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Artist Details
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Biography
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Born in 1974, Wisconsin, USA

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Tim Sullivan is a multimedia artist who lives and works in San Francisco, he received his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2004. Sullivan’s work has been included in numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout the world including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Poland, and Berlin.

In Sullivan’s work he often casts himself in a series of staged performances/self portraits that often take the form of large color photographs, film, intervention or video. His work examines issues of memory, the body, architecture, landscape,and sexuality: Using pop culture, personal history, art history and literature/folklore as raw material.

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CV
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Education
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2004
MFA San Francisco Art Institute

1999
B.A. Evergreen State College

1996-1998
University of Wisconsin

1994
Universite Paul Valery, Montpellier, France
 

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Awards
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2004
First Place, Texas Photographic Society National Juried Competition

2003
Murphy Fellowship, San Francisco Foundation

2000
Best of Show, South Sounds Annual, Tacoma, WA

1998
Prevetti Scholarship for the arts, University of Wisconsin
 

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Exhibitions/Screenings 
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2005
These Days, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Interlochen Visiting Artist Series, interlochen, MI
In League with the forces of Evil, Kino Lab (Ujazdowski Castle), Warsaw, Poland
Amazing Luminous Fountains (Solo Show), Lucky Tackle, Oakland, CA
Misuse MixedUse, Mixed Use, San Francisco, CA
Photo New York, New York, NY
Free Form Film Festival, Traveling exhibition, SF, Portland, LA
 
2004
En El Patio, Valenzuela Y Klenner Arte Contemporaneo, Bogota, Columbia
Portobelleo Film Festival, Westbourne Studios, London, England
Fresh Air, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Wegway Magazine International Juried Exhibition, Contact photo festival, Toronto, Canada
Texas Photographic Society Annual Juried Contest, (First Place), San Antonio,TX
Supernatural, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
How-To Intensive, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Art Institute Annual Auction, Soma Arts, San Francisco, CA
New California Masters, Works, San Jose, CA
VENDART, Site-Specific, Toronto, Canada

2003
Proyecto Circo, 8th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
Landing (juror Manray Hsu), Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
Emerge, GenArts SF, Annual Juried Show, San Francisco, CA
Murphy Fellowship Award Exhibition, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Levitation, Magic, Strength (solo), Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Once Upon a Time, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
 
2002
We Put the “I” In Teamwork, Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, WA
Lava 2002, Noodleworks, Seattle, WA
Artist Trust Auction, Bank of America Gallery, Seattle, WA
 
2001
Bellevue Annual Juried Show, Bellevue Art Museum (juror Sue Spaid) Bellevue, WA
Burgermiester (w/ Lauren Steinhardt)Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, WA
“VS” (solo show), Kickstand, Tacoma, WA
Circus of the New Year, Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, WA
 
2000
17th Olympia Film Festival, Capital Theater, Olympia, WA
South Sounds Annual, Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, WA
Uncle Joe’s Story (solo show), Minus, Olympia, WA
Seattle Shorts (film and video), Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
New Work (solo show), Tacoma Actors Guild, Tacoma, WA
 
1999
Millennium Madness (film and video) Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
The End: Northwest Biennial”(Juror Fred Wilson), Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
16th Olympia Film Festival, Capital Theater, Olympia, WA
Mudra, “film and Video shorts”, Olympia, WA
 

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Cultural Projects
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2004
Third Street Famous Dogpatch Show, (curated with Jon Rubin), Swell Gallery with neighboring restaurants, San Francisco, CA
Tim Sullivan’s How-To All-Male Review, How-To Intensive, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA

2002
Instructional, Hi-Lo, Olympia, WA
3 Minutes, Hi-Lo, Olympia, WA

2001
Luck of the Draw Valentine’s Show, Hi-Lo, Olympia, WA
You and Baby Blue, K Records (Hi-Lo event), Olympia, WA

2000-2002
Head Curator for the Capital Theater, Olympia, WA


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Publications
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Sekcja, Wideo San Francisco, October 2005 (www.sekcja.org)
Wegway 8, 2005
Neomu 7, September, 2004
Los Angeles Times, “out of class and into the gallery” Christopher Knight, Aug 6, 2004
Artweek, June, 2004
San Francisco Art Institute MFA Exhibition Catalog, June 2004
Toby Room, Artist in residence, June 2003
LAVA 2002, Thread Publications, May 2002