Timothy App
Timothy App | |
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| Born | 1947 Akron, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | (aged 78) |
| Occupations | Artist, educator, curator |
| Known for | Abstract painting |
| Notable work | Avatar (1998), Leviathan (2001), Crucifer (2007) |
| Movement | Abstract art, minimalist art |
Timothy App (1947 – November 19, 2025) was an American contemporary painter, curator and educator.[1] He taught at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) from 1990 to 2019.
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Timothy App was born in Akron, Ohio, in 1947.[2][3]
He attended Kent State University in Ohio, where he received a BFA degree in painting in 1970. He continued his study of painting at Tyler School of Art of Temple University and in 1974 received an MFA.[3]
Career
[edit | edit source]With many one-person and group exhibitions, he showed his abstract paintings regionally, nationally, and abroad. In 1988, his work was the focus of a 20-year survey exhibition at Linda Durham Gallery in Santa Fe.[2][4] His work from the previous forty-five years was the subject of a retrospective exhibition in 2013 at American University's Katzen Arts Center in Washington, D.C., and Goya Contemporary in Baltimore.
App was a recipient of a NEA fellowship in painting, as well as an individual artist's grant from the Maryland State Arts Council.
He taught at Pomona College in California, the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, and after 1990 at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA).[1] He received the Trustee's Award for Excellence in Teaching at MICA twice, and was nominated for the Richard C. Diebenkorn Teaching Fellowship. In addition to teaching and painting, he wrote on the work of other artists, lectured on his own work, and curated exhibitions of abstract painting.
His artwork is in museum collections, including the Albuquerque Museum,[5] Buffalo AKG Art Museum,[6] and the Baltimore Museum of Art.[7]
Death
[edit | edit source]App died on November 19, 2025, at the age of 78.[8]
Exhibitions
[edit | edit source]Solo exhibitions
[edit | edit source]- 1988, Timothy App: A Survey of Paintings, 1968–1988, Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.[2]
- 2013, The Aesthetics of Precision, American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center, Washington, D.C., U.S.[1]
- 2013, The Aesthetics of Precision, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.[1]
- 2021, States of Mind, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.[9]
- 2024, Timothy App: Equipoise, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.[10]
Group exhibitions
[edit | edit source]- 2009, The Grey Zone: Abstraction and/or Representation Paintings and Drawings by Timothy App and Howie Lee Weiss, Howard Community College, Columbia, Maryland, U.S.
See also
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Profile, MICA faculty directory
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- 1947 births
- 2025 deaths
- 20th-century American male artists
- 20th-century American painters
- 21st-century American male artists
- 21st-century American painters
- American male painters
- American modern painters
- Artists from Akron, Ohio
- Artists from New York (state)
- Maryland Institute College of Art faculty
- Minimalist artists
- Kent State University alumni
- Pomona College faculty
- Temple University Tyler School of Art alumni
- University of New Mexico faculty