This is the official website of painter Tim Clorius

 

1976 born in Heidelberg, Germany

1995 graduated from Kurfuerst Friedrich Gymnasium Heidelberg, Germany (Abitur)

 

EDUCATION:

2002 - Bachelor of Fine Arts/with Honors, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine (Teachers: Sean Foley, Gail Spain, Honor Mack, Ellen Lesperance)

1998-2000 - School of Visual Arts, New York, New York
                        (Teachers: Michael Goldberg, Bob Stanley, Lydia Dona, Toby Kahn)

 

AWARDS/ GRANTS:

2006 - Principal Artist for the Artists in Maine Communities Grant from the Maine Arts Commission though the National Endowment for the Arts
entitled S.U.B.O.N.E: An Urban Mural Project.

2005 - Rebel Blend Fund, Good Idea Grant, Coffee by Design, Portland, Maine

2003 - Voted one of the most influential people under 35 in Portland as a graffiti
                       Artist and Painter, the Portland Phoenix, Maine

2000-2002 - Maine College of Art Talent Award, Maine College of Art, Portland

2001 - Millard C. Webber Jr. Award, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine

 

 EXHIBITIONS:

 Solo Shows:

2007 - “Vicious Cycles”, Sanctuary Tattoo and Art Gallery, Portland, Maine

2006 - “Subscript”, Sanctuary Tattoo and Art Gallery, Portland, Maine

2005 - “New Paintings”, Portland City Hall, Portland, Maine

2005 - “Black, Yellow, White”, Rivet Studios, Portland, Maine

2004 - University of New England, Biddeford, Maine

2003 - “Sublime Urban Beauty”, Gallery 73, Portland, Maine

 

Selected Group Shows

2007 - “Tiny”curated by Bruce Brown, Whitney Artworks, Portland, Maine

2007 - 31St Annual MECA Art Auction, Featured item in the live auction, Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine

2007 - “Body Parts” Center for Maine Contemporary Art, June Fiztpatrick Gallery, Portland, Maine

2006 - Red Bull Writersblock, invitational graffiti show, Birmingham, Alabama

2005 - “Hired Gun for the Hanging Judge” (two person show with Justin Richel), Sanctuary Tattoo and Art Gallery, Portland, Maine

2005 - Twenty/20, Graffiti writers of the North East, Space Gallery, Portland

2005 - Included in the “Fly Project”, “The Sportsmen’s Redux”, Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, Maine

2003 - “New Talent”, Hay gallery, Portland, Maine

2003 - “The Urban Show”, Hay Gallery, Portland, Maine

2003 - “Plow”, SPACE Gallery, Portland, Maine

2003 - “Mixed Greens”, SPACE Gallery, Portland, Maine

 

SELECT VISITING ARTIST

2007 - Speaker at SALSA/Code discussing the Subone Urban Mural Project and it’s relation to the codes of international graffiti culture.

2007 - Artist in Residence, George Stevens Academy, Blue Hill, Maine

2007 - Juror for the “National Arts Program” in the City of Portland, Maine

2007 - Exhibition of “Free Form Flow” at the invitation of the Twin Cities Arts Counsel at the North Dam Mill, Biddeford, ME

2006 - “e2e with Tim Clorius”, sponsored by the Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA, Portland, Maine

2006 - Service for Peace and W.A.I.T (Washington Aids International Teens)

2006 - Red Bull, Tampa, Florida

2006 - “S.U.B.O.N.E.- Field Drawing” with Prof. Jan Piribeck and her students, facilitated by USM/GIS a division of the department of Anthropology and Geography.

2006 - Visiting Artist in Chritina Beckstein’s class on Public Art at Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine

2006 - Visiting Artist in Jan Piribec’s class on Community Art and Public Art at University of Southern Maine

2005 - Visiting Artist in Felicia Fahey’s class on mural art, Bates College, Maine

2004 - Panelist at “First Thursday” Panel discussion on Art and Crime, Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, Maine

 

SELECT  MURALS/ COLLECTIONS:

2007 - Dance House productions, Biddeford, Maine

2007 - 249, Congess street, Portland, Maine

2007 - Portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King, Collection of the NAACP Portland

2007 - “36000 Squares”, Collection of Nobel High School, Kennebunk, Maine

2007 - “The City”, Collection of the City of Portland, Maine limited edition prints available through the City of Portland, Maine

2006 - “Roof Top Mural”, The Artists Studio Building, Portland, Maine

2006 - Portrait of John Eder, funded by the committee to reelect John Eder

2006 - Munjfest, Munjoy Hill Neighborhood organization, Portland, Maine

2006 - Velvet VII, Rippeleffect, Portland, Maine

2006 - Pleasant Street mural with Matt Moore, through funding by Whitney Artworks, Evolv2Advance and MENSK

