Tim Tait
PAINTING PLACE
On view:
May 31 - July 12, 2025
Opening Reception:
Saturday, June 7, 3:00-5:00PM
Tim Tait, Votes for Women (2025), 20” x 16”, acrylic on linen
Artist Statement
The phenomenology of visual perception is the essential theme running through all my work. The paintings are representations of my visual experience—relationships of form and space, color and light, resonance and memory. My hope is that each image also connotes a sense of place, a shared encounter that stays with us.
About the Artist
Originally from Long Island, NY, Tim Tait earned a BFA in Drawing from Pratt Institute which allowed him to pursue an interdisciplinary art education including painting, printmaking, sculpture, design, and illustration.
While working as a gallery assistant and preparator for the Bernice Steinbaum Gallery and the Rotunda Gallery in NYC, he met and worked with numerous artists that were influential: Faith Ringgold, Miriam Schapiro, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Ed Baynard and others.
Working in his studio in Brooklyn (which he shared with artist An Pham and architect Jim Herr), Tim often mixed the worlds of art, design, and architecture. In 1989 he started to work for artist and architect, Gaetano Pesce, who had a profound influence on his work.
Tim moved his studio to lower Manhattan and worked as an independent artist and designer, collaborating with Faith Ringgold, Gaetano Pesce, Scholastic, and others. He also worked in fashion advertising and print design with designer and photoengraver, Jean Brunel.
In 1999, he moved to Providence, RI where his wife, Kathleen Brooks, was finishing her degree in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design. He worked as a senior designer with the renowned design firm, Malcolm Grear Designers, a multidisciplinary studio with a history of working with artists, galleries, museums and cultural institutions. Working with Malcolm Grear (and the family of design professionals there) was supremely enlightening for him as both an artist and a designer. Tim went on to become Vice President, and worked there for 22 years.
In 2015 Tim re-established his art studio focusing on painting and works on paper. Currently Tim Tait runs his own design consulting office and teaches an online painting course while working in his home studio in the woods of western Rhode Island.
