Timothy Rollin Pickerill
br 1967, Nebraska, USA
Mr Pickerill is a multimedia artist with roots in poetry and photography. He has been greatly influenced by artists such as W.S. Burroughs, S. Beckett, B. Gysin, A. Artaud, and work of the Viennese Actionists, and 70's SoCal video and performance art. Since 1997 he has been developing the Omen Project, a series of performances, video, and installations centered on his writing, and inspired by the themes in the Iliad and the Odyssey. He has staged 12 productions and taken part in many Video festivals internationally, including participation in the Liverpool Biennial and recently has performed in 'The Plague' by Fulya Pecker. Mr. Pickerill has worked and designed for theater and dance since 1994, and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Burning from the inside, sun and moon collide; open the flesh.
EducationCalifornia State University San Francisco, Art (multi-media) / Anthropology (video)
Video Festivals and Screenings2013 Videospin 2013, Videocontainer, Milan, Italy
2012 Holy Bos!, Films & Videos curated by Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2011 Instants Video, Milan, Italy
2011 Videocontainer, Milan, Italy
2011 Videoholica, Varna, Bulgaria
2011 P'Silo video library at Videodrome, Marseille, France
2010 Art Channel, www.artchannel.info, Paris, France
2010 Optica Festival, international festival of video arts, Paris, France
2010 Naoussa International Film Festival, Naoussa, Greece
2010 P'Silo video library, Marseille, France
2009 Optica 2009, international festival of video arts, Cordoba, Spain
2009 ABSTRACTA 2009, International Abstract Cinema Exhibition, Rome, Italy
2009 Video Library 'a la carte,' Festival Images Contre Nature, Marseille, France
2009 Hypogeum, the Tank, Manhattan, New York, USA
2009 Maximum Bonkers, Envoy Gallery, Manhattan, New York, USA
2009 Flash, The Prospect Range, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2009 Art Channel, www.artchannel.info, Paris, France
2009 Exquisite Corpse Project (group) vol. 1, The Lupa Art, Melbourne, Australia; Formverk,
Eskilstuna, Sweden; Formverk, Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden; Núcleo de Produção
Digital Orlando Vieira, Aracaju, Brazil; AS220 Gallery, Providence, Rode Island, USA;
Community Screening Center, Berkeley, California, USA; Head Quarters, Melbourne, Australia;
dconcept, São Paulo, Brazil; Artists Access Television, San Francisco, California, USA;
VideoDanzaBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Braziliality, 16MM CAFE, London, England;
Manipulated Image #10, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA;
Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2008 Optica 2008, international festival of video arts, Gijon,Spain
2008 Digital Fringe, international festival of digital arts, Melbourne, Australia
2007 Story Tellers, group show of international video art, Primo Piano Livingallery, Lecce, Italy
2007 The Man Show, Gitana Rosa Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2006 Pierogi Gallery, Flat file for video, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2006 Optica 2006, international festival of video arts, Gijon, Spain
2006 Passion, Liverpool Biennial Independents, The Projection Gallery, Liverpool, England
2006 The 2nd annual Pixel Pops!, at C2C gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2006 METU Video Festival, Ankara, Turkey
2003 Brave Destiny, International Surrealist Film Festival, WAH Center, Brooklyn, New York , USA
Performance2011 The Plague, a play by Fulya Pecker, Theater For The New City, New York, USA
2010 The Omen Project, Site Fest, 3RD Ward, Brooklyn, NY
2010 dancing with HoverBound dance co., Cool NY Festival @ White Wave, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Jared Withman Show, Brooklyn, NY2005 Plush, Brooklyn, NY2005 Noise! seen and unseen, Ontological Theater, NY, NY2004 Falling Off The Earth, Cave, Brooklyn, NY2002 Dada Fest, SOMARTS, San Francisco, CA2002 Necropolis, Theater of Yugen, San Francisco, CA2001 Necropolis, Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco, CA2001 Dada Fest 2001, SOMARTS, San Francisco, CA2001 Nowhere, Theater of Yugen / Noh Space, San Francisco, CA2000 NORCAL Noise Fest, with Gary Singh, Bo Jangles, Sacramento, CA2000 Dada Fest 2000, SOMARTS, San Francisco, CA1999 Body of Light, The Lab, San Francisco, CA1999 the Messenger Service, Theater Artaud, San Francisco, CA1999 High Voltage Capacitor, Yuerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA1999 High Voltage Capacitor, Theater Artaud, San Francisco, CA1997 Ape Theater Presents Play Time, CCA Wattis ICA, San Francisco, CA1994 Ape Theater @ Desert Site Works, Black Rock Desert, NV1994 7 Days, Desert Site Works, Black Rock Desert, NV1994 Ape Theater Presents, the Tree of Life, San Francisco, CA
Solo Exhibitions2004 BRIC Studios, Brooklyn, NY1998 Body of Light, Uff Galleria, Budapest, Hungary
Group Exhibitions2009 Pierogi Gallery, Flat file, Brooklyn, NY2004 Night of 10,000 Drawings, benefit auction (sold,) Artists Space, Manhattan, NY2009 the Anarchist Art Show, Bay Area Anarchist Bookfair, San Francisco, CA2004 Falling Off The Earth, Cave, Brooklyn, NY2002 Dada Fest 2002, SOMARTS, San Francisco, CA1998 Internal Drawing, National Exhibition of Miniature Drawings, Budapest Autumn Festival, juried, Nador Galeria, Budapest, Hungary1998 Anti Pessimism, Show N Tell, Nador Galleria, Budapest, Hungary1996 SF Street Theater Festival, Interactive Sculpture Garden, San Francisco, CA1995 Show N Tell, Show N Tell Gallery, San Francisco, CA1995 Mission Sole, juried exhibition, Collision Gallery, San Francisco, CA1993 Object, juror: Armando Rascon, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Awards2004 Foundation For Contemporary Performance Arts, finishing grant
Bibliography2009 Ninja, January, issue #10, Paris, France1999 UFF Gallery 1997 -1999, Pub. Ujlak Foundation, Budapest, 1999, ISBN: 963 03 9111 21998 Internal Drawing, Pub. Belvarosi Muviszetek Tarsasaga, ISBN: 963 03 5970
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