In June 2010 Joe graduated from UWE in Bristol with a degree in Fine Art. Although his artwork is primarily based around painting, Joe is equally experienced in photography and sculpture. These three disciplines result in artworks which have physical, tactile and aesthetic presence.
Joe never feels intimidated by a blank canvas; he equates his work with that of exposed negatives - latent images awaiting development. The application and removal of paint, coupled with the interaction between differing mediums, produce a multitude of diverse qualities in his work. The varying processes that Joe adopts drive each work in a different direction. The resulting surface is as important as the work itself.
Joe’s response to the way paint behaves and the use of multiple layering contribute to the richness found on and under the surface. Painting on a large scale gives him freedom of movement and allows these layers to come to life. His natural inquisitiveness and fondness for experimentation, combined with a logical approach to his work, produce artwork which is varied in nature. Joe says, ‘I am happiest when I am actually painting, when both myself and the surface of the canvas are physically animated; I spend the rest of my time literally watching paint dry’.
As a result of the methods Joe uses his artworks tend to end in ‘abstracts by default’. Occasionally Joe produces figurative pieces and in 2011 he had one of his paintings accepted for the Threadneedle prize, shown at the Mall Galleries in London.
Interview on The Artists Web: http://blog.artweb.com/2011/04/joe-tymkow-from-pcs-to-pieces-of-art/
Blog: http://joetymkow.wordpress.com/
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Exhibitions:
2012 BANA 'Flights of Fancy' - Fringe Arts Bath
2012 'BeyondZero' - Stockwell Studios, London
2012 'Black' - Cultivate Vyner Street, London
2011 Threadneedle Prize - The Mall Galleries, London
2011 Bath Fringe Festival - The Officer's Club
2011 'Regeneration & Pushing Paint' - The Octagon, Bath
2010 'Super Salon Sale' -Bristol Diving School, Spike Island
2010 'Untitled' -8 Week Gallery, Anchor Rd, Bristol
2010 'Doorway to Dignity' - Tabernacle, London
2009 Amnesty International Auction -Watershed, Bristol
2008-09 RWA Autumn Exhibition - Queens Road, Bristol
2008-09 BANA 'Open View' -Bath Artists’ Studios
2007-08 Bristol School of Art - Queens Road, Bristol
2007 Bath Fringe Festival -Guinea Lane, Bath
2007 Bordeaux Quay - Bristol Harbourside
2006-09 Summer Exhibition -Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
2006 Crown Monochrome Group -RUH, Bath
2005-07 'Trinity Exhibition' -Walcot Chapel, Bath
2004 Invited Artist -Marziart Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
Publications:
1990 Photography Yearbook
1990 Creative Monochrome Yearbook
Qualifications and Training:
2011 RWA Artist Member
2008-10 BA (Fine Art) -UWE, Bristol
2006-08 FdA (Fine Art) -UWE, Bristol School of Art
2005-06 ND (Fine Art) -City of Bath College
1996 Science Foundation - Open University
1990 Royal Photographic Society Distinction
1988 City & Guilds Photography
1986 Fine Art printing -Brunel College, Bristol