Bio/Press

Tim McKay is a Denver-based artist who works in acrylic, mixed media and ceramics. Primarily, his art is about the use of color, line, and creating meaningful interplay between organic and inorganic forms. Thematically, his work explores the intersection of random and predictable actions and is aligned with the Color Field and Constructionist/Systems movements.

McKay worked for over 20 years as a software designer, and within his practice of art applies concepts of software engineering such as scalability and user-centered design in creating a body  of work with a consistent style that welcomes all viewers.  He believes in the value of art as a tool to engender moments of stillness that encourage people to connect with their thoughts and feelings in a deeper way.     

McKay’s formal instruction in art has been through the Art Student League of Denver, where he has been a student of Homare Ikeda, Dale Chisman, Michael Gadlin, and Jeff Wenzel.

 

 

Select Exhibitions

2023     Architecture of Form 4, Core Art Space, Lakewood, CO
2022     The Labryinth, Littleton Museum, Littleton, CO
2022     Point Line Plane–works on paper, 931 Gallery, Denver, CO
2022     American Experiment, Pirate: Contemporary Art, Lakewood, CO (solo)
2022     Architecture of Form 3, Core New Art Space, Lakewood, CO
2021     Social Fabric, Pirate: Contemporary Art, Lakewood, CO (solo)
2021     Architecture of Form 2, Core New Art Space, Lakewood, CO
2020     Color as Line, Pirate: Contemporary Art, Lakewood, CO (solo)
2019     Primes, Pirate: Contemporary Art, Lakewood, CO (solo)
2018     National Juried Exhibition, Pirate: Contemporary Art, Lakewood, CO
2016     Third Juried Exhibition, Pirate: Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
2014     flow, Sync Gallery, Denver, CO (solo)
2013     Art of the State, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO
2013     My City, My People, My Oath, My Shame, My City, Sync Gallery, Denver, CO (solo)
2012     Spiritual Underground, Sync Gallery, Denver, CO (solo)
2011     Obligations of Being Human, Sync Gallery, Denver, CO (solo)
2011     Giving Voice, 910 Arts, Denver, CO
2010     Continuum, Denver Modernism Show, Denver, CO (solo)
2009     Modern Ideography, Sync Gallery, Denver, CO (solo)
2009     The DAM Variations, Denver Modernism Show, Denver, CO (solo)
2009     The Blue Show, Core New Art Space, Denver, CO
2008     Western Values, Green Door Living, Tennyson Arts District, Denver, CO (solo)
2008     Wide Open Wonder Show, Core New Art Space, Denver, CO
2007     Art on the River, Greenway Foundation and Art Students League, Denver, CO
2007     Past & Present: The Students of Dale Chisman, Art Students League, Denver,   CO
2005     Art and Soul, Art Students League, Denver, CO

Select Press

2022,DARIA Magazine, Architecture of Form   https://www.dariamag.com/home/architecture-of-form

2020, 5280.com, Art Shows to Know in February and March   https://www.5280.com/2020/02/art-shows-to-know-in-february-and-march/     

2014, Westword, Rocky Mountain Warehouse Lofts has lofty art ambitions      http://www.westword.com/arts/rocky-mountain-warehouse-lofts-has-lofty-art-ambitions-5796789

2013, Denver Post and denverpost.com, A coincidence of violence, real and imagined; Denver artist Tim McKay explores the violence of Aurora shootings    https://www.denverpost.com/2013/01/09/denver-artist-tim-mckay-explores-the-violence-of-aurora-shootings/

2013, 303 Magazine, My City, My People, My Hope, My Shame, My City   https://303magazine.com/2013/01/my-city-my-people-my-hope-my-shame-my-city/

2011, Westword, Fields and Figures    http://www.westword.com/arts/fields-and-figures-5112085

 

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2022     The Labryinth, Littleton Museum, Littleton, CO