Tim Biskup (born 1967), is an American visual artist and designer. He is known for illustration, painting, sculpture, and product design.

Early life and education

Tim Biskup was born on September 21, 1967, in

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, California. He realized he wanted to become an artist when he visited the

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in 1984 with his family. There he was exposed to the works of

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, and

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. He enrolled in the

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, Fine Art department in 1986 only to drop out in 1988. He stated in an interview that he was frustrated with the fact that there was an excessive emphasis on conceptualizing art, rather learning how to make art.

Career

He works with playful and vibrant

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imagery in the pop-design genre that emerged in the late 20th century through such diverse media as

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production, and rotocast vinyl. Biskup was a co-founder of the GAMA-GO clothing line in San Francisco; working alongside Chris Edmundson and Greg Long from 2001 until 2006. During his ''Ether'' Show in the summer of 2007, Biskup displayed works from his self-dubbed ''Baroque Modernist'' style based on fear, loss, and pain. In 2012, ''

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'' commissioned Biskup for its

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-themed issue's cover art, which was inspired by ''

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''. In 2017, Biskup opened the gallery and project space, ''Face Guts'' located in

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. Biskup's 240-page retrospective

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and

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, ''Tree of Life'', was published in October 2019 by

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which the

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described as showcasing "his unique hybrids of flourishes, atmospherics, geometry, gesture, character, figure, flora and fauna, and an intense, luminous, complex and nuanced supersaturated palette."

Published works

* ''Tree of Life'' (October 1, 2019) * ''Art and Design of Gama-Go (Gama Go)'' by Greg Long, Chris Edmundson, and Tim Biskup (Jun 15, 2007) * ''Dark Horse Deluxe Journal: Tim Biskup'' (Jan 15, 2003) * ''Tim Biskup's 100 Paintings'' (Hardcover - April 21, 2004) * ''The Jackson 500 Volume 1'' (Jun 22, 2005) * ''The Jackson 500 Volume 2'' (Jun 28, 2006) * ''The Jackson 500 Volume 3'' (Jul 4, 2007) * ''The Jackson 500 Volume 4'' (Jan 26, 2010)

Products

*Tim Biskup's Lucky Stack by Tim Biskup (box set cards - November 30, 2006) *GAMA-GO Postcard Book by Tim Biskup (unknown binding - April 2004)

References

External links

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