Tim Coad
The works I have exhibited in 'Ground Bearing' explore the expanded condition of contemporary place based drawing and printmaking. The selection of works are from a recent project titled 'Fourfoot Rd.' which explores the bushfire affected environment on the outskirts of Geeveston, Tasmania. These works were drawn with an angle grinder, on location in the bush, on large aluminium sheets.
The bush on the outskirts of Geeveston, is an accumulative and transitory dumping ground - machinery and engine tubes spill from the ground resembling bodies and organs, while simultaneously mimicking the fallen trees. Tracing the impacts of civilisation in the local environment, my work explores the collision between the forgotten place, the constructed landscape, and the narratives that emerge when one is framed within the other. When the landscape is damaged, dug up, and stripped away, we are not simply met with nature, we are again met with civilisation, and a reminder of our own transience.
Tim Coad's practice explores the expanded condition of contemporary place-based photography and drawing. Investigating the disputed landscape, while tracing the impacts of civilisation in the local Tasmanian environment - Tim engages a range of interdisciplinary strategies that explore the collision between the forgotten place, the constructed landscape, and the narratives that emerge when one is framed within the other.
Education
2019 Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts with First Class Honours, University of Tasmania, School of Creative Arts and Media
2015-17 Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts, University of Tasmania, School of Creative Arts and Media
2017 Appointed to Deans Honour Roll for Academic Excellence
Awards
2019 Finalist: The Hadley’s Art Prize, The Hadley’s Hotel, Hobart
2019 Finalist and ‘Honorary Mention’: The Henry Jones Art Prize, Hobart
2019 Finalist and ‘Honorary Mention’: Agendo Art Prize, David Williams Gallery, Melbourne
2019 Semi-finalist: Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize
2019 Finalist and ‘Honorary Mention’: Life Framer International Photography Award, by MoMA New York, curator Marion Tandé
2018 Finalist: National Photographic Portraiture Prize, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
2018 Finalist: Hutchins Australian Contemporary Art Prize, Brooke Street Pier, Hobart
2018-19 Finalist and Editors’ Pick: Youthhood, Life Framer Award
2017-18 - 2019 Finalist: RACT Insurance Tasmanian Portraiture Prize, Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, (State Touring Exhibition), Hobart
2018 Finalist: Perth Centre for Photography, IRIS Portrait Award, Perth
2017 Winner: Rotary Club of Hobart 2017 Art Show, Wrest Point, Ted Pool Memorial prize, Hobart
Exhibitions
Solo
2020 Fourfoot Rd., SchoolHouse Gallery, Clarence Arts and Events, Rosny Farm
2019 The Still, Penny Contemporary, Hobart
2018 Engagements with Twilight, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 Dissections, Sawtooth ARI, Launceston
2019Honours Graduate Exhibition, Plimsoll Gallery, School of Creative Arts and Media, Hobart
2019 The Grafting Laboratory, Good Grief Studios, Hobart
2019 Site Energy Construct, Plimsoll Gallery, School of Creative Arts and Media Hobart
2019 Un-sensations, Entrepot Gallery, School of Creative Arts and Media, Hobart
2017-19 DARK MOFO, Panopticon, School of Creative Arts and Media, Hobart
2018 The Blackest Spat, Contemporary Art Tasmania, North Hobart
2018 Contemporary Impressions, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2017-19 Images of Tasmania, Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart