Timothy Bair

藝術家簡歷 Artist CV

美籍臺裔，1996年生於臺中臺灣，2019年取得紐約視覺藝術學院純藝術學士學位，並於同年榮獲甘迺迪中心新鋭藝術家卓越獎。作品曾於加拿大、紐約、新加坡與臺灣展出。現工作與生活於紐約。

藝術家透過素描、繪畫以及雕塑等媒介來研究其自我經歷與集體歷史的交集。對於人們如何感知、解讀與回應他們接收到的數據和信息著迷，藉由生活中的各類偏見與謠言，以獲得反思與靈感。作品除涵蓋日常元素外，也多將具有象徵寓意的符號隱藏其中，並以繁複的線條構築畫面色彩。近期作品經由剖析成長過程中，父母口中的臺灣民間故事與自身生活經驗，審視其成長歷程與身份認同問題。 Timothy Bair 擅長利用自身特點創造獨特視覺語言的同時，亦意在主動挑戰觀者的視角。

Timothy Bair is a Taiwanese-American artist born in Taichung, Taiwan in 1996. He received a BFA from School of Visual Arts and was honored the John F. Kennedy Center Honors Emerging Artist Award of Excellence in 2019. His works have previously been shown in Canada, New York, Singapore and Taiwan. He currently resides and works in New York.

Bair’s practice exists at the intersection of autobiography and collective history, exploring issues through the media of drawing, painting, and sculpture. He has been very interested in how people perceive, translate, and respond to the data and information they receive, and always gets the reflections and inspirations from all kinds of prejudices and rumors in his life experiences. In addition to the use of daily elements, he also conceals many symbolic tokens in his works, with intricated lines that compose the paintings. In recent works, Bair focuses on the Taiwanese folk stories he heard from his parents during growing up years, as well as his personal life experiences, examining his upbringing and self-identity. Bair not only creates a peculiar visual language through his unique characteristics, but also aims to actively challenge the viewer’s perspectives.