagano Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)
– Landscapes–Cityscapes (paintings & lithographs),
Westwood Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)
– Blue (paintings), Westwood Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS:
2003
– Scope Art Fair, Miami (photography, curated by Cristine Wang)
– “Art Basel–Miami” art fair (video), ArtCore Gallery, Toronto
– ArtCologne, video (Voges and partner Gallery)
– "Don't Call it Performance" – video - Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS), Madrid (October)
Curated by Paco Barragán (en colaboración con el Departamento de Audiovisuales del MNCARS)
– KUNSTWIEN, Vienna (video and photography, Rudolf Budja / Artmosphere Galerien)
– FIAC, Paris (video, ArtCore Gallery)
– “Frágiles” - Espacio Liquido Gallery, Gijon, Asturias, Spain. (October)
Curated by Nuria Fernández Franco y Fernando Martín Galán (video)
– “ART DIGITAL VIDEO” – Hong Kong, Videotage, in collaboration with Alliance Francaise de Hong Kong.
Curated by Laurence Dreyfus, France
– Mill Valley Film Festival - The California Film Institute, Mill Valley, CA (October)
– “Tracks of light” CGAC (Museum of Contemporary Art in Santiago de Compostela A Coruña, Spain)
(July-September). Curated by Miguel Fernandez-Cid (video install., with Jannis Kounellis, Sam Samore, Xavier Veilhan)
– “Conceptualisms” - Berlin Film Festival (August-September) - Curated by Dr. Christoph Metzger,
Akademie der Künste, Berlin
– Scope Art Fair, Los Angeles (video)
– “re:LAX”- DCKT Gallery (Charles Cowles Gallery), New York, curated by Megan Riley
– Prague Biennale (video, curated by Laurence Dreyfus, France selection)
– PhotoEspaña, Pilar Parra Gallery, Madrid (“Terminal”, photography/video, catalogue)
– “The Physics of Spirituality”, Westwood Gallery, New York, NY (sculpture, video)
– “For All” – Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen (Oslo), Norway (catalogue)
– “experimental :1” - ache700, Bergheim, Austria (video, curated by Helmut Grill; with jubal brown (canada) deco dawson (canada)
thomas nowotny (austria) pascal paquette (canada) wulf treu (USA) erwin wurm (austria)
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– MiArt art fair, Milan (video, Pilar Parra Gallery, Madrid)
– Rat Powered Films Festival, Santa Ana, CA (“Confession”)
– Scope Art Fair, New York (Video Program, curated by Irene Nikolai & Cristine Wang)
– ARCO, Madrid (video and photography), Pilar Parra Gallery, Madrid
– Arte Fiera Bologna, Italy (photography) Artcore Gallery, Toronto
– “Digital Video Art” – AFAA, Ministere des Afaires Etrangeres, Paris
(curated by Laurence Dreyfus), catalogue
2002
– “Art Basel–Miami” art fair (video), ArtCore Gallery, Toronto
– “The Nature Of The Beast” – Caren Golden Gallery, New York (video installation)
– “Artissima”, Torino, Italy (video and photography) Riva Gallery, New York
– “Water” – The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Illinois (photography, catalogue)
– White Box, New York, NY – First Annual Benefit Auction
– “Art Cologne”, video installation, ArtCore Gallery, Toronto
– Meserve Coale Gallery, Greenwich, Connecticut (video& photography)
– “Identities of Abstraction” Westwood Gallery, New York (“blue paintings” series)
– “Erotica” Riva Gallery, curated by David Gibson and Charles Riva (catalogue)
– Art Frankfurt – Project Space with Post Gallery, Los Angeles
– “Cellular” – Galerie Valerie Cueto, Paris, France (video, prints and paintings)
– “ArtChicago” – site–specific video installations for Riva Gallery
– “ARCO”, Madrid – video/animation "Moving Paintings" for
Leyendecker Gallery (Spain)
2001
– “FOTONOVIEMBRE 2001” – VI Bienal Internacional de Fotografia de Tenerife,
Centro de Fotographia, Isla De Tenerife (catalogue with the artist statement and essays by
Antonio Vela de la Torre, Alicia Murria, Daniel Girardin, Naomi Rosenblum, Carmelo Vega,
Deborah Paauwe and Claudio La Roque.)
