Timothy B Layden's work investigates various aspects of human life, exploring diverse perspectives and states within the shared spectrum of experience. He investigates the construction of reality through the senses and the emotional development of human observation, interaction and understanding, conceptualising this through abstraction, symbolism and the interpretation of myth.
Originally from Seattle Washington in the USA, Timothy B Layden has been an artist, student, designer, teacher and an activist in The USA, Mexico, Italy, Japan, Spain and The UK. He studied a BA in Fine Arts at the University of The Americas in Mexico, where he co-formed his first collective, EXPOSIóN, with an international group of young painters and taught art at a local secondary school involving youth in cooperative art projects. From 1995 to 97, he produced mixed media art work and ran workshops from his live-in studio in Seattle. In 1997, he worked with marginalized youth, graffiti artists and fine artists to develop murals for the Sodo urban arts corridor. In '98 and '99 he lived in Japan , where he formed part of the art collective Club Ikebukero. From 1998 to 2000 he travelled from Japan to Mexico and back to the US working with different groups of artists, producing new work and exhibiting. In 2000 he arrived in Spain where he began his studies at the University of Barcelona focusing his research on interdisciplinary studies between the arts relating this to history, philosophy and science, finally writing his doctoral thesis on the influence of music and synesthesia on contemporary painting. At the same time he developed a series of exhibitions of mixed media visual art while working with a street theatre group doing performances in public spaces in Madrid. Since receiving his PhD in Fine Art from the University of Barcelona in 2005 he has come to settled in London where he lives with his wife produces artwork and has collaborated on a number of creative projects within the UK as well as abroad: he has been involved with the urban art intervention group City Mine(d) (www.citymined.org) in London, Brussels and Barcelona; developed research and interactive workshops on art and Synestheasia; exhibited new work individually and collectively in The UK and abroad; developed abstract animation videos and designs for the musical group The Beautiful taste (www.thebeautifultaste.com); has been teaching art theory and practice and working with the Arte-Cittá foundation (www.artecitta.es) developing interdisciplinary projects and research related to synesthesia.
Exhibitions
Private
04/09 - Rosebud Cafe - Seattle Washington, USA - Early works
11/07 - Questor's Theatre - London, UK - Looking/Seeing-Curiosity/Feeling
04/04 - Gallery Inquilina - Madrid, Spain - Visual art on music and synestheasia
02/04 - Gallery Hágaale Mijo - Madrid, Spain - Visual art on music and synestheasia
06/03 - Hypnotic Art - Madrid, Spain - Awareness of Chaos http://www.hypnotictime.com/art/index_e.html
01/02 - Barcelona, Spain Domestic Gallery -- visual art and writings on hypnagogic interpretations of mythology.
12/97 - Seattle WA, USA, The Four Angels Gallery -- paintings, sculpture and metal engravings
01/97 - Seattle WA, USA Lux Gallery - paintings, sculpture and metal engravings
09/95 - The University of the Americas -- Cholula, Mexico -- paintings on chaos theory
05/94 - Gallery 20\20 -- Puebla, Mexico -- hanging sculptures
Collective
11/08 Take Pride Gallery, East London, UK OXXO exhibition of Synesthethic Art
04/08 Novas Gallery, London Bridge, London, UK - Collective 58 Eye Level
05/07 Trinity Buoy, East London, Arts in Process - exhibition of interactive mixed media involving spectators in process art.
09/06 - 01/07 New York City, Digital'2006"Bio/Med SciART" New York Hall of Science http://www.asci.org/
11/06, 07, 08, 07/09 - Southwark, London- Café Gallery Open,
11/06 - London, Barclays Bank, Canary Warf and Art Angel, Islington- Liberte d' Expression Contemporary Art open
11/05 - Mexico City, Modazone, New Visions of Surrealism: Neo-Surreal Digital Art Competition-first runner up
12/04 MAGMA FESTIVAL, Canary Islands--exhibition of art installations on globalisation and human migration.
06/99 - Tokyo, CLUB IKEBUKURO:, artists collective -co-organizer ofhappenings and group exhibitions, developed art events in public space bringing passers-by into participative collective art projects. http://www.eriksanner.com/ikebukuro_portfolio.html
11/97 - Seattle WA, USA, The Best of the Northwest: Centre of Contemporary Art (COCA)
06/97 - Seattle WA, USA Beyond Chaos : - mixed-media group exhibition of art reflecting organized chaos - collective mixed-media exhibition with local artists at the Art/Not terminal.
