2017 | DISHRACK MISCHIEF Loop Project Space, Melbourne 3000 |
2015 | BY A STRING Run Amok Gallery, George Town, Penang, Malaysia |
2014 | String of Pearls, installation for the George Town Festival, Penang, Malaysia |
2013 | commissioned sculptures Syzygy, Three Tetrahedra and Growth for The Tropical Spice Garden, Penang, Malaysia. |
2013 | DOMESTIC EVOLUTION, George Town Festival, Penang, Malaysia Born 1962 in Middlesbrough, England, of Australian parents |
2013 | commissioned installation Twig for the Castlemaine State Festival, Victoria 3450 |
2011 | commissioned installation Permeable Barrier Series for City of Moreland, Oak Park 3046 |
2010 | commissioned installation for the foyer of The Substation Newport 3015 (July-October) |
2010 | TEN-PART NET TRAP Jackman Gallery St Kilda 3182 |
2009 | TAKE(N) AWAY The Substation Newport 3015 |
2006 | SURVEY EXHIBITION 1992-2005 Beaumaris Library Beaumaris 3193 |
2005 | TRANSCRIPT Switchback Gallery Monash University, Churchill Campus 3842 |
2004 | OUT OF PRINT Nellie Castan Gallery South Yarra 3141 |
2001 | CODE Latrobe Street Gallery Melbourne 3000 |
1995 | SIGN West Space Footscray 3011 |
CURRICULUM VITAE
Born 1962 in Middlesbrough, England, of Australian parents
Home address:
Ballarat, Victoria 3350, Australia
Qualifications
Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art (Painting) with Honours (RMIT University, 1993)
Bachelor of Veterinary Science with Honours (University of Melbourne, 1985)
Tim Craker is an installation-artist, sculptor and painter, now living in Ballarat. He has exhibited extensively in Melbourne and Malaysia in both solo and group shows, and continues to do so. Please message via this site for enquiries, including sales, and commissions.
Following an Honours Degree in Fine Art at RMIT (graduating in 1993), Tim Craker's earliest body of work was based on language and text, exploring both its meanings and its appearance. He held solo exhibitions Out of Print at Nellie Castan Gallery in 2004, and Transcript at Monash University's Gippsland campus Switchback Gallery in 2005.
An artist's residency in Malaysia in 2006 saw a significant change in direction in Tim Craker's work, in both subject matter and materials. The residency led directly to the exhibition dot-net-dot-my in Melbourne in 2007, and to a touring exhibition dot-net-dot-au in Malaysia and Singapore in 2008 (supported by the Australian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur). Both exhibitions were held jointly with Melbourne artist Louise Saxton.
Tim Craker has been represented in Melbourne by Jackman Gallery (2010 -2012), by Gallery 101 (2009) and Nellie Castan Gallery (2003 -2006), and in Sydney by Maunsell Wickes at Barry Stern Galleries (2004 - 2007).
After moving to Malaysia in 2012, Tim Craker held solo exhibitions in the 2013 and 2014 George Town Festivals, was commissioned to make several sculptures for the Tropical Spice Garden in Penang, and was included in group exhibitions in George Town, Kuala Lumpur and Taiwan.
In Malaysia, Tim Craker established and managed an international artists' residency called cherrycake studios, which opened in 2012 and closed at the end of 2015. cherrycake studios provided accommodation and a studio to visiting artists for periods of a month or longer, for the purposes of art research, art-making, play, collaboration and social and artistic interaction.
Tim Craker returned to Melbourne to live at the beginning of 2016, and moved to Ballarat at the end of 2017. He is exhibiting next in "Pages From A Lockdown Dairy" with Carole Wilson, at the Ararat Regional Gallery from March to June, 2022.
Tim Craker is available for commissions and sales via this website - please send a message or enquiry!
