TIMOTHY GATENBY
PRODUCTS
C O M I N G S O O N
FEATURED WORKS
PIKA COLA
'Fat Pika' humorously conveys the easiness of modern life. The radical notion that you can order any food delivered straight to you at any point in time without having to move. Obviously you will get fat if you eat McDonald's all day while sitting on your phone and not moving, but who really cares.
S T O N A L I S A
'Stona Lisa' came together fairly organically in that Stona rhyme's nicely with Mona and Lisa Simpson is an iconic character like Mona. I suppose you don't imagine such a beautiful and mysterious portrait to be subverted with such vulgarity but that's what I enjoyed. When I studied in Florence I lived near to where Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa and spent a lot of time thinking of what it must have been like. I wanted to experience 1% of what Leonardo did but make something that contemporary audiences can relate to and enjoy.
M C G I Z M O
I got the idea for this painting 'McGizmo' from a Chihuahua called Crumps, he reminded me of the Gremlins. He loves trying to eat stuff so I thought it would be funny to combine the image of Gizmo with his huge bat-like ears and some chips and a milkshake. Again there is the theme of McDonalds making you fat which is something everybody knows but somehow there is an innocence it as well.
AWARDS & HONORS
2020|SEMI FINALIST
Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year
2020|PRIZE
RBSA Gallery, Birmingham, England
2018|WINSOR & NEWTON PAINTING AWARD WINNER
Mall Galleries, London, UK
2018|THREADNEEDLE ART PRIZE
Mall Galleries, London, UK
2012|PORTRAIT AWARD
National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
EXHIBITION RECORD
2020|SOLO EXHIBITION
Gup Hepner Gallery, New York, USA
2020|RE-VERSION
Plan X Gallery, Milan, Italy
2020|NICE DAY OUT
The Waluso, London, UK
2019|THE SUMMER EXHIBITION
Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
2019|#UNMISSABLE
The Other Art Fair, London, UK
2016|AFFORDABLE ART FAIR BATTERSEA
Northcote Gallery, London, UK
2016|THE MANY FACES OF A NARCISSIST
St Mark's Church, Florence, Italy
2015|NEW ENGLISH ART CLUB
Mall Galleries, London, UK
2015|HUMAN FORM
Oil & Water Gallery, London, UK
2014|AFFORDABLE ART FAIR BATTERSEA
Northcote Gallery, London, UK
2014|SARGENT TODAY
Morgan HallT, Fairford, England
2012|THE SUMMER EXHIBITION
Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
2012|SHOW ME THE MONET
Mall Galleries, London, UK
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