Taimur Cleary grew up standing on top of a compass rose in northern Michigan. Indeed, some say he is there, still. He painted as a child, and has found various ways to maintain the habit; including but not limited to, undergraduate degrees in painting and photography at Miami University, and an MFA from Pratt Institute. He has received a range of grants, awards, and residencies as an artist and educator. Currently, he paints and teaches full-time as an Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing at Northern Michigan University.
Through a prism, sunlight is divided into separate wavelengths of color. Using a lens and a second prism, these wavelengths, once separated, can be recombined.
All the work in this exhibition has been shaped in some way by my teaching practice. In many instances, you will see finished versions of work made for classroom demonstrations. Often, I work alongside students as we complete assignments together. This space includes demonstration works from 100, 200, and upper-level classes.
While they appear, possibly at first, to divide into separate media and styles, I find it more interesting to look for connections across the work (Michigan). Nonetheless, I offer this breakdown of the stylistic and thematic spectrums reflected in the exhibition.
More about the artist and current work can be found: Taimur Cleary (timclearyart.com)