Solo Exhibitions
International Group Exhibitions
| 2014 | (Im)materiality, Interpr8 Art Space, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 2014 | Eating Wind VT Artsalon, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2013 | Eating Wind Run Amok Gallery, George Town, Penang, Malaysia |
| 2008 | dot net dot au (with Louise Saxton) The Substation, Singapore |
| 2008 | dot net dot au (with Louise Saxton) The Annexe, Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia |
| 2006 | Feed Me! Art for Nature 2006 Rimbun Dahan, Kuang, Selangor, Malaysia |
| 2000 | Works on Paper: Contemporary Australian Artists from the Department of Fine Art, RMIT, Sungshin Museum, Seoul, South Korea hi/lo exotico Espacio Alterno, Bogota, Colombia |
| 1999 | Works on Paper: Contemporary Australian Artists from the Department of Fine Art, RMIT, Seoul National University Cultural Centre, Seoul, South Korea hi/lo exotico Centro Alzate Avendano, Bogota, Colombia |
Selected Group Exhibitions (Australia)
2022 | Pages From A Lockdown Diary (with Carole Wilson), Ararat Regional Gallery, Ararat 3377 (proposed) |
2021 | Pink, Midsumma Festival at Tacit Galleries, Collingwood 3066 |
2020 | 20[2020], Tacit Galleries, Collingwood 3066 |
2020 | Pink, Midsumma Festival at Tacit Galleries, Collingwood 3066 |
2019 | Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition and Awards (juried prize exhibition), Yering Station vineyard, Yarra Glen 3775 |
2019 | Bleached, Alliance Française, St Kilda 3182, as part of Climarte: ART+CLIMATE=CHANGE 2019 |
2019 | Syzygy, included in Pink, Midsumma Festival at Tacit Galleries, Collingwood 3066 |
2018 | Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition and Awards (juried prize exhibition), Yering Station vineyard, Yarra Glen 3775 |
2018 | Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition, Toorak 3142 |
2018 | Elevating the Everyday Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn 3122 (with Elizabeth Gower, Jesse Marlow, Honor Freeman and Leslie O’Gorman) |
2010 | Hang-Ups Midsumma Festival Gasworks Theatre Foyer Albert Park 3206 |
2010 | Of Snowflakes and Spacetime : Toyota Indoor-Outdoor Sculpture Show (juried |
2010 | Adaptation (curated entry) Seven Thousand Oaks Festival Guildford Lane |
2009 | Parking Big West Festival, Footscray 3011 |
2009 | Hybrid : Toyota Indoor-Outdoor Sculpture Show (juried exhibition) Toyota |
2009 | Moreland Sculpture Show (commissioned entry) Bridges Reserve Coburg 3058 |
2009 | aRtECYCLE (juried prize exhibition) Incinerator Arts Complex Moonee Ponds 3039 |
2009 | Williamstown Festival Contemporary Art Prize (juried prize exhibition) |
2009 | Queer City (curated entry) Midsumma Festival Guildford Lane Gallery, |
2008 | Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition, (juried prize exhibition) Yering Station, Yarra |
2008 | Arnold Bloch Liebler Sculpture Exhibition, Melbourne 3000 (concurrent with the |
2008 | aRtECYCLE (juried prize exhibition) Incinerator Arts Complex Moonee Ponds 3039 |
2008 | Queer City Midsumma Festival Fortyfive Downstairs, Melbourne 3000 |
2007 | dot net dot my (with Louise Saxton) Red Gallery, Fitzroy North 3068 |
2006 | The Postcard Show Linden St Kilda 3182 |
2004 | Floranova Nellie Castan Gallery South Yarra 3141 |
2003 | Red Spot Special Nellie Castan Gallery South Yarra 3141 |
2002 | – South {Sur} Canberra Contemporary Art Space Manuka ACT 2603 |
2001 | Colloquium (with Louise Haselton, Rose Nolan & Brandt McCook ) |
2001 | The Third Darebin-Latrobe Acquisitive Art Prize (juried prize exhibition) |
2000 | 2000 National Works on Paper Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington |
1999 | Out of Place (Melbourne International Festival) Federation Square, Swanston Street, |
1998 | hi/lo exotico (Melbourne Fringe Festival) Stop 22 St.Kilda 3182 |
1997 | off-cuts collaborative installations with Victoria Cattoni Townhall Hotel North Melbourne 3051 |
1997 | Outsex Shorts (Melbourne Queer Film and Video Festival) State Film Theatre |
1996 | See Spot Run (Next Wave Festival) Temple Studio Prahran 3181 |
1995 | Artworkz Seven (juried prize exhibition) Gallery 101 Melbourne 3000 |
1995 | Artworkz Six (juried prize exhibition) Gallery 101 Melbourne 3000 |
1993 | Young Melbourne Artists (auction) Leonard Joel St.Kilda 3182 |
1992 | Six of One Linden Gallery St.Kilda 3182 |
References
- Chen May Yee “Old colonial city becomes a stage” International New York Times 1 Aug 2014
- Denielle Leong “Artistic Attractions” The Star 2 (Malayisia) 9 June 2013
- “Festival to Amaze and Delight the Senses” The Star Metro (Malaysia) 6 June 2013
- Anthea Cannon “He’s hanging on to a dream” Maribyrnong Leader 18 January, 2011
