contact: timportlock@yahoo.com
Tim Portlock was born in Chicago which inspired his lifelong interest in the dialogue between place and the formation of identity. Educated primarily as a traditional visual artist Portlock has worked in the past as a community-based muralist as well as a studio painter. His current body of work is created using 3D gaming technology to simulate real world and imagined spaces based on the abandoned and foreclosed buildings in biking distance of his home in Philadelphia.
Gallery Exhibitions
2021
“Nickels from Heaven”, Solo Exhibition, Locks Gallery, Phialdelphia PA.
“New Grit: Art & Philly Now”, Group Exhibtion, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Phialdelhia, PA.
“Through the Lens: Modern Photography in the Delaware Valley” at the James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA. Curated by Laura Truner Igoe.
2020
“Great Rivers Biennale”, solo exhibition, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis MO, 2020 – 2021.
“State of the Art 2020”, Group Exhibition, Crystal Bridges Museum, Bentonville, AR
2019
“Ash is Cold”, solo exhibition, Monaco Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“Fallow Fate”,two-person exhibition, Locks Gallery, (with David Hartt), Philadelphia, PA
“Museum of Capitalism”, group exhibition, New School, New York NY
“Open World: Video Games and Contemporary Art”, traveling group exhibition, Akron Museum of Art, Akron, OH, in 2020 at Currier Art Museum, Manchester NH (Curated by Theresa Bembnister)
“And What About Photography?”, group exhibition, David Nolan, curated by Walter Guadagnini, New York, New York City, NY
“Art + Landscape STL”,group exhibition, Granite City Art and Design District (curated by Gavin Kroeber)
“Dream Wavers”, group exhibition, STRD at Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Sage Dawson)
2018
Seven Story Projection Mapping project, T-Rex Building, St. Louis, MO
“Dwell in Other Futures”, group exhibition, .Zack, St. Louis, MO
“Museum of Capitalism”, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Tufts University, Boston, MA (curated by Fictilis)
“Through Artists’ Eyes”, Stedman Art Gallery, Rutgers University–Camden, Camden, NJ (curated by Cyril Reade)
2017
“Grand Prix”, Monaco Gallery, St. Louis, MO.
“Museum of Capitalism”, Oakland, CA.
“Jump Cut”, Fjord Gallery, Philadelphia PA.
“The Woodmere Annual 76th Juried Exhibition”, The Woodmere Museum, Philadelphia PA.
“Untitled 13”, Soo Visual Art Center, Group Exhibition, Minneapolis, MN.
“Street Views”, Contemporary Art Museum of St Louis, MO.
“Night Bloomers”, Compound Yellow, Group Exhibition, Chicago, IL June 2017.
“The Curious and Familiar”,Marshall University, School of Art and Design, Birke Art Gallery. Group Exhibition, Huntington, WV.
2016
“Tete-a-Tete”, Group Exhibition, Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA.
“Ash and Gold”, Solo Exhibition, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
“20/92 Video Festival”, Festival Screening, Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia, PA.
“The Alumni Exhibition”, Group Exhibition, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia PA.
“Waning Worlds”, Group Exhibition, Paradigm Gallery, Philadelphia PA.
2015
“CASH_4_GOLD” Solo Exhibition, Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, San Bernardino, CA.
“Philadelphia City Symphony”, Solo Exhibition, Fort Gondo, St Louis, MO.
“Command – Z”, Group Exhibition, Improvised Showboat #7, New York, NY.
“Panorama Festival 2015”, Group Exhibition, Main Line Art Center Haverford, PA.
“Digital Cityscapes”, Solo Exhibition, Georgetown University, Washington DC.
“Spring Break Art Festival”, Group exhibition curated by Ellie Clark and Leigh Silver, New York, NY.
“Digital Toolbox”, Group exhibition, curated by Andrea Kirsh, Stedman Art Gallery, Rutgers University – Camden, Camden NJ.
2014
“2014 Visiting Curator Exhibition”, two-person exhibition, Center for Emerging Visual Artists curated by
Cecilia Alemani, Philadelphia, PA.
“Roughneck Constructivist”, Group exhibition, curated by Kara Walker, Institute for Contemporary Art,
Philadelphia PA.
Race, Love, and Labor, Group exhibition, curated by Sarah Lewis, Drosky Museum, New Paltz, NY.
