Tim Jag

Biography
Tim Jag (b. 1962) is an abstract painter inspired by architectonic and geometric drawings. He begins by building up multiple layers of writing, scribbling, and underpainting to create an impressionistic field in which bold biomorphic and geometric objects move in and out. He often paints an object and then paints over it leaving a ghost image of the shape. The backdrops become maps or stages for the objects to transect. He uses the principles of color theory to juxtapose saturated colors throughout his work.

Tim Jag has been practicing art for over 30 years. He has exhibited widely including at the Missoula Museum of Art, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, and Site Santa Fe, among others. His work is held in numerous collections like the Francis Ford Coppola Private Collection, the New Mexico Museum of Art, and the University of New Mexico Museum of Art. He lives and works in Santa Fe, NM.

Gravitational Series is an attempt to create a fluid space for all my singular geometric images of the last 20 years. Within this is an expanded opportunity to have crossover meaning between the field (fluid space) and an array of competing images (geometric and biomorphic). —Tim Jag

Education
1991
M.F.A, Painting, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

1989
B.F.A, Painting, Sonoma State University, Sonoma County, CA

Solo Exhibitions
2019
Optical Drawings, Fritz + Kouri Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2017
Ghost Shadows Series, Art-i-factory  gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2014
Tim Jag/Survey, Community Gallery, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM

2013
Dualities Series/New Works, Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM

2011
The Wheel of Fortune, BLK Gallery, Omaha, NE

2010
Colorwheels/New Work, GF Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM

2009
Colorbands and Other Ideas, Formal Gallery, Texas AM State University, College Station, TX

2008
Colorbands Series, PLUS Gallery, Denver, CO

2006
TimJag/New Work, Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL
Circus, Tadu Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM

2005
Mothernature vs. Plasticman, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Really Not Real /Really, Albuquerque Contemporary Arts, Albuquerque, NM
Ideas on the Horizon, Pittsburgh State Univ, Pittsburgh, KS

2003
Zootech, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA

2002
Transmutations, Richmond Center for the Arts, Richmond, CA

1999
Industry Codes, Katrina Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, CA

1998
Objective Transformation, Katrina Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, CA

1997
Social Predators, Union Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

1996
Beyond the Black Box, Media Gallery, Ventura College, Ventura, CA

1995
Body, Machine, Politic, Pirate Contemporary Arts, Denver, CO
Tim Jag/New Work, Lincoln Center for the Arts, Fort Collins, CO

Group Exhibitions
2024
four by four, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Line by Line, Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM

2023
Regional Survey, Missoula Museum of Art, Missoula, MT
Print, Boom, Pow!, Philspace Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Regales II, Hecho Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Printers Planet Festival, City wide event, Santa Fe, NM

2022
Ragalos, Hecho Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Printed Matter Festival, Santa Fe Railyard, Santa Fe, NM
Introductions 2022, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
Art for the Heart, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
Southwest Print Festival, Silver City, NM

2021
Print o Rama, Axle Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
Art for the Heart, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
2nd Street Printers Market, Santa Fe, NM
House and Color, Axis Gallery, Sacramento CA

2020
Acclaimed Artist Award, State of New Mexico, University Of New Mexico Collection
30 Year Artist Survey, Sculpture Space Residency Program, Utica, NY
Silver Lining Postcard Project, Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM

2019
Then and Now, University Gallery, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
The Face of Art, Baca Art Projects, Santa fe, NM
Starnova#4, Mural Project, Meowwolf Arts Complex, Santa Fe, NM

2018
Starnova#3, Mural Project, Meowwolf Arts Complex, Santa Fe, NM
New Beginnings, Fritz + Kouri Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
A High Proof Fifth, Off Road Productions Artspace, Santa Fe, NM
Respiration, Group Exhibit, Aqua Regia Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
LA Chamba Print Festival, Museum of International Folk Art, City of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM

2017
The Color and Shape, University Texas A&M, Canyon, TX
Total Shirtshow, Axle Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Render Bender, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
AHA Festival, Citywide Exhibit, City of Santa Fe, NM
Starnova#2, Mural Project, Meowwolf Arts Complex, Santa Fe, NM

