Tim Sandys

Tim Sandys associates his work with societal and civic structures. Using actions and interventions, he carefully identifies points of strain, failure or tension within city experience and exploits them. The application of his working methods reflect ethnographic or qualitative research without proselytising or conclusion.

Sandys employs actions and interventions blended with a sculptural poetic that promote an exercise in empathy in the face of impersonal civilian trappings. These actions and subsequent artefacts tackle the negated status of the individual functioning in a societal context. Using both empowering and provocative methods, this practice flirts simultaneously with deviance and empathy.

2013-15, Glasgow School of Art, Master of Fine Art (Distinction)

2009-12, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design
BA (Hons, First Class) Fine Art

December 2016 (Solo) "You Against You" William Benington Gallery, London
September 2016 Manchester Contemporary 2016, with Ryder Projects, London
April 2016 Royal Scottish Academy, Barns Graham Travel Award show, Edinburgh
March 2016 Royal Society of British Sculptors Bursary Award, London
August 2015 Selected sculpture, Lust & The Apple, Edinburgh International Festival
June 2015 Glasgow School of Art MFA Show, Glue Factory, Glasgow
May 2015 “Am I Here”, Glasgow Open House Festival
February 2015 (Solo) "Damocles", Lust & The Apple, Edinburgh
May 2014 MFA Interim Show, Reid Gallery, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
April 2014 "In Heaps And Hinges" Old Hairdresser's, Glasgow
November 2013 "Airy-Fairy, Lairy & Scary" Brooklyn Fire Proof, New York, USA
October 2013 Philadelphia Sculpture Gym, Philadelphia, USA
August 2013 Selected sculpture, Summerhall, Edinburgh International Festival
June 2013 (Solo) "Hardtack" Summerhall, Edinburgh
April 2013 New Contemporaries, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
August 2012 Six Foot Gallery, Glasgow
July 2012 "Falling" Tent Gallery, Edinburgh
June 2012 Duncan of Jordanstone, Dundee

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