Tim Biskup (b. Santa Monica, CA. 1967- ) is a Southern California artist whose practice is focused mainly on abstract and figurative painting, but extends into sculpture, printmaking and music. He studied fine art at Otis/ Parsons before entering the animation and illustration industries where he honed his technical skills. In 1999 he gathered a community of artists and began hosting live art auctions at bars around Los Angeles. He quickly found an audience for his personal work and began a career showing his art in gallery settings. His complex color and design theories pushed forward an aesthetic which has continued to develop and morph over the years. In February of 2017 he opened a small art gallery space called Face Guts in Los Angeles, CA. Biskup’s mid-career retrospective monagraph/autobiography “Tree of Life” was published by Chronicle Chroma in 2019.

Select Exhibitions

2019Vessel - Face Guts, Los Angeles, CA, April 27th - May 23rd

Supervision (w/ Raymond Lemstra & Josh Jefferson) - Mini Galerie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 7th - 28th

2018Spring Collection - Face Guts, Los Angeles, CA, April

2017New Paintings - Face Guts, Los Angeles, CA, Feb 19th - March 20th

2016THE DOG - Miami, FL, Nov 30th-Dec 3rd Press

2015A Step Felt in Full (w/ Mike Biskup) - Slow Culture, Los Angeles, CA, Feb 20th - March 20th

2013CHARGE - Martha Otero Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Sept 28 - Nov 2nd

2012Excavation - Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy, Sept 20th, Nov 17th

2011Former State - This Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Oct 14th - Nov 4th

2010Awesome Paintings (w/ Eric White) - All Tomorrow's Parties Festival, NY, Sept 3rd - 5th

2009The Mystic Chords of Memory - Iguapop Gallery, Barcelona, Spain, June 4th - July 4th

2008O/S (Operating System) - Addict Gallery, Paris, France, Oct 11th - Nov 10thThe Artist in You - Jonathan LeVine Gallery, NYC, NY, May 16th - June 14th

2007Ether - Billy Shire Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA, May 26th - July 7th

2006Vapor - Gallery Engler, Berlin, Germany, JuneAmerican Cyclops - Iguapop Gallery, Barcelona, Spain, July 2006

2005Virtue - Jonathan LeVine Gallery, NYC, NY, Oct 15th - Nov 12thThe Push-Over - Billy Shire Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA, June 25th - July 30th

Select Press

 The Hundreds - LA Weekly - Dirty Laundry - Slow Culture - Monster Children - More Hundreds - Huffington Post

Select Publications

• Canvas Magazine (Cover Story)

• ModArt Magazine (Cover Story)

• Hi-Fructose Magazine (Feature)

• Paper Magazine (Artwork featured in “Opinion” section along with a BIO by Carlo McCormick)

• Creativity Magazine

• Juxtapoz (Cover Story)

• Artweek (Revue)

• LA Weekly (Revue)

• Los Angeles Times

• Los Angeles Times Magazine (Cover Story)

• Los Angeles Magazine (Revue)

• Los Angeles City Beat

• artbeatstreet

• subculture design

• Helio Mag

• IDN Magazine

• Freshness Mag

• The Portland Mercury (Cover)

• Faesthetic Magazine (Cover)

• The Brooklyn Rail

• Tablet Magazine

• Hustler of Culture

• Blab Magazine(Cover)

• Racket Magazine

• Super7 Magazine (Cover Story)

• Vanity Fair

• Varoom Magazine

• Variety Magazine

• Vice Magazine

• Zing Magazine

• Vogue Italia

• La Repubblica Velvet (Italy)

• Epoca (Brazil)

• TVTrip (Brazil)

• Rojo Magazine (Spain)

• Clark Magazine (France)