2016
Render Bender, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
Printed Matter, Offroad Productions Artspace, Santa Fe, NM
Printed Matter II, 555 Editions, Taos, NM
Starnova#1, Mural Project, Moew Wolf Arts Complex, Santa Fe, NM
The World Is Flat Not Round, Philspace Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Dispatch, New Mexico University, Las Vegas, NM

2015
Animal Spirit, Santa Fe Collective, Santa Fe, NM
Spring Thaw, Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
Friendly Creatures, Baca Art Projects, Santa Fe, NM
The Spectrum Wheel, Mural Project, Museum Resources, State of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM

2014
Massively Small, J GO Gallery, Park City, UT
Kaboom!!!, Philspace Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Blue, Off Road Production Artspace, Santa Fe, N

2013
Beast, Philspace Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
AHA Festival, Citywide Exhibit, City of Santa Fe, NM
December Views, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA
Language of Color, Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM

2012
Site /Unseen 2012, Annual Project, Site Santa Fe Contemporary Museum, Santa Fe, NM
Sonoma County Abstraction, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
Art Cards, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA
The Color Red, David Richard Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
AHA Festival, Citywide Exhibits, City of Santa Fe, NM

2011
Peaking the Edge, Curated Project, PLUS Gallery, Denver, CO
50 Year Survey, Richmond Center for the Arts, Richmond, CA
Winter Group Show, Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
Site /Unseen 2011, Annual Project, Site Santa Fe Contemporary Museum, Santa Fe, NM

2010
Gallery Artist, Melissa Morgan Contemporary, Palm Desert, CA
Heart This, Jay Eatkins Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Strange Animals, Curated Project, Trinidad Arts Center, Trinidad, CO
Site/Unseen 2010, Annual Project, Site Santa Fe Contemporary Museum, Santa Fe, NM

2009
Alternate Spaces, Special Mural Project, Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
House Guest, Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
The Color of Love, Special Projects Gallery, University of New Mexico, NM
On Paper, William Shearburn Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Bah Humbug, GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Site /Unseen 2009, Annual Project, Site Santa Fe Contemporary Museum, Santa Fe, NM

2008
Flower Power, Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
Talking Heads, 707 Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
A Flavor of Pop, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Big Tops, Commission Works, Santa Fe Modern, Santa Fe, NM

2007
Form,  Sacramento State Univ, Sacramento, CA
Creamy Goodness, Salon Margraff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Summer Spectacle, Tadu Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
Bang!, Farrell Fischoff Gallery – Santa Fe, NM
The Underground, Underground Gallery, Santa FE, NM
Gerard Murals, Commission works, International Museum of Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM

2006
Biennial Southwest, Albuquerque Museum of Art, Albuquerque, NM
The Golden Egg, Philspace Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Fabulandia, The Lab Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

2005
MASS (Re) Production, Curated Project, College of Santa Fe Fine Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Blockbuster, Tadu Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Fast Forward/Flashback, Tadu Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM

2004
3-D Art/Techne, Group Exhibit/Book release, Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Urban Sprawl, Installation, 2^nd St. Contemporary Arts,  Santa Fe, NM
Shrugged, Egopark Artspace, Oakland, CA
DaDa, ATA Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Power….Fashion and Identity, 2^nd St. Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM

2003
Pay Attention,  Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Transcendence Machinery, Installation, No Man’s Land Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
25^th Year Alumni Exhibit, Sonoma State Univ, Rohnert Park, CA
Catalyst, Group Exhibit/Curator, Oakland Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA

2002
Popsoup, Curator, Egopark Artspace, Oakland, CA
Close Call, Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin County, CA
Family Systemics/Becoming, Special Projects, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA

2001
Objects Considered, Dean Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
Below Zero, Installation Project, San Francisco Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA
Civic Center Sculpture Exhibition, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
Displaced Passion, Circle Elephant Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Cocked and Loaded, Cricket Engine Gallery, Oakland, CA

