Born and raised in Minnesota, Tim Dowse studied sculpture at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He currently lives and works in New York City.
While in the past he focused on larger sculptural works and installations, he has recently moved into drawings, paintings and small sculptures. He is interested in how form relates to the idea of an object’s purpose and he distills the elemental aesthetic from such disparate sources as cartography, science fiction and children’s toys. By stripping traditional functions he creates objects that, while aesthetically interesting, are completely useless: models for things that could never exist, like a house with no doors or a city grid that’s a jumble of un-navigable streets.
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2007 |
New Directions in an Old Science Red Wing Arts Association, Red Wing MN |
| Group Exhibitions | |
| 2011 | Organs In The Snow Louis V E.S.P. Gallery, Brooklyn NY |
| Revolution! Texas Firehouse, Queens NY |
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| 2010 | East Meet West Texas Firehouse, Queens NY |
| West Meets East Sudhaus, Berlin Germany |
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| 2008 | Strange Ranger Circus Gallery, Los Angeles CA |
| L.I.C. Museum of Natural History Texas Firehouse, New York NY |
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| 2007 | Inside Job |
| Out Like a Lamb At the Church Gallery, Brooklyn NY |
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| 2005 | The Drawing and Scribble Archive Sac Gallery, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook NY |
| Crossed Circuits The Hogar Collection, Brooklyn NY |
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| Fresh Meat, Young Blood: New Jersey’s New Masters SICA Gallery, Long Branch NJ |
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| Masters Exhibition, Mason Gross Galleries Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ |
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| Education | |
| 2003–2005 | MFA Sculpture Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ |
| 1998–2001 | BFA Sculpture University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN |
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