SIDE QUESTS @ the ella sharp museumA solo exhibition of paintings by Timothy Gaewsky March 16 - July 7, 2019  SIDE QUESTS: Paintings by Timothy Gaewsky
Side Quests are optional sections in a video game, commonly found in RPG or role-playing games, which deviate from the main storyline. One purpose for these smaller missions is to enhance the game experience by providing the player with further background to the settings their characters are in and a sense of discovery as new areas on the map are revealed. The paintings in Side Quests are Gaewsky's attempt to advance the map to an ever expanding world he's creating for himself. For Gaewsky, each painting operates as a proverbial screenshot of an area on the map where viewers, in essence, assume the role of the gaming character, exploring new areas as they move from painting to painting.
The exhibition consists of two interrelated series, Gaewsky's Homage series and Hybrid Landscapes. The Homage series of paintings consist of augmented visual elements from some of his favorite video games. In some paintings, he has chosen a certain stage of a game for its composition, color scheme or iconic resonance. Gaewsky's interested in reducing the dynamical visual information in a game down to a more minimal interpretation in the painting. All character sprites and graphic pixelations are eliminated from the compositions, resulting in a simplified, reductive painting aesthetic. For the Hybrid Landscapes, his process involves playing an array of Nintendo NES and Super Nintendo games where he'll take screenshots of stages from different games, select various visual assets and make digital files using Photoshop. He then use Photoshop to layer the different assets to construct an amalgamated and modified game environment. This template is transferred onto the painting surface and becomes a point of departure, allowing for a transformative creative process to happen at the easel. While these new hybrid landscapes become settings for his own developing narratives, some visual elements may appear familiar and the original game source identifiable, inciting a quasi-nostalgic experience for those who might have enjoyed playing these games from that era.
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 My solo exhibition, Side Quests, opens March 16th at the Ella Sharp Museum.
Side Quests are optional sections in a video game, commonly found in RPG or role-playing games, which deviate from the main storyline. One purpose for these smaller missions is to enhance the game experience by providing the player with further background to the settings their characters are in and a sense of discovery as new areas on the map are revealed. The paintings on view are my attempt to advance the map to an ever expanding world I’m creating for myself. For me, each painting operates as a proverbial screenshot of an area on the map where museum visitors, in essence, assume the role of the gaming character exploring new areas as they move from painting to painting. There are two interrelated series on display, my Homage series and Hybrid Landscapes. The Homage series of paintings consist of augmented visual elements from some of my favorite video games. In some paintings, I have chosen a certain stage of a game for its composition, color scheme or iconic resonance. I’m interested in reducing the dynamical visual information in a game down to a more minimal interpretation in the painting. All character sprites and graphic pixelations are eliminated from the compositions, resulting in a simplified, reductive painting aesthetic. For the Hybrid Landscapes, my process involves playing an array of Nintendo NES and Super Nintendo games where I’ll take screenshots of stages from different games, select various visual assets and make digital files using Photoshop. I then use Photoshop to layer the different assets to construct an amalgamated and modified game environment. This template is transferred onto the painting surface and becomes a point of departure, allowing for a transformative creative process to happen at the easel. While these new hybrid landscapes become settings for my own developing narratives, some visual elements may appear familiar and the original game source identifiable, inciting a quasi-nostalgic experience for those who might have enjoyed playing these games from that era.  The auction for this painting just went live on uni-brow.com! Starting bid is only $50! The piece is also currently on view in the group show, Skill Tree, at Honey Ramka Gallery in Brooklyn, NY. Definitely check out the other kick ass work in the show and being auctioned off. Artists take 80% of the closing auction bid. Support artists, buy awesome original artwork at very reasonable prices!
Auction starts online: Sunday, Feb. 17 Auction ends: Friday, Feb. 22, 8:30pm Eastern time Closing reception: Friday, Feb. 22, 6-9pm Work is on view at Honey Ramka gallery Feb. 15 - 24 (opened Fri - Sun) 42 works packed and ready for delivery for my upcoming solo exhibition, SIDE QUESTS, at the Ella Sharp Museum in Jackson, MI, opening March 16 - July 7, 2019. More info to come!
Skill Tree is a collaborative exhibition and auction with Uni-brow.com. Twenty artists were asked to make small works on paper that will be exhibited at Honey Ramka (Brooklyn, NY) while simultaneously being auctioned online.
