Tim White-Sobieski

Born 1961
New York University, New York, NY
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

Solo Exhibitions (selected)

2008 Tim White-Sobieski, videoinstallations, galerie claus semerak, München
2007 Moving Happening – Lyon Biennale, Olivier Houg Galerie, Lyon, France
(September-October) (multi –channel video performance and sound and light installation)
Deconstructed Cities (video installation and photography)
Pilar Parra and Romero Galería de Arte/PhotoEspaña 2007, Madrid (June - July)
Deconstructed Cities – Ernst Hilger Gallery, Vienna (May-June)
(video installation and photography)
Awakening – Michael Schultz Gallery, Berlin (photography, catalogue)
2006 Vertigo – galerie claus semerak, München (video installation and photography)
New York City Suite - Voges + Partner Galerie, Frankfurt/Main
2005 Alpha - project for Louis Vuitton, Champs-Élysées, Paris
(permanent multichannel video/sound installation)
Vertigo - Voges + Partner Galerie, solo project at FIAC 05
Queen Mary, Before They Were Beatles - Pilar Parra Gallery, Madrid (video and photography)
2004 Confession - La Fattoria del Cerro di Acquaviva di Montepulciano (SI), Siena, Italy
(in collaborazione con Palazzo delle Papesse, curated by Lorenzo Fusi)
In The Heart of The Terminal - Olivier Houg Galerie, Lyon, France (video/photography)
Before They Were Beatles - Museo Centro de Arte de Salamanca, Spain
(catalogue) curated by Javier Panera
Terminal Crossing - Voges und Partner Galerie, Frankfurt, Germany
(video installation and photography)
2003 Terminal - Museo de Bellas Artes de Santander, Spain (catalogue)
curated by Salvador Carretero
Transitions - Rudolf Budja /Artmosphere Galerien, Wien, Salzburg,
Austria (video installations and photography; December-January)
Terminal at Last (video installation and photography)
Pilar Parra Galería de Arte, PhotoEspaña 2003, Madrid (June-July, catalogue)
2000 …and God Bless America (4- channel video installation and photography),
Alexandre de Folin Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)
1999 Presence (Runner - El Alamein) (3- channel video installation
and photography), Alexandre de Folin Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)

Group Exhibitions (selected)