- Of Snowflakes and Spacetime 2010 exhibition catalogue for Toyota Indoor-Outdoor Sculpture exhibition
- Linh Ly “Fennel Web Spider Maze” Maribyrnong Leader 6 July, 2010
- Seven Thousand Oaks Festival catalogue for Adaptation, June 2010
- Hybrid 2009 exhibition catalogue for Toyota Indoor-Outdoor Sculpture exhibition
- Allyson Fonseca “Throwaways reveal their artistic side” The Mail 29 July, 2009
- Helen Jacobs “Not just any old plastic” Maribyrnong Leader 21 July, 2009
- SUB12 2009 exhibition catalogue for TAKE(N) AWAY
- Williamstown Festival Contemporary Art Prize 2009 exhibition catalogue
- Gina Fairley review of dot-net-dot-au, Asian Art News Vol 18 No.6 Nov-Dec 2008
- Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition catalogue 2008
- Dr Caroline Jordan, La Trobe University dot-net-dot-au travelling exhibition catalogue essay, July 2008 ISBN 978-0-646-49308-4
- Midsumma Visual Arts Catalogue 2008
- David Wilson “From animals…to art” The Age 17 November 2007
- Dr Caroline Jordan, Research Fellow, The Australia Centre, University of Melbourne dot-net-dot-my exhibition essay October 2007
- Chris Jackson “Craker of an exhibit” The Bayside Leader 7 February 2006
- Lily Fermer “Art forVet’s Sake” The Veterinarian September 2005
- Lisa Chivers “Space Mission” The Sunday Age 15 August 2004
- Chris Beck “Taking Letters Out of the Box” The Age 19 June 2004
- The Darebin- La Trobe Acquisitive Art Prize exhibition catalogue 2001
- Anna Clabburn “Bendigo’s Wild and Witty Hybrids” The Australian 7 August 2000
- New Q 2000 exhibition catalogue, Midsumma Festival 2000
- Out of Place exhibition catalogue, Melbourne International Festival 1999
- The Darebin- La Trobe Acquisitive Art Prize exhibition catalogue 1999
- Suzanne Spunner “Dumped by the Next Wave and still standing” Art Monthly Australia July 1998
- Next Wave Festival catalogue 1998
- Myfanwy Warhurst “A Sense of Place” EG The Age 8 May 1998
- New Q catalogue 1998
- Station pro Forma exhibition catalogue 1997
- The First Darebin- La Trobe Acquisitive Prize exhibition catalogue 1997
- David Cross “Catching the Sixth Next Wave” Real Time 11 August - Sept 1996
- See Spot Run exhibition catalogue 1996
- Andrew Masterson “The Art of Recall” EG The Age 24 May 1996
- Visual Next Wave Festival 1996 Visual Arts Program catalogue
- Artworkz Seven exhibition catalogue 1995
- Ken Scarlett “A Democratic Showcase” Art Monthly Australia November 1994
- Artworkz Six exhibition catalogue 1994
- Artworkz Five exhibition catalogue 1993
- Marcus O’Donnell, review of Six of One Melbourne Star Observer October 16 1992
Grants, Awards & Residencies
- Artist’s residency at the Hotel Penaga, Penang, Malaysia throughout July 2011
- Artist’s residency at Caravansarai, Istanbul throughout June 2011
- Artist-in-residence, Victoria University, Melbourne throughout January 2011
- Featured (cover) artist for Victoria’s 2010-2011 Cultural Guide
- Shortlisted for the Toyota Community Spirit Artist Travel Award in 2009 and 2010
- Judge’s commendation, Moreland Sculpture Show 2009
- Sponsorship of dot-net-dot-au travelling exhibition by the Australian High Commission, Malaysia, July 2008
- Residency at Rimbun Dahan, Kuang, Selangor, Malaysia August-November 2006
- Radio National Fringe Festival Award for Visual Art for Public Address October 1995
- Pat Corrigan artist grants June 1995, May 1996 and May 1998
Collections
- Tropical Spice Garden, Penang, Malaysia
- island6 Art Centre collection, Shanghai
- Victoria University, Melbourne
- Angela and Hijjas Kasturi
- Rimbun Dahan, Selangor, Malaysia
- Private collections in Australia, Asia and Europe
Professional Experience
2012-2015 | Founder, owner and manager of cherrycake studios artists’ residency, George |
2000 | Teacher of Drawing and Mixed Media, Latrobe Street College of Art and New Media, |
1999 | 2000 Tutor in Painting (1st year undergraduate, Painting) RMIT University, Melbourne |
1998 | Tutor in Painting (1st and 2nd year undergraduate, Painting) RMIT University, Melbourne |
1997 | Tutor in Painting (1st year undergraduate, Painting) RMIT University, Melbourne |
1996 | Teacher of Life and General Drawing (2nd year undergraduate, Painting) RMIT |
1995 | Teacher of Life Drawing (1st year undergraduate, Painting) RMIT University, Melbourne |
Representation
Tim Craker is currently unrepresented by a gallery.
Previous Representation
2015 | a2 Gallery |
2010-2011 | Jackman Gallery |
2009 | Gallery 101 |
2004-2007 | Maunsell Wickes at Barry Stern Galleries 19 Glenmore Road Paddington NSW 2021 |
2003-2006 | Nellie Castan Gallery, Level 1 / 12 River street, South Yarra VIC 3141 |