Tim Read

When I created my first large metal head in 1986, I was influenced by the large stone heads of the Olmecs. I had been introduced to ancient South American and Mexican sculpture on a visit to Mexico City when I was a teenager. This experience left a lasting impression on me.

I find that the head and face, which is the basis for many of my sculptures, can make a powerful connection with the viewer. After considering the recognizable traits in my sculpture, I want the viewer to explore the sculptural ideas of space, mass, and volume.

Many of my sculptures are pierced with openings and spaces to allow the eye to penetrate the form and give a sense of the interior versus the exterior and the relationship between the volume and the surface. I also create small figurative sculptures in bronze where I work directly in wax with my hands. It is interesting for me to go from large to small and vice versa.

Over the years I have completed and installed many large scale sculptures. As an example, I was commissioned to create two large metal heads, Athena and Apollo, for Richard Weidman and artist Jonathan Green in Naples, Florida in 1994. In 2009, Apollo was acquired by The Naples Museum of Art in Naples, Florida for their perm...

1973 M.A. Sculpture
California State University
Long Beach, CA

1969 B.A. Art
California State University
Long Beach, CA

2016-Current Shidoni Gallery, Tesuque, NM
2016 New Mexico Art in Public Places, “Stepping Out”
Silver City, NM

2015 New Mexico Art in Public Places, “Aurora”
Silver City, NM

“Lady X”
Downtown Silver City, NM

2013 New Mexico Art in Public Places, “Barker”
Silver City, NM



2009 Naples Museum of Art, Naples FL
"Apollo" sculpture, selected for
permanent collection (Article Silver
City Sun News, Sept. 3 2009)


2009 New Mexico Art in Public Places
Silver City, NM

2004 University of New Mexico
Juried Show, Silver City, NM

2001 College of Santa Fe
Sculpture Project, Santa Fe, NM

1998 College of Santa Fe
Sculpture Project, Santa Fe, NM

1997 College of Santa Fe
Sculpture Project, Santa Fe, NM

Plan B Evolving Art at CCA
Santa Fe, NM

Juried Art Exhibit, WNMU
Silver City, NM

1995 College of Santa Fe
Sculpture Project, Santa Fe, NM

1994 Socrates Sculpture Park, Invitation
Long Island City, NY

College of Santa Fe
Sculpture Project, Santa Fe, NM

1993 The Santa Fe Sculpture Selections, 93
Santa Fe, NM

1991 Historical Society of Petaluma
Juried Outdoor, Sculpture, Exhibition
Petaluma, CA

1990 "Sculpture Site"
Juried Outdoor Sculpture
California State Fair
Sacramento...