TIM BAVINGTON

BORN: 1966, England
Lives and works in Las Vegas, NV

EDUCATION:

1999 M.F.A. University of Nevada, Las Vegas
1990 B.F.A. Art Center College of Art and Design

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2005   Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris, France
             Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
             Space, London, Great Britain
2004    Mark Moore Gallery, Santa-Monica, CA
2003    Pullium Deffenbaugh, Portland, OR
             Greg Kucera, Seattle, WA
2002    James Kelly Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
             Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2001    Feigen Contemporary, New York, NY
2000    Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
             Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, TX

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2006   Pop Abstraction in Las Vegas, Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris, France
             Extreme Abstraction, Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris, France
2005   Extreme Abstraction, New Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
             Art Basel Miami, Jack Shainman Gallery, Miami, FL
2004   Art Cologne, Mark Moore Gallery, Cologne
2003   Structure, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
             Flair, Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002   Neo Painting ,Young Eun Museum of Contemporary Art, Kwangu-City, Korea
             Live Like There's Yes Tomorrow Sala Diaz, San Antonio, TX
             New in Town, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR
             Western States, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2001   The Magic Hour: Die Konvergenz von Kunst Und Las Vegas, Neue Galerie, Kunstlerhaus, Burgring, Germany
             (Las) Vegans, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
             Eye Candy, Scott White Gallery, San Diego, CA
2000   Paint, American Style, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
             New American Talent: The Fifteenth Exhibition, The Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX
             Ultra lounge, University of South Florida, Museum of Contemporary Art, , Tampa, FL
1999   Optopussy Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, TX
             Unctuous Youth, Action Space, Los Angeles, CA
             Bi-Design, Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV
1998   Ultra lounge DiverseWorks Artspace, Houston, TX
             Post, 1- 15, Los Angeles, CA

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Collins, Tom. “Neon in the Mist: Living in Las Vegas, Colors Work of London-born Artist.” JOURNAL NORTH,
Arts section, November 22, 2002, pp. 5-6
Grenier, Alexandre. ‘’Extreme Abstraction’’, PARISCOPE, February 15 – 21, 2006, p.174
Indyke, Dottie. “Las Vegans,” ART NEWS , May 2002, p. 176
King, Sarah S. “Sin City Sampler”, ‘’Report From Santa Fe’’, ART IN AMERICA, July, 2002, pp. 51-53
Knight, Christopher. “Tim Bavington Sprays Exuberant Visual Music”, LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 12, 2002, p. 28
Knight, Christopher. “Bavington’s Sophisticated and Savvy Abstracts Exude Joy”, LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 9, 2000, pF19
Miles, Christopher. “Tim Bavington at Mark Moore Gallery”, ARTFORUM, November, 2002, p.192
Machida-Gaikotsu, Atsushi. “Tim Bavington at Mark Moore Gallery”, TENPYO, (Japan), Autumn, 2002, p. 40
Odom, Michael. “‘Ultralounge,’ DiverseWorks,” ARTFORUM , November 1998, pp. 119
Pagel, David. “Aperto Las Vegas”, FLASH ART , March / April 2002 pp. 57-59
Pagel, David. “Tim Bavington at Mark Moore Gallery, 3 June-8 July’’, ART ISSUES , September/October, 2000
Pagel, David. “Artist on a Daring Mission,” LOS ANGELES TIMES, Saturday June 1, 2002
Row, David. “Painting by Musical Numbers”, THE OREGONIAN , A&E, January 10, 2003, p.53
Smith, Roberta. “Tim Bavington and Yek”, THE NEW YORK TIMES , Friday, September 28, 2001

CATALOGUES:

2002   New American Paintings – Juried Exhibition in Print #42 , The Open Studios Press, Boston
            Neo Painting . The Young Eun Museum of Contemporary Art, Quangiu-City
2001   Farquharson, Alex (Ed.). The Magic Hour, The Convergence of Art and Las Vegas.
            Neue Galerie, Graz
2001   Hickey, Dave. (Essay). “Tim Bavington and Yek”. Feigen Contemporary, New York
2000   New American Talent 15, Essay by David Pagel. Texas Fine Art Association, Texas
            CAA Themes Out of School, Essay by David Pagel. Creative Artists Agency, Beverly Hills, CA
1998   Ultralounge. The Return of Social Space, Essays by Dave Hickey and David Pagel. DiverseWorks, Houston

SELECTED COLLECTIONS:

Museum of Modern Art, MOMA, New York, NY
The Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, CA
CAA (Creative Artists Agency), Beverly Hills, CA
Ken Downing, Dallas, TX
Emily Kass and Charles Weinraub, Tampa, FL
William and Debbie Richards, Pasadena, CA

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