| Tim Holmes | |
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Tim Holmes, artist/philosopher, 2007 |
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| Born | May 8, 1955 Rapid City, SD, USA |
| Field | Artist philosopher |
| Works | U.N. Women's Peace Prize, Cape Town Olympic Bid 2004 sculpture, PSR Peace Award, PeaceLinks Award, |
| Awards | Jeanette Rankin Peace Award, 2000; Best Artwork Award, New Media Film Festival, Berkeley, CA, 2007; Lakota Women’s Peace Metal, 1988; Montana Historic Preservation Award, 1993. |
Tim Holmes (born May 8, 1955), American sculptor, filmmaker, and musician, lives in Montana. He was the first American artist ever invited to exhibit solo at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, from 1993 to 1994, where three of his sculptures remain on permanent exhibit.
His work has gained notice also among some of the world's peacemakers. Among Holmes' best-known collectors are Nobel prize winners Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Jimmy Carter, along with many other international figures such as Václav Havel, Coretta Scott King and Mrs. Anwar Sadat. Holmes has created sculpture for many humanitarian projects such as the Physicians for Social Responsibility, PeaceLinks, and Cape Town's bid for the 2004 Olympics. In 2000 he created the bronze sculpture Anima Mundi for the United Nations Millennium Peace Prize for Women, awarded to heroines working to bridge conflicts the world over.
Following the Tiananmen Square massacre in China in 1989 Holmes was commissioned by the China Information Center to create a sculpture, China Peace, to commemorate that event and raise money to get the true account past Chinese official censors through to the Chinese people in what has become known as “the first FAX revolution in history”.[1]
Holmes exhibits in American museums and galleries across the US as well in Europe but often prefers exhibiting his work in venues outside the standard art world. He has shown work in prominent cathedrals such as the National Cathedral in Washington DC and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City.
Though Holmes is most well known for sculpture, he has worked in a variety of media from museum installation to filmmaking and experiments in new media. Holmes's work primarily focuses on the human form as a spiritual metaphor.[2] His film series, the Body Psalms Project is a multi-tiered exercise in social engagement using art as a catalyst to inspire people wherever their lives have meaning, whether that be through traditional institutions or on the street. The project consists of a series of events, rituals and films involving dancers unfolding passages of sacred writings painted on their bodies in a unique kind of sculptural poetry performance. The work challenges participants and viewers to re-evaluate the meaning and value of the human body in global capitalist culture.[3]
Tim Holmes is a member of the political satire and comedy group the Montana Logging and Ballet Co., billed as National Public Radio’s “resident political satirists” [4] during the Clinton years and has performed around the U.S. since 1976.