Artist Statement:
My mind has never been a quiet place. Thousands of images flood it like an uncontrollable machine. Yet I grew up in a quieter world, before social media, when information came slowly and deliberately. Now I see glimpses of my own chaos reflected in the world around me: in the endless scrolling, the constant noise, the inability to stop or look away.
Like a child lost in a maze searching for who I am, I look for clues: my memory, instinct, and emotion, things that anchor me. My multi-paintings are my answer to the overwhelm, a space where I get to choose and sit with what I see. In making them, I am growing up, learning to live with the maze.
CV
From Hong Kong
Education:
2019-2021 New York Academy of Art MFA painting Major
2015-2019 School of Visual Art Illustration Major
2013-2015 Academy of Art Fashion Design Major
SOLO EXHIBITION:
2024 Intermingling Solo Exhibition - VillageOneArt, New York, NY
2023 Elements In Space Solo Exhibition - VillageOneArt, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2026 Unbridled: Horsin’ Around- LatitudeGallery,New York,NY
2025 Open Call Part One- CICA, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2025 Sake And A Dream- Zepster Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2024 Interval Two-Person Show- Oever Gallery, Oostende, Belgium
2024 Volta Art Fair - VillageOneArt, New York, NY
2023 A Happy Beginning- Latitude Gallery , New York, NY
2023 Prelude To The Backflow- Bonian Space,China, Beijing
2023 ArtShenZhen Art Fair - Bonian Space, China, ShenZhen
2023 Artsy Online Art Fair - Artsy
2023 Volta Art Fair - VillageOneArt, New York, NY
2022 Contours And Crevices - VillageOneArt, New York, NY
2022 Contemporary Color-Online Group Exhibition- SiteBrooklyn
2021 Tribeca Ball- New York Academy of Art Group Exhibition, New York, NY
2021 Return to Form Group Exhibition- SixSummitGallery, New York, NY
2021 All Of The Lights-Online Group Exhibition-Treat Gallery
2021 One In a Year-Online Group exhibition-The Painting Center
2020 Parallels, New York Academy of Art Group Exhibition, New York, NY
2020 Here, There & Elsewhere: Exploring the Idea of Place, Visionary Art Collective- Virtual Exhibition
PUBLISHED:
2023 Friends Of Artist Volume 16
2019 Visual Opinion Magazine
2019 Friends Of Artist Volume 11
AWARDS:
2020 Recipient of 2021 La Ceiba Grafica Residency, Veracruz, Mexico
2020 New York Academy of Art Trustee Scholarship
2020 New York Academy of Art Scholar Award
2019 New York Academy of Art Scholar Award
2019 CQ Journal 58 Runner up
INTERVIEWS:
Space Where Light Travels, New York-Based Painter Timon I- https://litang.zone/2021/01/25/space-where-light-travels-new-york-based-painter-timon-i/ Getting
Art Show | Elements in Space, A Solo Show by Brooklyn-based Artist Timon I-
Schooled in the Art Capital-
https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/installation/getting-schooled-in-the-art-capital/
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