--- title: Tim Sullivan description: >- Conceptual artist exploring beauty, mortality, and culture through multiple media url: 'https://www.artsume.com/a/timsullivan' type: artist createdAt: '2026-07-07' updatedAt: '2026-08-26' disciplines: - Painting - Textiles - Video Art - Photography - Sculpture location: 'Toronto, ON, Canada' website: 'https://www.timsullivanart.com' --- # Tim Sullivan *Conceptual artist exploring beauty, mortality, and culture through multiple media | Painting, Textiles, Video Art, Photography, Sculpture | Based in Toronto, ON, Canada* ## Curriculum Vitae ### Solo Exhibitions - **2018** - *KunstCapades*, Penthouse Residency, Brussels, Belgium - **2018** - *Residency Exhibition*, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA, United States - **2017** - *No Moon at All*, Organhaus, Chongqing, China - **2016** - *Lawns of Dawns*, Vacancy Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, United States - **2014** - *KunstCapades in Residence*, Aggregate Space, Oakland, CA, United States - **2014** - *White Shadows*, Collectors Contemporary, Singapore - **2014** - *My Time with George*, AB Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States - **2014** - *Blackout*, Bleach & Blue Balls, Steven Wolf Fine Art, San Francisco, CA, United States - **2013** - *This is Art LIVE!*, Gameshow!, Steven Wolf Fine Art, San Francisco, CA, United States - **2010** - *His Master's Voice*, Scope Miami, Miami, FL, United States - **2010** - *His Master's Voice*, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, CA, United States - **2009** - *You Feel Me?*, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA, United States - **2009** - *The Tim Sullivan Show*, Collectors Contemporary, Singapore - **2008** - *Perfect Entrance*, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, CA, United States - **2007** - *Endless Summer*, Ardbia Gallery, Galway, Ireland - **2007** - *Tim Sullivan 2007*, Lisa Dent Gallery, San Francisco, CA, United States - **2006** - *A Taste of Honey*, E-Transit/ Atelier Foskal, Warsaw, Poland ### Group Exhibitions - **2017** - *KunstCapades! @San Francisco*, Art Book Fair, San Francisco, CA, United States - **2015** - *Weekenders*, Plymouth Art Weekender, Plymouth, United Kingdom - **2015** - *Play: Process, Activism, Subversion*, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, United States - **2015** - *League of F.A.M.E.*, SFAQ Project space, San Francisco, CA, United States - **2014** - *5 Year Anniversary Group Show*, Ever Gold [Projects], San Francisco, CA, United States - **2014** - *What is Art? LIVE! @ Keith Haring "The Political Line"*, de Young, San Francisco, CA, United States - **2014** - *GIANT*, Collectors Contemporary, Singapore - **2014** - *Divide and Conquer*, Root Division, San Francisco, CA, United States - **2014** - *International Wind chime triennial*, Rocksbox, Portland, OR, United States - **2013** - *What is ArtPAD? LIVE*, What is Art? LIVE! media sponsors of the SF Artpad art fair, San Francisco, CA, United States - **2012** - *Living in Studio Kuchar*, Walter and McBean Galleries, SFAI, San Francisco, CA, United States - **2011** - *It's a Wonderful life*, Collectors Contemporary, Singapore - **2011** - *Zombie Proof House*, di Rosa, Napa, CA, United States - **2011** - *SF Tropical*, Queens Nails Projects, San Francisco, CA, United States - **2010** - *Art Malaysia*, Collector's Contemporary Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - **2010** - *15 Minutes of Fame: Portraits from Ansel Adams to Andy Warhol*, Orange County Museum, Newport Beach, CA, United States - **2010** - *Summer Group*, Collectors Contemporary, Singapore - **2009** - *The Moving Image: Scan To Screen, Pixel To Projection*, Orange County Museum, Newport Beach, CA, United States - **2009** - *Children of the Revolution*, FederalProjects, Los Angeles, CA, United States - **2008** - *Next fair*, Art Chicago, Jack the Pelican Presents, Chicago, IL, United States - **2008** - *I feel I'm free, but I know I'm not*, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA, United States - **2007** - *Out of Body*, Deutsch Bank Collection, New York, NY, United States - **2007** - *Imaging and Imagining California Modern*, Orange County Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA, United States - **2006** - *California Biennial 2006*, Orange County Art Museum, Newport, CA, United States - **2006** - *Summer Group Show*, Lisa Dent Gallery, San Francisco, CA, United States - **2004** - *Zbezna Topographie SF*, NoD, Prague, Czechia - **2004** - *Circo Proyecto*, Havana Bienale, Havana, Cuba ### Awards, Grants & Fellowships - **2018** - Penthouse Art Residency, Penthouse, Brussels, Belgium - **2018** - Romer Young Summer Residency, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA, United States - **2017** - Organhaus Residency, Organhaus, Chongqing, China, 9/17-12/17 - **2017** - Original Disruptor Project Grant (KunstCapades), SFAI, San Francisco, CA, United States - **2010** - OCMA Art and Music residency fellowship, OCMA, Newport Beach, CA, United States - **2010** - Art Takes Miami Prize, Artist's Wanted, Miami, FL, United States - **2006** - Goldie Award, San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Francisco, CA, United States - **2003** - Murphy Fellowship, San Francisco Foundation, San Francisco, CA, United States - **1998** - Prevetti Scholarship for the arts, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, United States ### Publications - **2022** - *2022 Trips: Freakout with Friends*, 2022 Trips: Freakout with Friends - **2020** - *Two Thousand and Twenty Trips: Take the Brown Acid*, Two Thousand and Twenty Trips: Take the Brown Acid - **2017** - *Best of 2016*, artLTD - **2014** - *Time Out*, Time Out Singapore - **2013** - *League of F.A.M.E.*, SFMOMA Offsite, Blog and Steven Wolf - **2010** - *Whitehot Magazine*, Whitehot Magazine - **2009** - *Critic's Pick*, Artforum online - **2009** - *Camerawork*, Camerawork - **2008** - *Contemporary Annual*, Contemporary Annual - **2008** - *Arena*, Arena - **2008** - *Style Magazine*, Style Magazine - **2008** - *Time Out Singapore*, Time Out Singapore - **2008** - *Art LTD.*, Art LTD. - **2008** - *The Americas*, Deutche Bank collection survey - **2008** - *Artillery*, Artillery - **2006** - *Modern Painters*, Modern Painters - **2006** - *NY Arts*, NY Arts - **2006** - *California Biennial*, California Biennial - **2006** - *LA Times*, LA Times ## Links - **Website:** https://www.timsullivanart.com