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Artist Statement
Advertising's omnipresent status
forces us to store vast amounts of corporate sponsored imagery and
auditory stimulus in our brains, a great deal of which is information
we will never use. As an artist I feel threatened by the manner
with which corporations usurp so many shapes and forms for use in
advertising. The same way we seem to be running out of telephone
numbers, the painter seems to be running out of abstract shapes
without a sponsor. Advertising manages to manifest itself in so
many of our thoughts and actions. Our vocabularies and languages
consist of terms, phrases, and melodies coined by corporations and
advertisers. Thus it is my intention to reclaim and revive the advertising
that litters our landscape by recreating these forms within the
conventions of abstract painting and drawing, literature, and sound.
To reclaim and revive advertising
imagery I appropriate and combine shapes from advertising logos
and brand names in order to build hybrid forms. For example I might
combine the "W" from Wittman's chocolates with the "I" from Sunkist
soda pop to make a composite shape. My next step is to render an
organic pattern within the interior space of this composite shape.
This pattern serves to create depth and character within otherwise
flat and ordinary shapes (logos and brand names), and to draw the
viewer in. In this manner I take visual information that is associated
with the public sphere and deposit it in a more personal realm.
I intend to create compositions
incorporating forms that seem familiar to my audience, but are not
completely identifiable. I hope these shapes will subtlety tug at
the strings of each viewer's visual memories but remain elusive.
e-Mail | timothyripley@hotmail.com
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Website | www.timothyripley.netfirms.com
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Timothy Ripley
is an artist and a fine arts instructor whose artistic process
incorporates patience, control, and planning. His artwork
demonstrates a preoccupation with presentation and craft and
a love for the physical substance of his mediums.
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Education
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M.F.A.
in Painting from Northwestern University, Evanston
IL.
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| 1996 |
B.A.
from Columbia College, Chicago IL.
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Solo
Exhibitions
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| 2005 |
The Lobby
Gallery, Chicago, IL.
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| 2003 |
Standard
Gallery "First Glance", Chicago, IL.
Apple
Tree Theater, "Timothy Ripley Paintings", Highland Park,
IL.
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| 2002 |
Riverside
Art Center "Paintings and Drawings", Riverside IL.
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| 1999 |
Dittmar
Gallery "Want Ads" Exhibition, Evanston IL.
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| 1998 |
Annex
Gallery "Corporate Culture" Exhibition, Chicago IL.
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Selected Group Exhibitions
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| 2004 |
“Timothy Ripley/Mark Murphy”, Prater
Rouse Gallery,Norfolk, VA
“The New Collusion,” Chicago Cultural Center, exhibition,
Chicago, IL
“Perfect,” Chicago Cultural Center, exhibition, Chicago,
IL
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| 2003 |
Stolizzo
Gallery, "Culture" exhibition, Chicago, IL.
Michael
Orr Gallery, "Culture" exhibition, Cleveland OH.
Gescheidle
Gallery "Guest List", Chicago IL.
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| 2002 |
SFAC
12" x 12" exhibition, Chicago IL.
Beacon
Street Gallery "Mary Jane Duffy/Tim Ripley", Chicago
IL.
Suburban
Fine Arts Center "New Voices", Highland Park IL.
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| 2001 |
Columbia
College/Christie's Live Auction, Chicago IL.
Block
Museum "Artists/Alumni" Exhibition, Evanston IL.
Standard
Gallery "American Standard" Exhibition, Chicago IL.
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| 2000 |
Columbia
College Gallery, "Four Walls" Exhibition, Chicago IL.
Glass
Curtain Gallery, "Agitator" Exhibition, Chicago IL.
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| 1999 |
Big Ten
Conference Graduate Art Exhibition, Park Ridge IL.
Dittmar
Gallery, "Off Guard" Exhibition, Evanston IL.
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| 1998 |
NU Settlement
House, "Unsettled" Exhibition, Chicago IL.
Warehouse,
"Uniform" Exhibition, Chicago IL.
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Awards & Scholarships
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| 2004 |
Chicago CAAP grant recipient
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| 1998-99 |
Northwestern University
tuition scholarship.
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| 1995-96 |
Pougialis painting scholarship.
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| 1994-95 |
Columbia College Presidential
purchase awards (2).
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Professional Expirience
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| 2002-current |
Adjunct fine arts
instructor at Harold Washington College
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| 1999-current |
Adjunct fine arts
instructor at Collumbia College
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| 2001-03 |
Fine
arts instructor at The Suburban Fine Arts Center
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| 1999-03 |
Preparator for
Jan Cicero Gallery
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| 1998-99 |
Substitute fine
arts instructor at Northwestern University
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| 1994-current |
Freelance
illustrator and painter (Playboy, Citicorp, Chanel,...)
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