“Listening In: Philly Artists Speak “, Group exhibition, curated by Grizzly Grizzly, The Abington Art Center. Abington, PA.
“ArtNOW”, Group exhibition, Washington College, Chestertown, MD.
“Betsy Meyer Memorial Award Exhibition”, Solo Exhibition, Main Line Art Center.
2013
“11th_street_city_symphony.mp4” solo exhibition, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
“Texas Contemporary Art Fair”, Group Exhibition, as part of the West Collection, Houston TX.
“Global Conscious, Local Artists”, Group Exhibition, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
“Pulse New York”, Group Exhibition, as part of the West Collection. New York City, NY.
“Value Added: Artists’ Perspectives on the Meaning of Worth”, Group Exhibition, College of New Jersey,
Ewing Township, NJ.
“Photo/Synthesis”, Group Exhibition, Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, Lancaster, PA.
“Nowhere Differentiable”, Group Exhibition, State University of New York Stony Brook, Simon Center,
Stony Brook, NY.
“Altered Realities”, Group exhibition, Gallery 224, University of the Arts Philadelphia, PA.
2012
Philagrafika Invitational Portfolio exhibition, Philadelphia, PA.
Solo Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA.
“Multiplied”, exhibited by Philagrafika at Christie’s, London, UK.
Solo exhibition, Scribe Video, Philadelphia PA.
“West Collects 2012″, Group exhibition, Philadelphia City Hall Gallery, Philadelphia PA.
“The Sublime Light of Fortune”, Solo exhibition, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
“Adapt”, Broadstone Studios as part of Photo Ireland, Group exhibition, Dublin, Ireland
2011
“Recent Works”, Two-person exhibition, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia PA.
“Here”, Group exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
“Staged”, Group exhibition, Mount Airy Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA.
“Construct”, Group exhibition, The Icebox, Philadelphia, PA.
“Photo Finish”, Group exhibition, Islip Museum of Art, Islip, NY.
“Made in Woodstock”, Group exhibition, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY.
2010
“Context Ingeminate”, Group exhibition, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA.
“Ghost City”, Solo exhibition, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA.
“Ghost City”, Solo exhibition Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA.
“House Warning” Group exhibition, Hopkins Hall Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
“No Soul for Sale”, Group exhibition, The Tate Modern, as a member of the Philadelphia artist collective Vox Populi, London, UK.
Roy G Biv Gallery, Two-person exhibition, Columbus, OH.
“100 Covers”, Center of Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY.
“New Visions”, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO.
CFEVA Fellows Exhibition, Group exhibition, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA.
2009
“This is Not a Gateway”, Group exhibition of outdoor video projections, London, UK.
“eSights, eSounds”, Brandywine Workshop, Group exhibition of outdoor video projections as part of the Philadelphia Fringe Fest 2009. Philadelphia, PA.
“Ghost City”, Tennessee State University Art Gallery, Solo exhibition. Nashville, TN.
“LACDA Top 40”, Group exhibition, California Museum of Photography, Los Angeles, CA.
“Digital Graffiti 09”, Group exhibition of outdoor video projections, Aly Beach, FL.
“Top 40“, Group exhibition, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA.
“International Guerrilla Video Festival”, Group exhibition of outdoor video projections, Dublin, Ireland.
2008
“Exploding Language” Public Art Exhibition, Obsidian Arts, Minneapolis, MN.
“Interplay: The Evolution of the Artistic Process.”, Group exhibition, Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY.
“AIR”, Vizivarosi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
“404 Digital Art Festival 2008”, group exhibition, Trieste, Italy.
2007
“Through the Eye of International Artists”, group exhibition, Balatonfured, Hungary.
“404 Digital Art Festival 2006”, Group exhibition, Rosario, Argentina.
2005
“Afro futurism”, Group exhibition, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN.
2002
“Orai” ISEA 2002 (International Society of Electronic Art), juried exhibition, Nagoya, Japan.
“Version 02” Group exhibition. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL.
2001
“Super Spectacular” COSIGN (Computational Semiotics in Games and New Media Conference), Amsterdam, Netherlands.
“Alive on the Grid: Super Spectacular” Virtual reality art exhibition. Ars Electronica Museum. Linz, Austria.