A Skill Tree in role playing games refers to a hierarchical visual representation of customizations a player can make to their character. The player can choose a branch with certain skills that start very weak, but with time and persistence become more powerful and narrow in scope. For studio artists, the realization of having chosen the wrong branch doesn’t come until a year after an MFA when the first payment on their student loan is due. Re-starting on a different branch is humbling and painful. The skill tree isn’t benevolent or wise. It doesn’t give you advice--just choices. The artists chosen for this exhibition are experts ranging from levels 10 to 15 along the branch of creating unique, hand-crafted objects of art. Their class weakness is health insurance. Unibrow is an online art platform that connects artists to collectors through the auction process. Curated artists upload the work they want auctioned and receive 80% of the final bid. Dates: Opening (no reception): Friday, Feb. 15 Auction starts online: Sunday, Feb. 17 Auction ends and closing reception: Friday, Feb. 22, 6-9pm, auction ends at 8:30pm Eastern time Last day to see work before shipping: Sunday, Feb. 24  Come to the inaugural exhibition at Parma's newest gallery, Prama Art Space!
Prama Art Space 5411 Pearl rd. Parma, OH 44129 EVIDENCE Nov. 4 - Nov. 18, 2018 Opening reception: Sunday, Nov. 4 @ 5 PM - 10 PM Artists include: Michelle Behal, Linda Bourassa, Sally Cook, Laura D'Alessandro, Anthony DeMarco, JoAnn Depolo, Karlis Dinbergs, Timothy Gaewsky, Jack Hammer, Michael Harms, Katie Harroff, Dawn Hopkins, Terrence Hubbard, June Lund, Joyce Morrow Jones, Hannah Jordan, Stephen Kasner, Milan Kecman, Nicki Lanzi, Craig Lindsley, Floyd Longworth, Kathryn Mabin, Sean Mabin, Carolyn McCulloch, Victor Melaragno, Ted Pikturna, Robert Pohm, Donate Rahne, Nico Pico Train, Noel Ward, Meto B. Ziegler  My painting made the back cover of the catalogue for the NewNow 2018 exhibition organized by the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve.
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 13th, 6-8:30pm Dates: September 13 – October 18, 2018 Exhibition Location: Tri-C’s Gallery East, 4250 Richmond Road, Highland Hills, OH 44122 2018 marks the third incarnation for the NewNow, and this year’s exhibition was the most competitive to date, with a total of 55 works selected from nearly 550 entries made by 172 individual artists. The NewNow is set apart from the throng of other regional juried art exhibitions, through its consistent use of a highly qualified, non-regional juror. “The NewNow offers local artists a unique opportunity to get their work in front of fresh eyes and seeks to rise above the local art politics which can often lead to the same artists being selected for shows repeatedly.” explains AAWR Executive Director Mindy Tousley.   This painting, 'In Our Lonely Minds', was selected to be a part of the NewNow 2018 exhibition organized by the Artist Archives of the Western Reserve. The Artists Archives of the Western Reserve (AAWR) is proud to present NewNow 2018, Northeast Ohio’s premier biannual competitive art exhibition. This multi-media juried show was judged by Steven Matijcio, the curator of the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center. This year’s exhibition was the most competitive to date, with a total of 55 works selected from nearly 550 entries made by 172 individual artists. Title of Exhibition: NewNow 2018 Opening Reception: Thursday, September 13th, 6-8:30pm Dates: September 13 – October 18, 2018 Exhibition Location: Tri-C’s Gallery East, 4250 Richmond Road, Highland Hills, OH 44122 
These two paintings were selected for the 2018 Annual Juried Exhibition at BAYarts, opening April 13, 2018 from 7-9pm. Juried by Bellamy Printz and Jason K. Milburn.
The show runs from April 13 - 27, 2018.  Closing reception for 'Castles in the Air' - March 2, 2018 from 6 - 8 pm.
 I'll be having an artist talk on Sunday, February 25, at 3:00 pm, in conjunction with my solo exhibition, 'Castles in the Air'. Local arts professional, Michelle Epps, will lead the discussion, using the show as a catalyst for deeper contemplations on childhood experiences, nostalgia, and disjointed memories. This artist talk is free and open to the public. Michelle also wrote the exhibition catalogue essay.
Michelle Epps is the Community Engagement Manager for SPACES. She received her MA in History with a Specialization in Museum Studies from Cleveland State University in 2009 and a Certificate in Nonprofit Organizations from Case Western Reserve University in 2010. Currently she serves as the National EMP Network’s Board President. She also serves on the Board of the Ohio Museum Association, member of the Kent State University’s MuseLab Advisory Committee, and a member of the Museum Education Advisory Council for the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.  Art on Madison is pleased to present Castles in the Air, a solo exhibition by Cleveland based painter, Timothy Gaewsky, opening February 2, 2018 - March 2, 2018. Castles in the Air explores Gaewsky’s personal nostalgia for the retro 8-bit video games that he played growing up in the 1980’s and early ’90’s. Gaewsky’s colorful and whimsical paintings appropriate and manipulate design elements and visual cues from some of his favorite games. Gaewsky is interested in ways his new arraignments of modified game references might spark a sense of nostalgia, i.e. a sentimental yet deceptive or false memory associated with games from that era.
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Catalogue proof copy for my upcoming solo exhibition came in and it looks great! So excited!
