Tim Tyler

I am a comic performer who paints.

Thirty five years ago while performing in Berlin at the Wintergarten, I found a blank canvas lying on the footpath at Hackescher Markt. I picked it up, took it home and have been painting ever since.

I am autodidactic and have had no formal art training, but I have developed a style.

My paintings are narratives, framed as figurative theatrical scenes. They are inspired by shows I have performed in, my fascination with our socialite world and a desire to tell stories. They are also a wonderful daytime occupation, when performing at night in shows around the world.

I start each painting by placing my lead characters. They are often repositioned or transformed. Moving them helps develop the scene. New characters arrive. Local elements are squeezed in. Bodies become intertwined. Perspective is set aside. Drinks are served. A dash of decadence is added to spice things up. Music starts playing. A fish drops in. Clothes are taken off or hidden. And finally... everything finds its place.

I work with acrylic on large un-stretched canvases. Acrylic dries quickly and can be rolled up for travelling, essential to my life as a nomadic performing artist.

Primary school St Wilfred's Primary Sussex UK
Secondary scool Cuckfield seconadry Modern Sussex UK
Melbourne Grammar school Melbourne Australia
Melbourne University Bach of Ed Drama and Music.

Tim Tyler born in Geita Tanzania
Educated in England and Australia
Now lives in Montreal Canada.

Artistic achievements in the art world

Solo exhibitions

2023-2024 Teatro Zinzanni’s Chicago foyer exhibition, USA

2017 “Tim Tyler les Rideaux Rouges” Montreal Art Centre, Montreal Canada.

2015-2016 Teatro Zinzanni’s Seattle Foyer exhibition, USA

Group Exhibitions

2018 “Reflets d’un art naïf modern”, Musee International d’Art Naif de Magog, Quebec, Canada.

2016 The Federation of Canadian Artists “AIRS” Annual International Representational Show, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.

2016 “Global Art League’s International Art Competition”, Montreal Art Centre, Montreal Canada. 1st prize winner

2016 Des Journees de la Culture “Les Fenetres qui Parlent” rue Marquette, Montreal Canada.

2015 Agora Gallery “Pulse of Abstraction” New York, NY, USA.

2015 “Circus Art event”, Seattle, USA.

2014 Palazzo Colombino’s Foyer exhibition, Basel, Switzerland.

Catalogue Publications

2018 “Reflets d’un art naïf moderne” Catalogue.
2016 A.I.R.S “Annual International Representational Show” Catalogue.
2015 “Pulse of Abstraction” Catalogue.
2015 “Circus Art event” Catalogue

I have also been awarded the “Certificate of Artistic Achievement...