Reviews, Articles, Interviews:
“Tim Portlock’s ‘Nickels From Heaven’ Isn’t Dystopian — It’s Reality”, radio interview with Sarah Fenske on St Louis on the Air, St Louis Public Radio. Jan 29, 2021. https://news.stlpublicradio.org/show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-01-29/tim-portlocks-nickels-from-heaven-isnt-dystopian-its-reality
“Transformational changes at Museum of Art will debut May 7 with two major exhibitions in new galleries” by Stephan Salisbury, The Philadelphia Inquirer. Feb 25, 2021. https://www.inquirer.com/arts/philadelphia-museum-of-art-reopening-construction-20210226.html
“Tim Portlock on software cities and the new American sublime” by Jessica Barran. Art Forum. Feb 12, 2021. https://www.artforum.com/interviews/tim-portlock-on-software-cities-and-the-new-american-sublime-84984
“Nickels from Heaven” by John Hill. World-architects.com.October 6, 2020. https://www.world-architects.com/en/architecture-news/found/nickels-from-heaven
“’Dancing’ plants, collage, fantastic landscapes among new works at Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis” by Jane Henderson. St. Louis Dispatch, September 11, 2020. https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/dancing-plants-collage-fantastic-landscapes-among-new-works-at-contemporary-art-museum-st-louis/article_dd935e58-d885-58cc-8e01-7c3daf27f9ec.html
“At the Currier, the under-traveled intersection of video games and art” by Murray Whyte. The Boston Globe, September 3, 2020. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/03/arts/currier-under-traveled-intersection-video-games-art/
“Moving together, in St. Louis: Dwell in Other Futures.” by Merve Bedir. Review of Dwell in Other Futures organized by Tim Portlock, Gavin Kroeber, Rebecca Wanzo The Temporary Art Review, 13 Jun. 2018. http://temporaryartreview.com/moving-together/
“‘Dwell in Other Futures’ uses art and activism to imagine a different St. Louis.” by Stefene Russell, Review of Dwell in Other Futures organized by Tim Portlock, Gavin Kroeber, Rebecca Wanzo, St. Louis Magazine, 26 Apr. 2018. https://www.stlmag.com/culture/dwell-in-other-futures-uses-art-and-activism-to-imagine-a-different-st-louis/
“Dwell in Other Futures Art Fest Will Explore ‘Artivism’ in St. Louis.” by Hayley Abshear. Review of Dwell in Other Futures organized by Tim Portlock, Gavin Kroeber, Rebecca Wanzo, River Front Time, 17 Apr. 2018. https://www.riverfronttimes.com/artsblog/2018/04/17/dwell-in-other-futures-art-fest-will-explore-artivism-in-st-louis
“Art as profit-and-loss statement.” by Cate McQuaid. The Boston Globe, 19 Sep. 2017. https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2018/09/19/art-profit-and-loss-statement/EGpju4zytExqDIK7RoymOI/story.html
“MOC—Museum of Capitalism: il museo sul Capitalismo (o sulla sua fine?)” by Martina Conte. Artspecialday, 8 Jul. 2017. http://www.artspecialday.com/9art/2017/07/08/moc-museum-of-capitalism/
“This New Museum Imagines a World Where Capitalism Is Dead” by Sarah Burke, June 12 2017, Artsy. https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-new-museum-imagines-capitalism-dead
“V Kalifornii otevírají ambivalentní Muzeum kapitalismu” by Matěj Schneider, June 15, 2017. Radio Wave.
