Tim Forcade

DISCOVERED IN LIGHT
Decades ago, I found my vision going beyond what I felt was possible with paint, however my experience as a painter has continued to inspire my work.

I loved the fluidity and immediacy of paint, but I felt that paint alone could not fully express what I aspired to. I began experimenting with light and became intrigued with its purity, vibrancy and energy. But how might light be controlled? Could it be somehow held in a finished composition?

First there were projectors, translucent liquids, paintings on glass, variable strobe lights and motorized objects covered in reflective materials. I designed programmable electronic devices and worked with synthesizers, arrays of lightbulbs, oscillographic displays and computers. I had begun to reach fluidity, but lacked immediacy. I could create endless compositions but only with an unacceptable latency with programming, patching and construction requiring weeks of work or more. This search continues, now reaching nearly 50 years.

This body of work comes as close as I have been able to realizing that desired mix of fluidity and immediacy. I work in several directions using a mix of photography, 3D CGI and electronics. My processes combine sudden discovery with gr...

EDUCATION & BIO
University of Kansas Bachelor of Fine Arts, Drawing and Painting, 1970

Self-Directed Research Electronics design - Conversion of sound into light and graphics, 1969 – 1985

Conferences Lectures & Course Work in Computer Graphics, 1986 – 1999

Training Applied 2D & 3D Computer Graphics, Locations US and Canada, 1990 – 1998

BIO
Tim Forcade is a multimedia artist employing painting, theatrical/studio lighting, electronic systems, video and photography to create imagery inspired by light in all its forms. He has combined his education in drawing and painting (BFA 1970) with ongoing research and experiments with technology-based media. His work has been published, collected and exhibited nationally and internationally.

His obsession with art and technology began in the 1960’s. At that time Tim began work with projected light using paint, liquids, various materials and motors producing environmental stage effects for live performances across the mid-west and Canada. He also produced a series of photographs using theatrical stroboscopic lights and choreography to create imagery using the figure as a point of departure toward abstract photography. Throughout the 70s and 80s, via independent trial and err...

Selected SOLO Exhibits
2015 Works on Satin ARTSKC Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2015 Tapestries & Satin Works Theater Lawrence, Lawrence, KS
2014 Works on Satin Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO
2014 Works on Fabric Haas&Wilkerson ARTSKC, Overland Park, KS
2014 Discovered in Light Kauffman Foundation ARTSKC, Kansas City, MO
2013 Discovered in Light Cider Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2012 Discovered in Light Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO
2010 Spectacular Uncertainty Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS
2008 Confluence Man & Nature Fetherston Gallery Seattle, WA
2008 Spectacular Uncertainty Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
1986 Incantations Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1986 Objects & Entities Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO
1985 Surfaces Art & Design Gallery University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
1984 Surfaces Dykes Library, KU Medical Center Kansas City, MO
1984 Incantations Lawrence Arts Center Lawrence, KS
1984 Sonic Objects Exhibit & Residency, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1984 Sonic Objects Exhibit & Residency, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Canada
1984 Sonic Objects (touring) ME, CO, SD, IN, NY
1983 Sonic Realizations Art Research ...