2006 abstract art now – Neue Abstraktion, Wilhelm-Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, 23.05. – 24.09.2006
2005 Cinemascope, Scope art fair, Miami 2005
ETOILES & RAYURES - Galerie Quang, Paris (Nov.-Dec)
Lyon Biennale - project “Vetigo”, presented by Olivier Houg Gallery
“Chambres à part” - Curated by Laurence Dreyfus
Sezz Hotel, Paris, October 2005 (in association with FIAC 05)
„rewind<< - die neuen Alten“ - photo show, Nassauischer Kunstverein
Wiesbaden, curated by Katharina Klara Jung (catalogue) Sept-Oct.
Invideo XV (International Exhibition of Experimental and Art Video),
Milan, Italy, 09-13 November, catalog premiering in Italy video “Closer To Fall”
Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland, 04-14 August, catalogue
premiering in Switzerland videos “Closer To Fall” and “Terminal Heart”
Hamburg International Film Festival (June, video “Before They Were Beatles”)
“Identity Factories” - MLR Gallery, Bucharest, Romania. Curated by
Eugen Radescu (May, project “Before They Were Beatles”; video, photography)
2005 „Brückenpark im Licht“- Internationale Videokunst im Dreiradenspeicher in Zgorzelec
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, - Berlin, video „Terminal“
Galleri S.E , “Video Unplugged” - Bergen, Norway (curated by Paco
Barragán;video “Terminal Heart”)
Montevideo International Film Festival, Uruguay (premiering in South America “Before They Were Beatles”)
European Media ART FESTIVAL, Osnabrück, (Germany, April) (video “Before They Were Beatles”)
2004 Invideo (International Exhibition of Experimental and Art and Video), Milan, Italy (10th-14th November, catalog)
“September 11” (video) - Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS),
Madrid (September).Curated by Paco Barragán and Berta Sichel, director of its audiovisuals department, MNCARS
“No lo llames performance/ Don’t Call it Performance” - El Museo del Bario, New York
(September-November, curated by Paco Barragán and Deborah Cullen, catalog)
The Oakland International Film Festival, Oakland, California (September 15-19)
“LOVE” - Rudolf Budja Galerie, Salzburg, Austria (photography; July-August)
Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland (premiering in Switzerland video “On The Wing”, 04-14 August, catalogue)
“Corpo Sociale” - Galleria Pack, Milano (May) Curated by Giampaolo Abbondio
(with Masbedo and Robert Gligorov)
Multimedia Festival « Nuits Sonores », Lyon, France (May)
« Arquitecturas Urbanas » - contemporary photography –
Centro Municipal de las Artes de Alcorcon (Madrid, 12 Feb. - 8 March);
Centro Nacional de Fotografía Torrelavega (Santander, 26 March - 2 May); catalogue
2003 “Don’t Call it Performance” - video - Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
(MNCARS), Madrid (October); Curated by Paco Barragán,
en colaboración con el Departamento de Audiovisuales del MNCARS)
“Frágiles” - Espacio Liquido Gallery, Gijon, Asturias, Spain. (October)
Curated by Nuria Fernández Franco y Fernando Martín Galán (video)
“ART DIGITAL VIDEO” - Hong Kong, Videotage, in collaboration with Alliance Francaise de Hong Kong. Curated by Laurence Dreyfus, France Mill Valley Film Festival - The California Film Institute, Mill Valley, CA (October)
“Tracks of light” CGAC (Museum of Contemporary Art in Santiago de Compostela A Coruña, Spain) (July-September). Curated by Miguel Fernandez-Cid
(video installation, with Jannis Kounellis, Sam Samore, Xavier Veilhan)
“Conceptualisms” - Berlin Film Festival (August-September) –
Curated by Dr. Christoph Metzger, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
“re:LAX”- DCKT Contemporary, New York, (curated by Megan Riley)
Prague Biennale (video, curated by Laurence Dreyfus, France selection)
PhotoEspaña, Pilar Parra Gallery, Madrid (“Terminal”, photography/video, catalogue)
“For All” - Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen (Oslo), Norway (catalogue)
“experimental :1” - ache700, Bergheim, Austria (video, curated by Helmut Grill)
« Digital Video Art » - AFAA, Ministere des Afaires Etrangeres, Paris
(curated by Laurence Dreyfus), catalogue
2001 « FOTONOVIEMBRE 2001 » - VI Bienal Internacional de Fotografia de
Tenerife, Centro de Fotographia,
Isla De Tenerife (catalogue with the artist statement and essays by
Antonio Vela de la Torre, Alicia Murria, Daniel Girardin)
“Anxiety Disorder” (video installation), Voges and Deisen Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany, (With Christoph Draeger, Kelly Lamb, Sven Pahlsson, Chloe Pienne and Chris Sollars). Curated by Irina Popiashvilli.
“Mixed Pickle” - Leyendecker Gallery, Tenerife, Spain (with Donald Baechler and Peter Klaar)
2000 “2000 Anos Luz”- contemporary art from New York City, Museum of Contemporary Art
(La Recova & El Tanque), Tenerife, Spain (video and photography)
“Breathe” video installation (with Marcia Lyons), Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington, D.C.
1997 “Works on Paper”, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
1996 Leo Castelli Graphics Gallery, lithographs, artists of the Robert Blackburn’s printmaking workshop (New York, NY)

FILMOGRAPHY / SELECTED VIDEO PROJECTS:

