Timothy Forster is a watercolour, photographic and film-based artist working in Ilkley West Yorkshire whose interests vary from technology to how we might fragment and reconstruct our understanding of landscape. By creating conditions which intertwine mediums, space and human contact, Timothy wishes to encourage the intangible qualities of a tangible experience, breaking the descriptive parameters of a single image through series-based sketches:
'I pursue a variety of self propelled adventures into landscape, exploring the simple aesthetic of moving and its relationship with space. Such objectives remain for the majority a solitary endeavour, personal to me and my time learning the land. Painting and filming throughout such journeys has remained a natural partner, recording brief encounters with particular parts of the land which attract my curiosity, but also to remind me of routes I must follow, remember or return to in the future and some day explore'.
'I pursue a variety of self propelled adventures into landscape, exploring the simple aesthetic of moving and its relationship with space. Such objectives remain for the majority a solitary endeavour, personal to me and my time learning the land. Painting and filming throughout such journeys has remained a natural partner, recording brief encounters with particular parts of the land which attract my curiosity, but also to remind me of routes I must follow, remember or return to in the future and some day explore'.
Education.
2015
University of Leeds, MA History and Museum Studies
2012
Cardiff Metropolitan University, BA (Hons Fine Art), First Class Honours
Awards
2012 Juror’s Award of Merit by the International Grand Prix de la Découverte.
Articles
"Penny Thoughts" Issue#7
Fabric Culture, Timothy Forster Presents Heads
Anti-Body Magazine (October 2012 Issue)
Alliterati Creative Writing and Arts Magazine, Issue 8 (September 2012 Issue)
Selected Exhibitions and Installations
2019
'Periods in Landscape' (Solo Show), The Manor House, Ilkley (Confirmed)
'Flux', The National Army Museum, Chelsea (Confirmed)
2018
'50 Under 50' Unit 6 Studio and Gallery, Richmond, North Yorkshire
Self-Propelled Installation, 'The Dales Way' 84 Miles, 5 Days 7 Hours 47 Minutes
Ilkley Arts Show, the Winter Gardens and Kings Hall, Ilkley, West Yorkshire
'Periods in Landscape' (Solo Show), The Wishbone Gallery, Grassington, North Yorkshire
2017
Self-Propelled Installation, 'Ilkley to Ribblehead' 47 Miles, 7 Hours 52 Minutes
Self-Propelled Installation, 'The Dales Way' 84 Miles, 4 Days 6 Hours 21 Minutes
2016
Self Propelled Installation, 'The Bradford Millennium Way (BMW)', 45 Mile Circular, 9 Hours 51 Minutes
2015
Self Propelled Installation, 33 Miles Circular Route Containing Five Separate Trig Points, 5 Hours 47 Minutes
2013
'Heads' (Solo Show), South Square Gallery, Thornton, West Yorkshire
2012
Art Takes Miami: 1001 Artists Project, SCOPE Art Show, SCOPE Miami Pavilion 110 N.E. 36 St. Miami, Florida
Salon Art Show, South Square Gallery, Thornton, West Yorkshire
Leeds 2 Bradford, An Exhibition by Leeds Fine Artists, Yorkshire Crafts Centre, Westholme Street Bradford, West Yorkshire BD7 1AY
Unchartered Perspectives [BLOWBACK] ... the final BISH BOSCH! TactileBOSCH Gallery, Old Victorian Buildings, Andrews Rd, Llandaff North, Cardiff CF14 2JP
Made In Roath, Naked Lunch Lurking in Roath, Cardiff, South Glamorgan.
Liquid Identities, Scoletta di San Giovanni Battista e del SS. Sacramento in Bragora, Venice
Hidden Cities Rome International Art Expo
Howard Gardens Gallery, Howard Gardens Campus
Cardiff Metropolitan Universty, Final Degree Show, Howard Gardens Campus
Hidden Cities Istanbul (Turkery), International Art Expo, Collaboration with Sarah Younan
2011
Tactile Bosch at Hotel Dada, Nosda Studio Hostel, Despenser Street, Cardiff, South Glamogran
The Gate Open Arts Exhibition, The Gate Arts and Community Centre, City Road, Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Finger Buffet @ Milgis, Milgis Bar and Lounge, City Road, Cardiff, South Glamorgan.
2010
Barry Island Photography Exhibition, Barry Island Railway Gallery
Tenure, Tactile Bosch Artist Studios, Old Victoria Buildings, Andrews Road, Llandaff North, Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Edinburger-ville, Lighthouse Sore, Leef, Edinburgh
Made In Roath Arts Festival, Milgis Bar and Lounge, Cardiff, South Glamorgan.
Made In Roath Arts Festival, Milkwood Gallery, Locaber Street, Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Photography Room 101, Nosda Studio Hostel, Despener Street, Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Citizen, Tactile Bosch Artist Studios, Old Victoria Buildings, Andrews Road, Llandaff North, Cardiff, South Glamorgan