– "Anxiety Disorder" (video installations), Voges and Deisen Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany.
(With Christoph Draeger, Kelly Lamb, Sven Pahlsson, Chloe Pienne, Gert Robijns,
Zachary Schuman and Chris Sollars). Curated by Irina Popiashvilli.
– "ARTissima", Torino, Italy (video installation)
"It's A Dangerous Place”, Riva Gallery, New York
– "Video Art", Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL (curated by Jenevieve Devih)
– "Mixed Pickle" – Leyendecker Gallery, Tenerife, Spain
(with Donald Baechler, Ellen Cantor and Peter Klaar)
– "ArtChicago" – video installation "Path" for Folin/Riva Gallery (New York)
– “ARCO”, Madrid – photograpphy, Leyendecker Gallery (Spain)
2000
– "2000 Anos Luz"– contemporary art from New York City, Museum of Contemporary Art
(La Recova & El Tanque), Tenerife, Spain (video and photography)
– "Breathe" video installation (with Marcia Lyons),
Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington, D.C.
1999
– White Box Gallery – New York City artists for the benefit of
The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art (curated by Elizabeth Rogers)
– "Structure and Tension"– paintings (with Francis Hines–sculpture)
Westwood Gallery, New York, NY
1998
– "Digital Photography", Alexandre de Folin Gallery, New York, NY
(curated by Sabine Walli, World Wide Art Consulting)
1997
– "Works on Paper", University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
– "American Contemporary Art '97" – Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
– "Red, White, Blue", Doshi Center for CA, Harrisburg, PA (July)
(curated by Milt Friedly, Elizabethtown College, PA)
– Rocky Aoki Foundation, New York, NY (June)
(New York City artists for the benefit of the American Cancer Society)
1996
– Neenas Gallery "Martini Beach", New York, NY (August)
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– Leo Castelli Graphics Gallery, lithographs, artists of the
Robert Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop (New York, NY)
1995
– Park Avenue Armory Show, New York, NY (November), CD–ROM Juried Art Exhibition,
ACI, curated by Ivan Karp, Allan Stone and Jeffrey Hoffeld
– "ArtReach '95" (curated by Patterson Sims – Seattle Museum of Art, Amada Cruz –
Chicago Museum of Art and Nora Halpern, Sotheby's, Beverly Hills)
National Congress of Art and Design, Salt Lake City, UT (October)
– San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA (September)
(Fine Arts Institute International Exhibition, curated by Henry Hopkins)
– York College Galleries, York, PA (paintings) Curated by Melissa Hough, chief curator,
SIGNA Museum, Philadelphia, PA (August)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
2003
Barragán, Paco - "Don't Call it Performance",
exhibition broshure (Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid)
California Film Institute – Mill Valley Film Festival catalog (vol 26, No. 1)
Fernando Martín Galán – ‘’Frágiles’’ – exhibition catalogue
Torrellas Rubio, César – Terminal, exhibition catalogue introduction,
Museo de Bellas Artes de Santander (Sept)
Balbona, Guilermo - "El proyecto "Terminal" de Tim White abre una nueva etapa en el Museo" –
El Dario Montañés, Santander, Sept 27 (ill.)
"La innovadora fotografía de Tim White abre una nueva etapa en el Museo de Bellas Artes" Alerta, el periodico de Cantabria, Santander, Sept 27, p53 (ill)
Pereira, Cecilia - "Pegadas de luz (Traces of light)" - CGAC, online publication, August
Gottstein, Björn - Übergewicht der Klangkuns - TAZ, die tageszeitung, Berlin, 13.9.2003
“Conceptualisms” - Katalog-Buch, Pfau-Verlag Saarbrücken, August 2003
Terminal – ABC, Madrid, Spain - Saturday, 6th September 2003, #606 (ill., cover)
"Traces of Light"- Stylusart, online – Aug. 2003 ("Terminal"-ill.)
"Pegadas de luz" no CGAC" - Galicia-Hoxe ("Terminal"-ill.)