Castles in the Air opens February 2, 2018 at Art on Madison gallery in Lakewood, OH. Opening reception is Feb. 2, 6-9pm. Catalogues will be available at the opening for $20 ea.  By Peter Tonguette / For The Columbus Dispatch  Nice little mention of my painting in the exhibition review:
"Other works have a more explosive impact, including Timothy Gaewsky’s acrylic-and-latex-house-paint-on-wood “Undiscovered Horizon,” which owes something to the artist Peter Max in its bold depiction of a kind of Candyland, with lollipop swirls dotting the sky and candy canes bobbing in the water. " Read full review HERE  Postcards came in for my upcoming solo exhibition, Castles in the Air, in February at Art on Madison gallery in Lakewood, OH. Exhibition catalogues are also on the way!
 Selected from more than 300 applications, the OAC Riffe Gallery's Biennial Juried Exhibition features contemporary works of art including installation, sculpture, drawing, painting, photography, and video by 58 artists living and working in Ohio.
Artworks were selected by jurors: Larry Collins, artist and associate professor, Department of Art at Miami University; Janice Driesbach, former chief curator, Akron Museum of Art; and Daniel Hernandez, artist and assistant professor of Interdisciplinary Art/Foundations, University of Toledo. Completed mural with detail, 9' x 9' at SPACES Gallery in Cleveland.
  My painting "Undiscovered Horizon" will be apart of the 2017 Biennial Juried Exhibition at the Riffe Gallery in Columbus, Ohio. Juried by Larry Collins, Janice Driesbach, and Daniel Hernandez.
The show runs from Nov. 2, 2017 - Jan. 6, 2018. Opening reception is Nov. 2, 2017 from 5 - 7pm.  Painting is underway on a new mural in the office of my good friend Michelle Epps, Community Engagement Manager, at SPACES gallery in Cleveland. Updates of progress to follow.
Two of my paintings were selected by Juror, Anderson Turner, for the Waterloo Arts Juried Exhibition, opening June 2nd at Waterloo Arts Gallery, Cleveland, OH. The Waterloo Arts Juried Exhibition runs from June 2 to July 21, 2017 Join us during June’s Walk All Over Waterloo for the opening reception of Cleveland’s first district-wide Juried Exhibition. The Waterloo Arts District has become a hub for many of the Cleveland’s visual artists who want to live, work and play in this lakeside creative community and Waterloo is now home to many galleries, art studios and other arts related businesses. After an overwhelming response to Waterloo Arts’ annual Juried Exhibition, we have partnered with Praxis Fiber Workshop and Brick Ceramic Studio + Design, to expand the exhibit into these two additional gallery spaces, allowing us to double the number of accepted pieces into the show. During the opening reception on Friday, June 2 you can meet 2017 juror, Anderson Turner, and participating artists while enjoying refreshments and live music at Waterloo Arts, Praxis Fiber Workshop and Brick Ceramic Studio + Design. 2017 Waterloo Arts Juried Exhibition Artists: Jennifer Adams John Adams Barbara Bachtell Karen Beckwith Dustin Brinkman Catherine Butler Stephen Calhoun Michael Coy Errol Daniels Rachel Andrea Davis Laura & Gary Dumm Davin Ebanks Hunter Elliott Karen Ernst Sara Fine Julie Friedman Timothy Gaewsky Xia Gao Hannah Geitner Seth Green George Gregory Suzanne Head Fred Hirschman Brubey Hu Thomas Hudson Christina Humble Gerald Hushlak Bob Kelemen Angelina Kidd Jennifer Leach Loraine Lynn James March Wayne Mazorow Ross Mazzupappa Katherine McClelland Michael McDevitt Daniel McDonald Janet Mikolajczyk Erin Miller Zachary Miller Seth Nagelberg Ardine Nelson Jenniffer Omaitz Travis O’Nan Kit Palencar Nicklaus Pfeil Gail Postal Hallie Scheufler Robert Schwieger Isin Sezer Elizabeth Shoby Deborah Silver Sherry Simms Stephanie Spyker Laura J Stein Wan Hung Sun Greg Van Dusseldorp Eric Vaughn Theresa Yondo Tyler Zeleny Denise Ziganti  Amalia DeGirolamo, Monster Drawing Rally 2017 I'll be participating in the 7th annual Monster Drawing Rally at SPACES on April 22 from 7-8pm.
During the 7th annual Monster Drawing Rally, SPACES will turn artists' private studio practices into public performance. Over 100 of Cleveland's freshest artists will create new artworks on the spot, with materials provided by SPACES. When the drawings are completed, they will be hung on the walls for purchase at $75 each + tax. Admission: $5 (FREE for SPACES Season Pass holders and children age 17 and under).
My painting, 'DayDreamer', was selected to be included in the quarterly poetry and art publication, DIALOGIST, Vol. IV, Issue I
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