Timothy Lewis

Timothy Lewis (2000) was born in Auch (France) to a French mother and Australian father. He grew up first in Yemen and Eritrea, then from 2006 in the United Arab Emirates. At the age of 18 he moved to the Netherlands to pursue a physics degree in university, after quickly dropping out he rediscovered painting and applied to the Minerva Art Academy in Groningen. Over the last four years he has explored the intersections of fine art, contemporary painting, tattooing, and occasionally sculptures.

Timothy is an artist who is still in the early days of his career; constantly experimenting with new themes and imagery he refuses to be pigeonholed. There is, despite this, a clear obsession with the human form, with the deconstruction of the framing and reframing of his subjects, and with the building of painterly worlds around his characters. He is re-contextualising, appropriating, and playing with his images. His paintings are both intensely specific, yet invite a variety of interpretations, he would much rather you tell him what he has painted.