"Tracks of light"- Cultura Terra Espana, July 2003
"CGAC- Light Tracks" – Liceus, July 2003
Kasprzak, Michelle -"The dream of aviation" glowlab multimedia arts lab news, (Sat., July 12, 2003, glowlab.blogs.com)
"PhotoEspaña 03 mantiene sus ofertas" – El Punto de las Artes, June 27-July 03. p.5
Hontoria, Javier – ”La luz después de la catástrofe” El Cultural, June 26-July 2 2003 (ill)
Garcia Yelo, Maria – ”Una muestra de altos vuelos- Tim White” –
Cultural, Madrid, p29 (ill.), (#595, 21 de Junio 2003)
Prague Biennale catalogue, 2003
PhotoEspaña catalogue, Madrid, 2003 (p 191, ill.)
Dreyfus, Laurence -“Kinematics :New Languages ; Digital Video Art”, exhibition catalogue (ill)
Osten, Tate – “Terminal reality” – catalog essay, New York-Madrid, May 2003
“For All” – Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, exhibition catalogue, Norway, May 2003
Bertojo, Miguel - “Sobresaliente para ARCO'03” – Elcorreogallego, February 2003
2002
Hunt, David – “Moving Paintigs” – catalog essay, New York 2002
Zivancevic, Nina – “Letter from Paris: “Cellular” at Galerie Valerie Cueto”
New York Arts Magazine, August 2002
Honigman, Ana Finel – “Erotica–Riva Gallery”,
Time Out, New York, August 1–8, 2002, Issue N0. 357
Streifeld, L.P. – “The Unifying Symbol: Erotica at Riva Gallery”–
NY Arts Magazine, August 5th, 2002
Johnson, Ken – “Erotica” The New York Times, Friday, Aug 2, 2002
Levin, Kim – Village Voice, May 21, (Vol. XLVII, No. 20), short listing
Breidenbach, Tom – "In Confession” catalogue essay, Riva Gallery, New York, 2002
Henry, Max – "The Genetic Life of Memory” catalogue essay, Riva Gallery, New York, 2002
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2001
Torre, Antonio Vela de la – Catalogue for VI Bienal Internacional de Fotografia de Tenerife,
Spain (November 2001, ill.)
2000
editorial – “La colectiva de artistas de Nueva York en Santa Cruz se clausura hoy”
(Editorial LEONCIO RODRIGUEZ, S.A) Cultura, eldia.es (22 de Noviembre, 2000)
Pinilla, Benito – "Tenerife “2000 Anos Luz" de tendencias vanguardistas neoyoquinas,
por partida doble" – EcoPress Comunicaciones, Spain, October 2000 (ill.)
editorial – "Punto de encuentro" – El Dia Martes, Cultura, October 10, 2000 (p. 71)
editorial – "La Recova y El Tanque muestran desde hoy el ultimo arte de Nueva York"
Diario de Avisos, Spain, October 17, 2000 (p.72)
editorial – "Tenerife acoge una muestra sobre las nuevas tendencias en artes plasticas" –
Cultura, Spain, October17, 2000 (p. 26)
editorial – "El Tanque muestra instalaciones "Made in New York"–
Agenda, Spain, October 21 2000 (p.71)
Bernbach, Saraha – "Island Hopping" catalogue essay
Tenerife 2000, MOCA/Leyendecker–Art Publications
editorial – “Arts Events: BREATHE – Marcia Lyons and Tim White at MOCA–DC”–
artscope.net, March 2000
Campello, Lenny – "Breath" at M.O.C.A.– Gallery Beat"
Georgetown Crier, March 2000
Malloy, Judy – “Arts Events: Breathe – Marcia Lyons and Tim White at MOCA–DC” –
ArtScope – Artswire, March/February 2000
Pickworth, Amy – M.O.C.A.–Gallery Roundup,
WashingtonPost, washingtonpost.com, March 2000
Dawson, Jessica – "Scan and Deliver" – "Breathe" at MoCA
Washington City Paper, vol.20, No 10 March 10–16, 2000, p.52 (ill)
editor's picks – New York Contemporary Art Report, February 2000,
(Vol. III, Issue 2), p. 102 (ill.)
