Tim Fry

Tim was born in Sydney in 1985 and currently lives and works in the Northern Rivers of NSW. He received a Batchelor of Visual Art from SCU in 2015 and a Diploma of Visual Art from Southbank Tafe in 2009.

Tim Fry works primarily with mixed media drawing and ceramic sculpture. His drawings are heavily influenced by Pop Art aesthetics and cover a range of everyday imagery from still life’s, condiments, and old cars to landscapes, and buildings, whereas the sculpture has been exclusively concerned with architectural and industrial forms. By infusing pop art inspired everyday imagery with personal narratives, Tim’s art seeks to create fun playful reactions as a way to engage people in often serious topics. Tim’s work speaks of universal concerns such as social, political and environmental issues interwoven with the personal celebrations and tribulations of daily life.

Exhibiting consistently since 2008 in both group and solo exhibitions, Tim has shown in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane as well as various regional towns. Tim Currently works with several commercial and regional galleries in Sydney, Brisbane and Byron Bay.

In 2020 Tim was Highly Commended in the Border Art prize, a Finalist in the Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award and The Byron Arts Magazine Prize. In 2019 a Finalist in the Lyn McCrea Drawing Prize. In 2018 a Finalist in the Byron Arts Magazine prize and Lyn McCrea Drawing prize. In 2014 a finalist in the Craft NSW Emerging Artist Prize.

Artwork

  • Tim Fry – Off 2 Never Never Land
  • Tim Fry – The times they are a changing
  • Tim Fry – DIY
  • Tim Fry – My Favourite things
  • Tim Fry – Hit me with music
  • Tim Fry – Pleasure and pain
  • Tim Fry – Where is my mind
  • Tim Fry – Mixtape
  • Tim Fry – Misunderstood
  • Tim Fry – Music Saves
  • Tim Fry – Shake down to 1979
  • Tim Fry – Long way to the top
  • Tim Fry – Stuck up in the matrix
  • Tim Fry – Everyday should be a holiday
  • Tim Fry – Concrete streets
  • Tim Fry – Slow up homie
  • Tim Fry – Rhythm
  • Tim Fry – Lose yourself
  • Tim Fry – Today was a good day
  • Tim Fry – Under the bridge
  • Tim Fry – island vibe
  • Tim Fry – St Kilda to king’s Cross
  • Tim Fry – Change is gonna come
  • Tim Fry – Ride the lightning
  • Tim Fry – Paradise Found is Paradise Lost
  • Tim Fry – All Along The Line
  • Tim Fry – Going The Distance
  • Tim Fry – Power Pole I
  • Tim Fry – The Old Way
  • Tim Fry – Death of The Internal Combustion Engine
  • Tim Fry – International Extinction
  • Tim Fry – Sweet Yesterdays
  • Tim Fry – Fun and Games
  • Tim Fry – It was all so simple then