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Born: 1946 Hove , UK
Elected RA: 26 May 2011
Category of Membership: Painter
Timothy Hyman, Drawing on the Eye. Oil, 46 x 121 cm.
Hyman studied at the Slade School of Fine Art (1963-1967). He has exhibited widely in the UK, Italy and India and won the National Portrait Gallery Travel Award in 2007.
He is a figurative painter, writer, curator and lecturer. A recognised authority on Sienese painting and the work of Pierre Bonnard, he has published acclaimed monographs on both subjects. He has written extensively on art and film, is a regular contributor to the Times Literary Supplement and has curated exhibitions at the Tate, ICA and Hayward galleries.
Hyman is a portraitist, but is probably best known for his narrative renditions of London. Drawing inspiration from the likes of Beckmann and Hopper, he explores his personal relationship, both real and mythological, with the city where he lives and works. He employs vivid colours, shifting scale and perspectives, to create visionary works.
Read an interview with Timothy Hyman in RA Magazine Autumn 2012
Solo Exhibitions
2011-12 Artist in Residence at Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres
2009 Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London
2006 Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London
2006 Gallery of the Artists’ Studios, Tel Aviv
2003 Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London
2000 Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London
1994 Flowers East, London
Gallery Chemould, Bombay, India
1993 Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
1990 Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London
1988 Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad, India
1985 Westfield College, University of London
Blond Fine Art, London
1984 Usher Gallery, Lincoln
Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
1983 Blond Fine Art, London
Public Collections
The British Museum, London
The Museum of London, London
Arts Council Collection, London
Brighton Art Gallery, Brighton
Bristol City Art Gallery, Bristol
Pallant House, Chichester
Sheffield City Art Galleries, Sheffield
South-East Arts Collection, Eastbourne
Swindon Museum and Art Gallery, Swindon
Usher Art Gallery, Lincoln
Westfield College, London
Contemporary Art Society, London
British High Commission, New Delhi, India
Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, USA
Publications
Tess Jaray and Richard Zimler, The Man Inscribed with London, Austin/Desmond Fine Art, 2009
Lino Manocci, Gli Amici Pittori di Londra, Lubrina-LEB, 2007
Timothy Hyman, Travel Diary for "Around Bhupen", National Portrait Gallery, 2008
Timothy Hyman, London Mappings adn panoramas & other recent works, Austin/Desmond Fine Art, 2006
Contact details for further information
Email membershipoffice@royalacademy.org.uk