Henry, Gerrit – "Ephemerae on “God Bless America…”
catalogue essay, Folin/Riva Gallery, New York, January 2000
Osten, Tate – "Tim White's "America" – exhibition statement,
Folin/Riva Gallery, New York, February 2000
1999
Amy, Michael – "Tim White at Alexandre de Folin Gallery",
Art in America, New York, December 1999, p.114 (ill)
Princenthal, Nancy – "White Works" catalogue essay,
Westwood Gallery, New York, June 1999
Henry, Max –– "Tim White at Alexandre de Folin Gallery",
ArtNet Magazine/Gotham Dispatch
4/22/99
editor's picks – New York Contemporary Art Report,
March 1999, (Vol. II, Issue 3), p. 101 (ill.)
Krall, Brandon L. – "Abandonment and Presence",
Cover, New York, spring 1999, p.44 (ill)
Bucerzan, Dana – "Basic Language", brochure essay,
Westwood Gallery, New York, March 1999
Morgan, Robert C. – "Tim White–Alexandre de Folin Gallery",
Review, New York, March 1, 1999 (pp. 15–16)
Nahas, Dominique – "Tim White's "Presence" – exhibition statement,
Alexandre de Folin Gallery, New York, February 1999
1998
Decter, Joshua – " The Aesthetics of Obliteration"
catalogue essay, Tate Osten Projects, New York, November 1998
Wilkinson, Jeanne C. – "Tim White. Hugo de Pagano Gallery",
Cover, New York, winter 1998 (vol. 12, No.1), p.53 (ill)
1997
Morgan, Robert C. – "Tim White, "Evidence",
NY Arts Magazine, No.16, December 1997 (ill)
Whitney, Alison J. – "Tim White, recent paintings"
NY Arts Magazine, No.15, November/December 1997 (ill)
Gordon, James – "Paintings from the "Evidence" Series",
exhibition statement, Hugo de Pagano Gallery, 1997
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Nahas, Dominique – "Tim White's "Evidence" Series”
catalogue essay, ArtForum Gallery, New York, October 1997
Castle, Frederick Ted – "Tim White at Westwood",
Cover, New York, fall 1997 (vol.11, No.4), p.46 (ill)
Almeida, Margarite – "Visionary Interpretations",
exhibition statement, Westwood Gallery, New York, July 1997
1996
Morgan, Robert C. –"Paradoxes of the Landscape and the City ", catalogue essay,
Westwood Gallery, New York, July 1996
Wright, Jeffrey – "Tim White at Westwood",
Cover, New York, summer 1996, pp. 50, 52 (ill.)
editorial –"Tim White: Blue Paintings" Our Town
(New York, NY), Vol.26, No.13 (February 22, 1996), p.14 (ill.)
Marion, Sara L. – "Tim White's Las Meninas", exhibition statement,
Westwood Gallery, New York, March 1996
Nadelman, Cynthia –"Tim White, The Blue Paintings" exhibition catalogue.
Westwood Gallery, New York 1995
SELECTED VIDEO PROJECTS:
1. Runner and Presence, 1997–98. Color LCD Video Projections
3–channel asynchronous video loop with animation, VHS tape, color; 3:55 minutes
sound composition by the artist, stereo, CD–ROM, 9:14 minutes.
Digitized and re–rendered in 2002, DVD, 5.1 sound
2. God Bless America, 1999. Four video wall monitors
4–channel synchronized video, S–VHS tapes, black–and–white and color, 6:45 minutes
5–channel sound with composition by the artist, stereo, CD–ROM, 6:45 minutes
Digitized and re–rendered in 2002, 4 DVDs, stereo sound.