1. Runner and Presence, 1997-98.
Color LCD Video Projections 3-channel asynchronous video loop with animation, VHS tape, color; 3:55 minutes soundtrack by the artist, stereo, CD-ROM, 9:14 minutes. Digitized and re-rendered in 2002, DVD, 5.1 sound
2. God Bless America, 1999.
Four video wall monitors 4-channel synchronized video, S-VHS tapes, black-and-white and color, 6:45 minutes 5-channel soundtrack by the artist, stereo, CD-ROM, 6:45 minutes Digitized and re-rendered in 2002, 4 DVDs, stereo sound.
Indiscipline, 2000.
Plasma monitor.1-channel digital video/ animation, DVD, color, 4:32 minutes Music by King Crimson (soundtrack “Indiscipline” from the album “Discipline, 1981)
4. It’s A Dangerous Place, 2000.
Plasma monitor. 1-channel digital video/animation, DVD, color, 6:25 minutes Music by King Crimson (soundtrack “Thela Hun Ginjeet” from the album “Discipline, 1981)
First Love, 2001.
Plasma monitors2-channel synchronized digital video, DVD, black-and-white and color, 6:55 minutes 1-channel soundtrack by the artist, stereo, 6:55 minutes
Moving Paintings, 1999-2003.
Plasma monitors and DLP Video Projections appr. 16 asynchronous video loops; digital animation, HDTV and DVD, color, Total duration approx. 18 minutes. Soundtrack by the artist
7. Terminal, 2002.
Plasma monitor. 1-channel digital video/ animation loop, HDTV and DVD, color, stereo loop, 6:59 minutes Music by Brian Eno & J. Peter Schwalm (soundtrack “Bloom” from the album “Drawn From Life”, 2002)
8. Confession, 1999-2002.
LCD Video Projections 4-channel synchronized digital video, DVDs, color, 4-channel stereo sound.
Total duration approx. 20 minutes/channel. Soundtrack by the artist
9. Sweet Dreams, 2002.
Projection or monitor. 1-channel digital video loop, DVD, color, approx. 4:30 minutes. Soundtrack by the artist
10. Animal Farm, 2002.
HDTV, Plasma monitors. 4-channel asynchronous video loop, DVDs, color, stereo, 11 min.
Soundtrack by the artist
11. Basic Means, 2002-03. Projection
digital film, color, surround sound, approx. time 30 min. Soundtrack by the artist
12. Moving Drawings, 2001-2003.
Ongoing Project, 4 asynchronous video loops. Plasma monitors and DLP Video Projections. Soundtrack by the artist computer coded animation, HDTV, color, variable length
13. Terminal 2 (Night at the Airport), 2003 1-channel digital video/ animation loop, HDTV and DVD, color, stereo loop, 7:40 minutes Music by Brian Eno & J. Peter Schwalm (soundtrack “Persis” from the album “Drawn From Life”, 2002)
14. Johnny Come Home! (Venice Holiday), 2003
One-channel video animation. HDTV, (Random Video), 14 min Soundtrack by the artist.
15. Terminal 3 (Terminal Dream), 2003
1-channel digital video/ animation loop, HDTV and DVD, color, stereo loop, 8:10 minutes Music by Brian Eno & J. Peter Schwalm (soundtrack “Night traffic” from the album “Drawn From Life”, 2002)
16. On The Wing, 2003
1-channel digital video/ animation loop, HDTV, color, stereo, 12 minutes
soundtrack by Brian Eno
17. Before They Were Beatles, 2003-2004.
4-channel synchronized video projection, approx. time 18 min HD - XGA format, color, surround Dolby Digital sound Original format: Betacam SP & DV, aspect ratio 1:1.3;
Projection format for synchronized 4-channels: D16 (2880), aspect ratio 1:6
Soundtrack by the artist.
18. Mechanical Bird, 2003
1-channel digital video/ animation loop, HDTV, color, stereo, 10 minutes Music by Robert Fripp from the album “Gates of Paradise”
19. Us and Them, 2003.
1-channel digital film, HD, color, stereo, 18 minutes. Soundtrack by the artist
20. Terminal Heart, 2004
1-channel digital video/ animation loop, HDTV, color, stereo, 10 minutes
Music by Brian Eno & J. Peter Schwalm from the album “Drawn From Life”, 2002
21. Queen Mary, 2004
1-channel video, B&W and colour, 9 minutes, Music by Brian Eno from the album “Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks”
22. Closer To Fall, 2005
1- channel video, colour, 4:10 minutes,
HD format, computer-coded animation, Music by Brian Eno
23. New York City Suite, 2005
2- channel video, colour, 7:05 minutes, HD format, animation loop. Soundtrack by Brian Eno and Harold Budd
24. Vertigo, 2005
2- channel video, colour, 5:00 minutes, HD format, animation. Soundtrack by the artist
25. Desire, 2005
1 - channel video, colour, 7:10 minutes, HD format. Soundtrack by the artist
26. Alpha, 2005
multichannel video, colour, approx. duration 30 minutes, native video format, animation. Soundtrack by the artist
27. Deconstructed Reality, 2006
1-channel video, colour, approx. 4 minutes, HDTV PAL/NTSC, analog+animation. Soundtrack by the artist

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