Biography
Eastern Shore Virginia / November 2009
Professional Biography
Born: 1950, Richmond, Virginia
Education: 1965-1968 Blue Ridge Art School, Roanoke, Virginia (Instructor: George Solonevich)
1972, B.F.A. Painting and Printmaking , Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
Teaching: 1979-1983 University of Virginia Continuing Education, Charlottesville, Virginia (Life Drawing)
1984-1995 St. Annes-Belfield School, Charlottesville, Virginia (Chair, Fine Arts Department)
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS
| 2011 | Virginia Commission for the Arts Fellowship / Works on Paper |
| 2006 – 2007 | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional Fellowship |
| 1999 – 2000 | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional Fellowship |
| 1997 – 1998 | Virginia Commission for the Arts Individual Artist Grant |
| 1992 – 1993 | Virginia Commission for the Arts Individual Artist Grant |
| 1991 | Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VaDrawing Award (Juror: Tom Armstrong) |
| 1989 – 1990 | University of Virginia Center for the Liberal Arts, Study in Italy Grant, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. |
| 1987 | Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Friends of the Center Award and Drawing Award (Juror: Ned Rifkin) |
| 1981 – 1982 | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts/Va. Commission for the Arts Professional Fellowship |
| 1980 – 1981 | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional Fellowship |
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
| 2011 | NAXOS Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville, Va |
| 2010 | RECENT STILL LIFE WORK Warm Springs Gallery, Warm Springs, Va.
TIM O’KANE / NEW PAINTINGS & DRAWINGS Warm Springs Gallery, Charlottesville, Va. |
| 2009 | STILL-LIFE / THE OBSERVED WORLD OF A RIGHT-HANDED PAINTER Warm Springs Gallery, Warm Springs, Va. |
| 2008 | MAINE / WATERCOLORS Warm Springs Gallery, Warm Springs, Virginia |
| 2007 | THE OBSERVED WORLD OF A RIGHT-HANDED PAINTER Angelo’s, Charlottesville, Va. |
| 2005 | TIME ENOUGH (with excerpts from the novel) C&O Gallery, Charlottesville, Va. |
| 2000 | ITALIAN MINIATURES / PAINTINGS OF SICILY McGuffey Arts Center, Charlottesville, Virginia THE HOURS TRILOGY and ISLANDS SUITE McGuffey Arts Center, Charlottesville, Virginia |
| 1998 | TIM O’KANE / TIME ENOUGH 1993 – 1998 Selected Paintings and Drawings – Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia |
| 1994 | TIM O’KANE Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, S.C. |
| 1989 | SELECTED DRAWINGS Piedmont Va. Community College, Charlottesville, Va. TIM O’KANE/WORKS ON PAPER Peninsula Fine Arts Center |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
| 2011 | “State of the Arts in Virginia” The Capitol Offices of Senator Mark Warner, Washington,DC (Invitational Exhibition
Summer Gallery Artists Exhibition, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, Va. |
| 2009 | “Cold Press” Gallery artists, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, Va. Boston International Fine Art Exhibition (The Fraser Gallery) “UNPAINTING”, Greenville county Museum of Art, Greenville, S.C. SUMMER INTRODUCTION EXHIBITION, Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, N.C. “Vitamin C” Gallery Artists, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, Va. The Affordable Art Fair, New York, N.Y. (The Fraser Gallery) Gallery Artists, The Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, Md. |
| 2008 | Bridge Art Fair, Miami/Basel (The Fraser Gallery) – Miami, Fl. Gallery Artists, The Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, Md. Gallery Artists, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, Va. |
| 2007 | The Butler Institute of American Art National Juried Exhibition, Youngstown, Ohio *catalogue Gallery Artists, Gallery Henoch, New York, N.Y. |
| 2006 | Gallery Artists, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY. |
| 2005 | Gallery Artists, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY. Art of the 20th Century, New York, N.Y. US Artists, Philadelphia, Pa. Contemporary American Realism VIII, Doran Gallery, Tulsa, Ok. |
| 2003 | 30 YEARS, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Va. |
| 2002 | Realism / Regional, Le Yeux de Monde, Charlottesville, Va. |
| 2000 | New American Paintings (Juror: Howard Fox) Open Studios Press, Boston, Ma. * Catalogue # 27 |
| 1999 | New American Paintings (Juror: Linda Norden) Open Studios Press *Catalogue #21 |
| 1998 | ARTSITES 98 , Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Md. , Catalog: Washington Review |
| 1996 | Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, N.Y. |
| 1993 | Art Museum of the Americas, OFF THE MALL: Inside Washington’s Foremost Art Galleries OAS, Washington D.C |
| 1992 | PAST AND PRESENT: THE AMERICAN TRADITION OF STILL LIFE PAINTING, Adams Davidson Galleries, Washington, D.C.Rosenthal Galleries, Chicago, Illinois |
| 1992 | Juried Exhibition, Peninsula Fine Arts Center (Juror: Tom Armstrong) *catalogue |
| 1991 | COMMONWEALTH COLLECTS , Contemporary Art Center of Va., Va. Beach, Va. |
| 1990 | INTIMATE AND VISIONARY: 200 YEARS OF AMERICAN MASTER DRAWINGS, 1790 – 1990, Adams Davidson Galleries *catalog DRAWING THE LINE Fendrick Gallery, Washington, D.C. |
| 1989 | SMALL FORMAT WORKS (20th Anniversary Exhibition), Fendrick Gallery |
| 1988 | THE FIGURE Peninsula Fine Arts Center |
| 1987 | 3 REALISTS FROM THE FENDRICK Anderson Gallery, Va. Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va. Virginia Beach Fine Arts Center, Va. Beach, Va. JURIED EXHIBITION Peninsula Fine Arts Center |
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (Selected)
| CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART, Norfolk, Va. |
| GREENVILLE COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, Greenville, S.C. |
| ROBERT H. SMITH INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR JEFFERSON STUDIES, Monticello, Charlottesville, Va. |
| ER Carpenter Co., Richmond, Va. |
| Crestar Bank, Richmond, Va. |
| Virginia Power, Richmond, Va. |
| Hirsh & Bedner, Santa Monica, California |
| Equitable Insurance Corporation, Columbus, Ohio |
| MacGuire, Woods & Battle, Richmond, Va. |