3. Indiscipline, 2000. Plasma monitor.
1–channel digital video/ animation, DVD, color, 4:32 minutes
Music by King Crimson (soundtrack “Indiscipline” from the album “Discipline, 1981)
4. It’s A Dangerous Place, 2000. Plasma monitor.
1–channel digital video/animation, DVD, color, 6:25 minutes
Music by King Crimson (soundtrack “Thela Hun Ginjeet” from the album “Discipline, 1981)
5. First Love, 2001. Plasma monitors
2–channel synchronized digital video, DVD, black–and–white and color, 6:55 minutes
1–channel sound with composition by the artist, stereo, CD–ROM, 6:55 minutes
6. Moving Paintings, 1999–2003. Plasma monitors and DLP Video Projections
appr. 16 asynchronous video loops; digital animation, HDTV and DVD, color,
Total duration approx. 18 minutes
7. Terminal, 2002. Plasma monitor.
1–channel digital video/ animation loop, HDTV and DVD, color, stereo loop, 6:59 minutes
Music by Brian Eno & J. Peter Schwalm (soundtrack “Bloom”
from the album “Drawn From Life”, 2002)
8. Confession, 1999–2002. LCD Video Projections
4–channel synchronized digital video, DVDs, color, 4–channel stereo sound.
Total duration approx. 20 minutes/channel
9. Sweet Dreams, 2002. Projection or monitor.
1–channel digital video loop, DVD, color, approx. 4:30 minutes
10. Animal Farm, 2002. Plasma monitors.
4–channel asynchronous video loop, DVDs, color, stereo, 11 min.
11. Basic Means, 2002–03. Projection
digital film, color, surround sound, approx. time 30 min
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12. Moving Drawings, 2001–2003.
Ongoing Project, 4 asynchronous video loops
Plasma monitors and DLP Video Projections
computer coded animation, HDTV, color, variable length
13. Terminal 2 (Night at the Airport), 2003
1–channel digital video/ animation loop, HDTV and DVD, color, stereo loop, 7:40 minutes
Music by Brian Eno & J. Peter Schwalm (soundtrack “Persis”
from the album “Drawn From Life”, 2002)
14. Johnny Go Home! (Venice Holiday), 2003
One–channel video animation. HDTV, (Random Video), 14 min
Soundtrack by the artist.
15. Terminal 3 (Terminal Dream), 2003
1–channel digital video/ animation loop, HDTV and DVD, color, stereo loop, 8:10 minutes
Music by Brian Eno & J. Peter Schwalm (soundtrack “Night traffic”
from the album “Drawn From Life”, 2002)
15. On The Wing, 2003
1–channel digital video/ animation loop, HDTV, color, stereo, 12 minutes
soundtrack by Brian Eno
16. Before They Were Beatles, 2003. 4–channel synchronized video projection
HD – XGA format, color, surround sound, loop, approx. time 16 min
17. Mechanical Bird, 2003
1–channel digital video/ animation loop, HDTV, color, stereo, 10 minutes
soundtrack by Robert Fripp
18. Us and Them, 2003.
1–channel digital film, HD, color, stereo, 18 minutes
Selected Public collections:
Amste Art Gallery / Giancarlo Porta, Lissone (Italy)
Carmen de la Guerra Gallery, Madrid (Spain)
Center of Photography in Salamanca (Spain)
Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporaneo, Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
Citi Bank collection, New York, NY (USA)
Collezione Foundation LA GAIA, Busca (Italy)
Corporate Art Associates, New York, NY (USA)
Corporate Realty Partners, New York, NY (USA)
Denver Museum Of Contemporary Art (USA)
Galleria Spazia, Bologna (Italy)
Gallery (Museum) of Modern Art (GAM), Torino (Italy)
Leyendecker Gallery, Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain)
LipanjePuntin Artecontemporanea, Trieste (Italy)
Ministere des Afaires Etrangeres, Paris (France)
Museo de Bellas Artes de Santander, SANTANDER (Spain)
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS) (Spain)
New York Public Library, Print Collection, New York, NY (USA)
Pilar Parra Galería de Arte, Madrid (Spain)
Powell Tate Corporation, New York, NY (USA)
Renaissance Society, The University of Chicago, Illinois (USA)
Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain)
Recent nominations/awards:
2003 - MiArt, Milan Art Fair – 1st Prize for the artwork presented on the fair (project ‘’Terminal’’)
2003 - PhotoEspaña, Madrid – 2nd prize (photography fom the “Terminal” series)
Upcoming shows in 2004 season:
Center of Photography in Salamanca (April-May 2004, “Confession”)
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