06/97 - Seattle WA, USA, Alien Art Ransom: visual arts exhibition of interpretations of extraterrestrial life.
05/97 - Lewiston ID, USA -, Lewis and Clark Centre for Arts and Culture 14th National Arts Competition -- 2nd place
05/97 - Seattle WA, USA, Lusty Lady Gallery -- Competition of erotic art
11/96 - Seattle WA, USA, Judith Schorr Gallery - metal engravings
Work shops, conferences and collaborative projects
05/09 - III International Conference on Science, Art and Synesthesia, Granada Spain; on synesthesia in contemporary art
07/08 &07/10- University of Almeria Summer Courses; workshops on music, painting and synesthesia through the and The Arte Citta foundation (www.atecitta.es) in Almeria Spain.
04/08 - Novas Gallery London; workshops on syneshtesia and visual art
05/07 II International Conference on Science, Art and Synesthesia, Granada Spain; The Influence of Music on Painting
05/07 Arts in Process, Isle of Dogs, London; Talk on Urban Art intervention and the use of participative community art projects with collaborative art piece on the process of participative art.
7/05-07/07- City Mine(d): www.citymined.org London - urban art intervention group; project coordinator, lead designer and curator of public urban art; worked collaboratively with artists, urban dwellers, national and international organizations, city regulators and academics, designing and developing art workshops and events in public space.
- 10/05-03/07- Delta Project: London, interactive courses on citizenship, art and city development in primary schools
- 01/07 - 03/07- workshops on urban art and the 2012 Olympics at Royal Holloway, UCL, London
- 07/05 - 0906 - Carbuncle's Way: London, urban art intervention networking around public space in Tottenham Hale
- 09/05 -/ 04/06 - Ping Pong Project: London, interactive community art installation www.pingpongproject.org
- 01/06 - University of West Minster, London, Lecture on urban art intervention
- 11/06 -Micronomics conference: Brussels; talks, workshops and urban art interventions addressing micro-economics
- 10/05-06/06 - Generalized empowerment: UCL, London, Collaborative research, forum and exhibition on urban art interventions www.generalizedempowerment.org
06/04 - El Barrio de los Artistas - Madrid, Spain; festival of open studios in Lavapies, Madrid.
10/02 - 6/03 MORE Performance Madrid; collaborative performance commenting on effects of consumerism on contemporary culture.
11/01 - Barcelona Arte Contemporaneo: Barcelona, Spain; urban festival of installation and performance art
10/99 - The Eye from Outside: Mexico City; workshops and exhibition combining photography and drawing
10/97 SODO Urban Arts: Seattle; worked with urban artists and young people painting murals for Seattle’s Urban Landscape
Research and publications
Current
– developing research into synesthesia and sensory observation in artistic expression
– Cross-curricular and interdisciplinary art education
05/08 – Irregular One –interactive graphic novella
05/07 - The Influence of Music on Painting II Conference of Synesthesia art and Sceince, Pegleg Magazine Summer 2007 http://www.peglegmagazine.com/, recreart http://www.iacat.com/Revista/recrearte/Indice07.htm#seccion3
09/06 - 05/07 Art Aware: art aiming to improve the well being of others involving them in cathartic creative activities, increasing awareness of social issues and highlighting subjective and alternative views, social situations and human conditions.
2006 -Publications for Urban Forum and Tool Book for Urban Art Interventions, City Mine(d) Urban Forum, Brussels, Barcelona, London
2005 - The Contributions of Synesthesia and Audio Perception to Contemporary Painting, The University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain http://www.tesisenxarxa.net/TDX-0406105-173506/
2002 – Visual poetry, The University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
1995 -The chaos of Art: Chaos Theory and Contemporary Art, The University of the Americas, Puebla, Mexico
Education
06/10 Post Graduate Certificate in Art and Design Education: The Institute of Education, London University
3/05 Doctorate in Fine Arts: The University of Barcelona -specialized in visual arts, art history, Synesthesia, interdisciplinary studies and the theory of perception and artistic expression
1/90 - 10/95 BA Fine Arts: The University of the Americas: Mexico - specialized in visual arts
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