2000
Chain Reaction, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Future of the Body, Curator/Group Exhibit, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
Instigating Banality, San Francisco State Univ, San Francisco, CA
Inner Workings, Richmond Center for the Arts, Richmond, CA
Post/Postcard #5, Project Manager, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1999
Super-Natural, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Works in Progress, Sculpture Space Inc. Utica, NY
Jumble, The Luggage Store – San Francisco, CA
The Object;0f Sculpture,  Wright St. University Gallery, Dayton, OH
Post/Postcard #4, Project Manager, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1998
Fertile Waste, Curator, Group Exhibit, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
Pacific Rim Sculpture, Artist Gallery, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Body and Technology, Main Gallery, San Francisco State Univ, San Francisco, CA
Post/Post Card #3, Project Manager, FourWalls Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1997
Over The Line, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Myth America, Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
Humor/Satire, San Francisco Design Center Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Post/Post Card #2, Project Manager, FourWalls Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1996
Pulp/Works on Paper, University Gallery, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
Confess, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Form & Metaphor, Runnels Gallery, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM
Post/Post Card #1, Project Manager, FourWalls Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1995
Happy Musings and Follies, Site Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Associate Members 95, Pirate Contemporary Arts, Denver, CO
27^th North American Sculpture, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO

Collections
Di Rosa Bay Area Arts Foundation Collection, Napa, CA
Francis Ford Coppola Private Collection, Napa, CA
Gruen and Gruen Associates Corporate Collection, San Francisco, CA
Hallmark Cards Corporate Collection, Kansas City, KS
Jack Daniels Corporate Collection, Nashville, TN
Mandalay Bay Resorts International Corporate Collection, Las Vegas, NV
Mechanics Banks, Corporate Collection, Berkeley, CA
Museum of Art, Museums of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM
Osborne Designs Company Corporate Collection, San Francisco, CA
Pensione International Corporate Collection, San Francisco, CA
University of New Mexico, Museum of Art, Albuquerque, NM
University of Texas A&M, Gallery Collection, Canyon, TX

Residencies/ Awards
2020
Acclaimed Artist Award, State of New Mexico

2017
West Texas AM State University, Canyon, TX

2011
Nio Rio Arts and Film Festival, Taos, NM

2009
West Texas AM State University, Canyon, TX

2008
Trinidad Arts Center, Trinidad, CO

2007
Sacramento State University, Sacramento, CA

2006
Acclaimed Artist Award, State of New Mexico

2000
Sculpture Space Inc, Utica, NY

1998
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder CO

1997
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Press
2019
New York Times, Meow Wolf Arts Complex, May 25^th Issue
Santa Fe New Mexican, A House Refreshed, February Issue

2016
Trend Magazine, Meow Wolf Arts Complex, Summer Issue
Pasetiempo, Printed Matter Review, January Issue

2013
Visual Arts Source, Dualities Series, October Issue
THE Magazine,The Beast Show, October Issue

2012
Albuquerque Journal, The Language of Color, November Issue

2011
Omaha Reader, Wheel of Fortune, July Issue

2010
Santa Fean Magazine, Colorwheels Artist Tim Jag, June Issue

2009
ARTnews Magazine, GF Contemporary, October Issue
THE Magazine, Tim Jag/YO FACE, November Issue
The New Mexican, Alternative Spaces, March Issue

2008
Westword Magazine, The Latest Word, July Issue
Santa Fe Reporter, Hour of the Flower, Museum of Art, February Issue

2007
Albuquerque Journal, The Stencil Event, Donkey Gallery, December Issue

2006
Chicago Reader, Tim Jag at Melanee Cooper Contemporary, August Issue

2005
THE Magazine, Mass Reproduction, October Issue
Art Papers/Atlanta, Pulse at CCA, May Issue
THE Magazine, Flash-Forward, May Issue

2003
Artweek Magazine, Catalyst, August Issue
Eastbay Express, Catalyst, July, Issue
San Francisco Chronicle, Closecalls, February Issue

2002
Artweek Magazine, POP Soup, May Issue

2001
L.A. Weekly, The Westside of the Eastside, January Issue
Artweek Magazine, Instigating Banality, March Issue

2000
San Francisco Bay Guardian, Critics Choice/Art On The Level, July Issue
Oakland Tribune, Bodies of Work Get Whole New Meaning, June Issue

1998
Colorado Daily, You Are What You Throw Out, June Issue
Boulder Planet, Fertile Waste, June Issue

1996
Los Angeles Times, Ventura County Weekend, September Issue

1994
New Art Examiner, Tim Jag at Artemisia, September Issue

Press Release
2024 four by four at Richard Levy Gallery