BIO: BIOGRAPHY
CV: ARTIST RESUME
LINKS: GALLERIES AND BOUTIQUE
biography
Born in Hong Kong
Lives and works in San Francisco Bay Area, Calif.
Timothy Wing Kei Tsun [Tim] have been resided in the SF Bay Area since 1994. He has been drawing when he was in high school. His true calling in art is drawing. The beginning of his artist's journey is first learning the Chinese calligraphy. Tim's dad (Mr. Ping Wah Tsun) was his teacher at that time. Mr. Tsun pushed Tim to practice the Chinese calligraphy almost everyday. Mr. Tsun had a strict discipine on Tim of how to write correctly in the Chinese calligraphy. Since then, Tim began to like Chinese calligraphy and became more attentive to the strength of strokes and lines which led him to be a master of the graphic composition.
When Tim was in high school in Hong Kong, he had a very good teacher to teach me pen and ink drawing. His teacher, Shiu Chung Ng, gave him a comics to read and he began to imitate the pen & ink style from the comics such as "The Chinese Hero" by Ma Wing Shing who is the original creator of "Storm Riders" and "Crying Freeman" from Japanese comics artist, Ryoichi Ikegami. He began to drawing a lot of crosshatching with quill pens and mechanical pens. Tim also uses collages to convey his concept of reality with his daily life. By sitting in a cafe for few hours in the weekend, he observes people's behaviors and put it into his ingredient of art pieces. So when the viewers see Tim's work, they will be interacted with his works like an echo of the similarities in life that can build an intimacy to the viewers.
Jennifer C. Liu
artist resume
education
- 99 BS Graphic Design Illustration Emphasis, San Jose State University, Calif.
relevant experience
- Art Director, Bay Area News Group, San Jose
- Assistant Graphic Director, Daily News Group, Menlo Park
- Freelance Illustrator, Naen Ministry, Fremont
selected group exhibitions
- 10 4x6 International Postcard Art Exhibition, That Gallery, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong
- 10 Redwood City Artwalk and art show, Phantom Gallery, Redwood City, Calif.
- 10 Works' Benefit Art Auction, Works/San Jose, San Jose, Calif.
- 10 Gutter Glamour, Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, Calif.
- 09 A Postcard is worth 1000 words, APW Gallery, New York, NY
- 09 Two Buck Tuesday, Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, Calif.
- 08 Member's Exhibition, Works/San Jose, San Jose, Calif.
- 08 Artwork display and demo, Street Market, Anno Domini Gallery, San Jose, Calif.
- 08 Art Peace Darfur Benefit, Art Ark, San Jose, Calif.
- 07 Synopsys Employee Art Show, Synopsys, Mountan View, Calif.
- 07 Gente, Casas y Barrios, MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana, San Jose, Calif.
- 07 Housewarming: Member's Exhibition, Works/San Jose, San Jose, Calif.
- 07 First Friday Art Walk & Artwork Display, Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, Calif.
- 07 Body of Works: A Collaborative Community Mosaic, Works/San Jose, San Jose, Calif.
- 06 Works' Benefit Art Auction, Works/San Jose, San Jose, Calif.
- 06 Evarize Grand Opening Art Exhibit, Evarize Fashion Cafe Boutique, Berkeley, Calif.
- 06 Automatic Robotics Volume 2 Release Art Show, a. Muse Art Gallery, San Francisco, Calif.
- 06 The Human Pixel Project Show, Three Columns Gallery, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
- 06 Member's Exhibition, Works/San Jose, San Jose, Calif.
- 06 The Book as Art,Organization of Independent Artists, New York City, NY
- 06 Self-Promotional Fine Art Show, Starbucks Coffee University Avenue, Palo Alto, Calif.
- 05 Works' Benefit Art Auction, Works/San Jose, San Jose, Calif.
- 05 Italian Street Painting, The Palo Alto Festival of the Arts by MLA Productions, Palo Alto, Calif.
- 05 Member's Exhibition, Works/San Jose, San Jose, Calif.
- 05 Self-Promotional Fine Art Show, Starbucks Coffee University Avenue, Palo Alto, Calif.
- 04 Works' Benefit Art Auction, Works/San Jose, San Jose, Calif.
- 04 Industrial Art Contest, Electronica USA Embedded Systems Conference, San Francisco, Calif.
- 04 Art in Paris, Fundraising Exhibit for Education for Kids Program, San Francisco, Calif.
- 04 Second Saturday, ArtSF Benefit Show, San Francisco, Calif.
- 04 Art in Europe, Tomato Trees European Restaurant, Concord, Calif.
- 95 Student Art and Design Show, Ohlone College, Fremont, Calif.
- 94 Student Fine Art Show, Atlantic Union College, South Lancaster, Mass.
bibliography
- Artful Blogging, Illustration Friday, Spring 2008
- Automatic Robotics Volume 2, Reincarnation. 6/10/06
- Palo Alto Daily News, Our Answers to Ballot Questions, A Look at Local State Measures. 11/5/05
- Spartan Daily, Should President Bill Clinton be Impeached Based on the Evidence Contained in Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's Report? 9/23/98
- Spartan Daily, With Growing Public Awareness about Homosexuality, Gay Marriages are Coming Under Fire. Should Same-Sex Marriages be Legally Recognized? 8/26/98
- The Legend Magazine, Endless Red Rivers, 95
awards
- 07 Honorarium for gente, casas y barrios, MACLA, San Jose, Calif.
- 06 Art Production Excellence Award, Palo Alto Daily News, Palo Alto, Calif.
- 95 Third Place: Art Competition for "Legend" Magazine, Ohlone College, Fremont, Calif.
- 95 Student Fine Art and Design Show Awards, Ohlone College, Fremont, Calif.
galleries and fashion boutique
For your reference, these are links of the galleries and fashion boutique that Tim had been particIpated in his art showing events: