Tim Lokiec
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Tim Lokiec (born 1977) is an artist based in New York
. He creates multiple, disconnected images to make a work, often using pens, markers and screen-printing
to address subjects including drugs, bathrooms, sex and rainbows.
. He received his BA from Rhode Island School of Design
and his MA from Columbia University
.
In May 2003, he took part in a group show in the Anton Kern gallery, New York, where the exhibits were mock album covers for the punk band, the Melvins. The Artforum
reviewer singled out Lokiec's contribution, Melvins Family with Haunted Parking Meter, 2003, as capturing the spirit of the band, "at first glance kind of crummy but, upon closer inspection, deeply and reliably dazzling." The painting was of mottled shapes on linoleum, the meter being depicted with glowing eyes: "Though the painting itself is slouchingly modest, its subtle coloration—slivers of kelly green, mustard yellow, and frosting pink over a grotty brown ground—holds the eye."
Lokiec had his first solo show, Plateau Sigma, at the LFL Gallery, Chelsea, New York in June 2003, showing disconnected images composed of askew perspective, and maze-like doodles with acid colors depicting drug equipment, overflowing tubs in pink bathrooms, smoking, sex and rainbows, typified as dealing mainly with the theme of teenage male-female relationships by Roberta Smith
, who commented:
She also mentioned his "marvelous drawings", which he had been exhibiting previously in other venues and some of which were included in the show.
At the same time he was also shown in the ATM Gallery, New York, in a "noteworthy group show". Later that year in another group show, My people were fair and had cum in their hair (but now they're content to spray stars from your boughs), curated by Bob Nickas, at Team in New York, Lokiec's "cartoon grotesque of oral sex was intriguingly fierce and unresolved."
He was shown in the 2004 Frieze Art Fair
. In 2005, he was one of three artists in the inaugural exhibition in Zenshi Mikami's Zenshi Gallery in Tokyo with two psychedelic drawings.
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. He creates multiple, disconnected images to make a work, often using pens, markers and screen-printing
Screen-printing
Screen printing is a printing technique that uses a woven mesh to support an ink-blocking stencil. The attached stencil forms open areas of mesh that transfer ink or other printable materials which can be pressed through the mesh as a sharp-edged image onto a substrate...
to address subjects including drugs, bathrooms, sex and rainbows.
Life and work
Tim Lokiec was born in Cleveland, OhioOhio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
. He received his BA from Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design is a fine arts and design college located in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1877. Located at the base of College Hill, the RISD campus is contiguous with the Brown University campus. The two institutions share social, academic, and community resources and...
and his MA from Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
.
In May 2003, he took part in a group show in the Anton Kern gallery, New York, where the exhibits were mock album covers for the punk band, the Melvins. The Artforum
Artforum
Artforum is an international monthly magazine specializing in contemporary art.-Publication:The magazine is published ten times a year, September through May, along with an annual summer issue...
reviewer singled out Lokiec's contribution, Melvins Family with Haunted Parking Meter, 2003, as capturing the spirit of the band, "at first glance kind of crummy but, upon closer inspection, deeply and reliably dazzling." The painting was of mottled shapes on linoleum, the meter being depicted with glowing eyes: "Though the painting itself is slouchingly modest, its subtle coloration—slivers of kelly green, mustard yellow, and frosting pink over a grotty brown ground—holds the eye."
Lokiec had his first solo show, Plateau Sigma, at the LFL Gallery, Chelsea, New York in June 2003, showing disconnected images composed of askew perspective, and maze-like doodles with acid colors depicting drug equipment, overflowing tubs in pink bathrooms, smoking, sex and rainbows, typified as dealing mainly with the theme of teenage male-female relationships by Roberta Smith
Roberta Smith
Roberta Smith is an art critic for the New York Times and a lecturer on contemporary art.Born in New York City and raised in Lawrence, Kansas, Smith studied at Grinnell College in Iowa. Her career in the arts started in 1968 while an undergraduate summer intern at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in...
, who commented:
- The clotted, druggy figurative paintings in Tim Lokiec's solo debut may be trying too hard, but they achieve a remarkable visual and emotional intensity, even when meaning and intention are hard to fathom.
She also mentioned his "marvelous drawings", which he had been exhibiting previously in other venues and some of which were included in the show.
At the same time he was also shown in the ATM Gallery, New York, in a "noteworthy group show". Later that year in another group show, My people were fair and had cum in their hair (but now they're content to spray stars from your boughs), curated by Bob Nickas, at Team in New York, Lokiec's "cartoon grotesque of oral sex was intriguingly fierce and unresolved."
He was shown in the 2004 Frieze Art Fair
Frieze Art Fair
Frieze Art Fair is an international contemporary art fair that takes place every October in London's Regent's Park. The fair is staged by Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover, the publishers of frieze magazine...
. In 2005, he was one of three artists in the inaugural exhibition in Zenshi Mikami's Zenshi Gallery in Tokyo with two psychedelic drawings.