2006 - Red Bull, Tampa, Florida, Collection of Red Bull

2006 - Red Bull, Birmingham, Alabama

2005 - “Fusion Funk” for Elements VII, Red Bull/ Fusion Funk, Boston, Ma

2005 - Parks and Rec Arts Program, exhibited in City Hall (Sept.-Oct.), collection of the City of Portland

2005 - Munjoy Hill Community Center/ Policing Center, Portland, Maine

2005 - Vote Louder at University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine “Libertas Leading” collection of the University of Southern Maine

2005 - Southern Maine Community College, South Portland, Main

2005 - Red Bull, Scarboro, Maine

2005 -“SubOne” Mural, Ono Café, Portland, Maine

2005 - “Skeleton Productions”, Portland, Maine/ Los Angeles, CA

2004 - “Realtime Recording”, Portland Maine

2004 - Iron Hog Productions, Los Angeles, California

2004 - Assylum nightclub, “Bush Mural”, Portland, Maine

2003 - Freestreet Taverna, Portland, Maine

2003 - “SUB”-Piece for an MTV produced Spot

2003 - Dogfish, FA-Crew, Portland, Maine

2003 - I-Worx, Scarboro, Maine

2003 - MENSK, Portland, Maine

2003 - VelvetVII, Rippeleffect, Portland, Maine

2003 - Red Bull, “Scream”

2002 - Red Bull, “Pulse”

2002 - Red Bull, “Five Elements” Tour

2001- Red Bull, “Halloween”, Lewiston, Maine

 

MEDIA:

2007 - “Big, Yet Tiny”, Portland Press Herald, Maine Sunday Telegram, Dec.9th

2007 - “King belongs to all of us”, Portland Press Herald, Jan. 15th

2006 - Contemporary Street Art, “GPS Guides the Creation of Giant Art”

2006 - “SubOne Speaks Out”, the Bollard, Portland, Maine

2006 - “GPS guides the Creation Of Giant Art”, Portland Press Herald, Aug.5th

2006 - “No Name Art”, The Portland Phoenix

2006 - “Painting the Walls; Graffiti Activist speaks on Youth and Art, The Portland Phoenix, 7/7/06

2006 - “Accepting Rejection”-Life-, The Portland Phoenix, Oct.1rst

2006 - “Taking it to the Street”, The Maine Sunday Telegram, 7/9/06

2006 - vol.4/14, the Forecaster

2006 - “Mending Fences”, the Munjoy Hill Observer

2006 - Weekly Interview, the Gorham Westbrook Gazette, 2/10/06

2006 - “Industrial Art”, Subone and Aser, video documentary, Red Bull

2005 - Red Bull, “Writers of the North East”, Skeleton Video Productions

2005 - “Aerossault”, Documentary on Graffiti Art

2005 - “Tank Farm Art”, Portland Press Herald, I-Herald, Nov. 21

2005 - “The Record”, Nov.

2005 - “The Evolution Underground”, Portland Phoenix, Nov.18-24

2005 - “Young Artists Get Their Day in the Sun”, Portland Press Herald

2005 - “Awaken”, Evolve2AdvanceCataloge, Evolve2Advance.com

2005 - “Fresh Air and Spray Paint”, the Forecaster, Aug.17th

2005 - “Fence Art”, The Munjoy Hill Observer, vol.125/#2

2004 - “Graffiti Mixes with Politics on Downtown Building”, the Forecaster

2003 - “Guerilla Artists” Portland Magazine, issue#18

2003 - “Trading Spaces”, Portland Phoenix, Nov.14th

2003 - “Urban Landscript” Tim Clorius at Gallery 73, Portland Phoenix, Jan.17th

2002 - “Graffiti on Tap at Gallery 73”, Maine Sunday Telegram, Dec.29th

2002 - “Community Canvas”, Maine Sunday Telegram, Oct.20th

2002 - “American Graffiti”, Port City Life Magazine

 

PUBLICATIONS:

2006 - Words and Images, featured interview, published by the University of Southern Maine

2006 - E2E with Tim Clorius, created by the Institute of Contemporary Art Portland, Maine (on view in their archives)

2006 - “The Visual Language of Art” in “Rhetorik Eine interdisziplinaere Einfuerung in die rhetorische Praxis, C.F.Mueller Verlagsgruppe huethic Jehle Rehm GmbH, Heidelberg, Munich, Landsberg, Berlin

2006 - Thos. Moser Catalogue

2006 - “S.U.B.O.N.E.” The Art of Tim Clorius, The Site TV, Los Angeles, CA

2004 - “The Visual Language of Art” in Der Macht die Worte, VRS Rolf Schmitt Verlag, Germany