“Death and Resurrection in the City: Tim Portlock at Locks Gallery” by Edward M. Epstein, Artcritical July 8th 2016. http://www.artcritical.com/2016/07/08/edward-epstein-on-tim-portlock/
“3D-Rendered Visions of Dystopia, Inspired by the Housing Market Crash” by Meredith Sellers, July 7, 2016.http://hyperallergic.com/309466/3d-rendered-visions-of-dystopia-inspired-by-the-housing-market-crash/
Critics’ Picks by Rachel Ellis Neyra, Art Forum online, June 2016. http://artforum.com/picks/id=61273
“Digital Poet of the Post-Industrial Age – Tim Portlock’s Ash and Gold at Locks Gallery” by Flora Ward, The Art Blog, June 24, 2016 http://www.theartblog.org/2016/06/digital-poet-of-the-post-industrial-age-tim-portlocks-ash-and-gold-at-locks-gallery/
“Tim Portlock at Locks Gallery”, by Edith Newhall for the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philly.com. June 17, 2016.http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20160619_Gallery_shows___Plane_Weave__at_PAFA__Tim_Portlock_at_Lock_s___Memory___Forgetting__at_RAIRS.html
“Not just ruin porn: How three Philly artists are exploring blight” by Cassie Owens in Billy Penn. June 10, 2016. http://billypenn.com/2016/06/10/not-just-ruin-porn-how-three-philly-artists-explore-blight/
“Tim Portlock: No Vacancies”, by Gulnar Tuli. Art Bound, website for KCET radio Los Angeles on-line. June 25, 2014. http://www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/counties/san-bernardino/tim-portlock-art.html
“5 To See This Weekend”, review of “Ruffneck Constructivist”, group exhibition in Aesthetica Magazine. March 7, 2014. http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/5-see-weekend-4/
Institute of Contemporary Art – Ruffneck Constructivists by Mary Anna Rodabaugh for Main Course online magazine. March 1, 2014. http://maincoursephl.com/reviews/ruffneck-constructivists.html
“Ruffneck Constructivists” at Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia” in Contemporary Art Daily
http://www.contemporaryartdaily.com/tag/tim-portlock/
“Ruffneck Constructivists” in C& online magazine.
http://www.contemporaryand.com/exhibition/ruffneck-constructivists/
Art review of “Ruffneck Constructivists”, Art News Magazine, Summer Issue, 2014.
“Global Conscious, Local Artists”, review of group exhibition at Pentimenti Gallery in Title Magazine, By Philip Mastrippolito. August 1, 2013.http://www.title-magazine.com/2013/08/global-conscious-local-artists/
“Fleisher Art Memorial 2013 Wind Challenge Exhibition 2” by Daniel Gerwin. December 15, 2012.
http://www.title-magazine.com/2012/12/fleisher-art-memorial-2013-wind-challenge-exhibition-2/
Interviewed for theartblog podcast. Audio interview with Roberta Fallon and Libby Rusof. September 4, 2012. http://www.theartblog.org/2012/09/tim-portlocks-digital-simulations-a-podcast-interview-on-artblog-radio/
Afterimage Magazine, Vol. 40, No. 6 images from the artist’s portfolio.
Photo Quarterly #94. My image was the cover for this issue of the magazine.
“Staged”, review of group exhibition at Mount Airy Contemporary Artists Space” by Jeffrey Bussmann for Title Magaine. October 13, 2011. http://www.title-magazine.com/2011/10/staged/
Online video interview with Zach Keeting and Chris Joy, Gorky’s Grand daughter. August 2012.
http://www.gorkysgranddaughter.com/2012/09/tim-portlock-august-2012.html
“The Virtually Endless Possibilities of Digital Scenery”, Interviewed in Drama Biz Magazine, by Larry Getlen. The print version was originally published in the April/May 2007 issue.
Awards
Great Rivers Biennal Award 2020
RAC Fellow 2019
Betsy Meyer Memorial Award 2014
Wind Challenge Award 2012
Independence Award 2012
West Collection Award 2012
Pew Fellow 2011
Shuster award 2011
Center for Emerging Visual Arts Fellow 2009
PSC-CUNY grant 2005 – 2010
eSights eSounds grant 2009
Experimental Television Center Finishing funds 2006
Fellowship, University of Illinois at Chicago. Chicago, IL Fall 1999- Summer 2002.
Gdansk Millennium International Mural Competition. One of ten winners of the international mural competition, Gdansk, Poland. February 1997.
Civic Arts Award, First Prize, the Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Spring 1994.
Fellowship, University of Chicago. Chicago, IL Fall 1992- Summer 1994
Artist Residencies
Main Line Art Center Artist in Residency 2015-2016.
Artist in Resident and Visiting Scholar at Victoria University Film Studies Dept. and Media Design Dept. Wellington, New Zealand. 2014.
18th Street Artist Residency, Santa Monica, CA. 2014 and 2013.
Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY. 2008.
One-year artist residency, Abrons Art Center, NYC. Sept 2006 –Sept 2007.
Hungarian Multicultural Center, Budapest, Hungary. Dec 2006 – Jan 2007.