Overview

Tim Tate is a glass sculptor known for his impressive use of optical illusions and unique exploration of theoretical thought. Tate's work is in the permanent collections of various museums, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 2009, he was recognized as one of the Museum of American Glass' "Rising Stars of the 21st Century" and in 2010, he was the recipient of the Virginia Groot Foundation award for sculpture. Tate has several impressive public art commissions including re-imaging the historic doors at the Library of Congress, in Washington D.C. 

 

"Blending a traditional craft with new media technology gives me the framework in which I fit my artistic narrative. In my work, I explore moving images and endless mirrors to achieve my interest in contemporary work with the aesthetic of Victorian techno-fetishism. In my endless mirrors, I try to entice the viewer to look deeply into and completely experience my windows into alternative dimensions.


"My works create an optical and bodily illusion of infinity through apparently limitless space. There is an intimacy implied by viewing deeply into a circular opening, as if peering through a portal to witness another endlessly repeating reality. These pieces create a visual space that doesn't actually exist in reality, but claims volume none the less. We look into a dimension that doesn't share space in this world." – Tim Tate

 

 

Works
  • Tim Tate, Cream and Red Floral Lenticular
    Cream and Red Floral Lenticular
  • Tim Tate, I View The Nature Around Me
    I View The Nature Around Me
  • Tim Tate, Lending Library
    Lending Library
  • Tim Tate, Memories of Guernica
    Memories of Guernica
  • Tim Tate, Orange and Yellow Rose Lenticular
    Orange and Yellow Rose Lenticular
  • Tim Tate, Pink and Green Rose Lenticular
    Pink and Green Rose Lenticular
  • Tim Tate, Silver Protector
    Silver Protector
  • Tim Tate, Soft Pink Peony Lenticular
    Soft Pink Peony Lenticular
  • Tim Tate, Hillwood Purple Lenticular
    Hillwood Purple Lenticular
  • Tim Tate, Blue Neon Floral Lenticular
    Blue Neon Floral Lenticular
  • Tim Tate, Blush Roses Lenticular
    Blush Roses Lenticular
  • Tim Tate, Lenticular XIX
    Lenticular XIX
  • Tim Tate, Lenticular XVIII
    Lenticular XVIII
  • Tim Tate, Lenticular XVII
    Lenticular XVII
  • Tim Tate, Lenticular XVI
    Lenticular XVI
  • Tim Tate, Lenticular XV
    Lenticular XV
  • Tim Tate, Lenticular XIV
    Lenticular XIV
  • Tim Tate, Lenticular IX
    Lenticular IX
  • Tim Tate, Lenticular X
    Lenticular X
  • Tim Tate, Blue and White Fantasy
    Blue and White Fantasy
  • Tim Tate, Mrs. Dalloway
    Mrs. Dalloway
  • Tim Tate, The Forest
    The Forest
  • Tim Tate, Black Nebula
    Black Nebula
  • Tim Tate, Ring of Poppies
    Ring of Poppies
  • Tim Tate, Canine Academy
    Canine Academy
  • Tim Tate, I forgot, they said, how much I needed you
    I forgot, they said, how much I needed you
  • Tim Tate, Rose/Cicada
    Rose/Cicada
  • Tim Tate, Dream Wheel
    Dream Wheel
  • Tim Tate, Poetry of Everyday Objects
    Poetry of Everyday Objects
  • Tim Tate, Sacred Heart of the Protective Eye
    Sacred Heart of the Protective Eye
  • Tim Tate, Bullseye
    Bullseye
  • Tim Tate, There’s a Storm Comin…and I said, I am the Storm
    There’s a Storm Comin…and I said, I am the Storm
  • Tim Tate, The Isolation and Liberation of the Boy Who Was All Thumbs
    The Isolation and Liberation of the Boy Who Was All Thumbs
  • Tim Tate, Examiners
    Examiners
Exhibitions
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