Tim Gratkowski

Tm Gratkowski’s art is both concept-driven and process-driven.

Beneath a tangle of fragmented vignettes, patterns, colors and textures, one encounters thought-provoking words, images and stories – the experience is visceral as well as intellectual. Tm uses images as a lexicon of information to redefine popular media into a social criticism about the very things that we are surrounded by but pay little attention to everyday. He layers and juxtaposes this print-media to question the popular influences we encounter everyday in our media-saturated world.

Tm composes layers of paper, much the way a painter builds up their canvas with layers of paint, to develop his imagery and subject matter. Using source material primarily from the

Tar Fest 2009 – KCCLA Los Angeles, CA. September 25- October 9, 2009

Curated By Rita Gonzales (LACMA)

LA Municipal Art Gallery – “Open Show 2009”, Los Angeles, CA. August 13- September 27, 2009

LouWe Gallery – Pasadena, CA July 25 – September 6, 2009

“Artist Invitational”

Korean Cultural Museum – Los Angeles, CA. April 10-30 2009

“17 Annual Contemporary Art Exhibition” Juried by: Alma Ruiz (Curator

Contemporary Art MOCA) and Marc Pally (Artistic Director)

Gallery 825 – Los Angeles, CA. January – January 31-Feb 27, 2009

Solo Show: “Paradigm Shift”

Gallery 825 – Los Angeles, CA. December 13 – January 16 2008-9

“Open Show 2008-California Artisits” .

Curated By David Pagel- Art Critic/ Los Angeles Times

Gallery 825 – Los Angeles, CA. December 8 – January 11 2007-8

“Novella” Group Show. Curated By Meg Lipton at Otis’ Ben Maltz Gallery

Tar Fest 2008 – KCCLA Los Angeles, CA. September 20- October 11, 2008

Curated By Howard Fox –LACMA Curator of Contemporary Art and Senior Curatorial Fellow

LouWe Gallery – Pasadena, CA June 28 - August 10, 2008

Solo Show: “Scraps”

Gallery 825 – Los Angeles, CA. December 8 – January 11 2007-8

“Open Show 2007- Southern California Artisits” .

Curated By Howard Fox- Curator of Modern Art at LACMA

Metro Gallery – Los Angeles, CA. July 14 – August 18 2007

Solo Show: “Pattern Language and Paper Cuts”

Gallery 825- Los Angeles CA, May 12- June 8 2007

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