Tim Green

Bio

Tim is a contemporary artist whose practice has been shaped by more than two decades of sustained experimentation across fine art, design, and publishing.

He graduated with First Class Honours in Design and Art Direction from Manchester Metropolitan University, following earlier distinction-level training in fine art. This dual grounding in formal art education and design continues to inform a practice that is both instinctive and disciplined, combining expressive mark-making with a strong sense of visual structure.

Over the course of his career, Tim has developed a distinctive body of work defined by persistence, curiosity, and a clear commitment to making. His output extends beyond the canvas into artist books, self-published works, and contributions to international creative publications, reflecting an artist who has consistently engaged with his craft and built his practice independently over time. Rather than following trends, his work has evolved through years of steady refinement, resulting in a visual language that feels personal, recognisable, and assured.

Collectors are often drawn to artists who demonstrate longevity, authorship, and a genuine dedication to their discipline. Tim’s work carries that sense of continuity - the product of an artist who has invested years in developing his voice and building a meaningful, lasting body of work.

Statement

My art has taken on many forms over the course of my career, but I have long been strongly influenced by the movements of CoBrA, Fluxus, and Abstract Expressionism, and the balance between chaos and control that they explore.

One of my biggest drivers is to play with and explore the power of seemingly chaotic micro-worlds, and how, together, they build a seemingly coherent macro-reality – as in the way individual notes and pauses come together to form a melodic song.

The natural world is an enormous influence on my artwork both visually and philosophically. I am drawn to the concepts of impermanence in life and entropy and want to help others to explore their own relationship and acceptance of those ideas.

I have a strong fascination in exploring the connection between mind and body and the power in spontaneity and free mark-marking and, with my work, try to connect those ideas of purposeful chaos with the delicate and intricate structures that are needed for that freedom to stay in balance.

One of my most recent drives has been to try to understand how to move my creative output away from being solely focused on the single gaze of a single human consumer.

What fascinates me more is understanding an ecosystemic approach to creativity – how the work affects those that see/use it, how that affectation influences those around that individual and how the environment around all of those actors, and the work itself, is changed, contributed to or diminished by what we do.