Tim Gordon
Oakland CA tgordon510@hotmail.com
Education
MFA Photography 2001 California College of the Arts
BS Photography 1998 James Madison University
Professional Experience
2009- Director of Photography Material Mississippi
documentary film and photography project about the lives and art of 6 Mississippi Delta Artists
2007 - present –Director of Photography www.MaterialMississippi.org
a web site showcasing creative individuals in the Mississippi Delta
2006 -Photographer and Videographer, Let The World Listen Right,
documentary video about Hip Hop in the Mississippi Delta 2005
-Photographer and Videographer, Home of the Double Headed Eagle,
documentary video of artists Rev. H.D. and Margaret Dennis.
2004 Project Director, Photography Road Show, Delta State University,
-Documentary Photography Instructor, Delta Center for Culture and
Learning, Delta State University
2002 -Art Installer / Deinstaller, The Jewish Museum San Francisco CA
1999-01 -Real Estate Photographer, IPIX.com Walnut Creek, CA
1997-99 -Proprietor and Operator of Tim Gordon Photography Richmond, VA
1997-99 -Laboratory Manager, Old Dominion Camera Shoppe Richmond, VA
1998 -Elementary School Student Teacher of Art, Westwood Hills Elementary
Waynesboro, VA
1997 -Photography Instructor, Appel Farm Center for Music and Art Elmer NJ
Taught beginning and advanced black and white as well as color printing and film processing.
Other Work Experiences
2007-2008 Territory Manager, Prestige Wine Distributors Chapel Hill, NC
2004-2007 Sommelier, Bin 54 Restaurant, Chapel Hill, NC
2003-2004 Wine Steward, Chez Philippe Memphis TN
2002 General Manager Morgan Freeman’s blues club Ground Zero Clarksdale MS
Exhibition Record
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008 -Material Mississippi Center for Southern Studies UNC, Chapel Hill NC
-Royal Quiet Deluxe NYC, Mexico City
2007 -Material Mississippi Sawhill Gallery JMU, Harrisonburg VA
2005 -Legacies and Legends Delta Blues Museum, Clarksdale MS
2003 -Nose Drawing Liminal Gallery, Oakland CA
2001 -The Blue Urine Project CCAC, San Francisco CA
-Pictures from Richmond, Virginia Bruce Gallery San Francisco
-Manipulations Long and Pollack Gallery San Francisco
-Country Stars Shooter’s Nashville TN
and The Hotel Utah, San Francisco CA
1999 -The Great Pull Test Strip Gallery, Oakland CA
-Suspensions Photography Alive Gallery, Richmond VA
-The Royal Quiet Deluxe Performance The Artspace, Richmond VA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 (upcoming)- Spiritual Advisor to the World with Bruce West and Ali Neff
Smithsonian’s Anacostia Museum, Washington D.C.
2009 (upcoming) – A White Dress and a Blue Dream with Reece Carter
San Francisco Art Institute New Genres
2004 -New Sounds in Bay Area Audio Genres curated by Jarrett Mitchell
Warehouse 3201, San Francisco CA
-The Main Event curated by Isaac Randossi Studio Z, San Francisco CA
2003 -Something Scripted curated by Liz Cohen
San Francisco Art Institute, CA
2001 -The Gigantic Show Photography curated by Trevor Stone
Studio N-15 San Francisco CA
-Keep A Breast Inhumane Gallery, New York NY
and Red Five Gallery, San Francisco CA
2000 -Funkhaus Annual Art Exhibition, Harrisonburg VA
Fuzzy Logic curated by Tom Finkelpearl Southern Exposure
Gallery, San Francisco CA
1998 -Funkhaus Annual Exhibition, Harrisonburg VA
1997 -Faculty Show Appel Farm Center for Music and Art, Elmer NJ
-Politically Incorrect The Atlanta Photo Gallery, Atlanta GA
Material Published About
-www.materialmississippi.org
-Let the World Listen Right: Hip Hop at the Crossroads of the Mississippi
Delta Ali C. Neff, U. of Mississippi Press 2009
-www.myspace.com/swankband
-Hip Hop at the Crossroads Endeavors Magazine winter 2007 Chapel Hill NC
-5000 Miles per Thumb III Billy Tumbleweed Slap Magazine, April 2005
-New Sounds in Bay Area Audio Genres LP 2004
-An Interview with the Artist Tim Gordon Jeff Bostik Lurker Magazine
February 2002
-Absolute Art Matt Gill August Cutter Spring Volume 2002
-The Unbearable Lightness Jamie Cortez Stretcher June 28th 2002
-Jack Ass Art: San Francisco Performance Artists are Jerking Art Around
Paul McEnery San Francisco Bay Guardian cover June 6th 2001
-The Independent weekly Rock Lotto III Nathan Brown Raleigh NC Dec 12 2000
-www.plainparade.org/rocklotto/about.html
Published Photography
2009 Let the World Listen Right: Hip Hop at the Crossroads of the Mississippi
Delta Ali C. Neff, U. of Mississippi Press. cover photo plus photos inside
2007 -www.MaterialMississippi.org
-Hip Hop at the Crossroads Endeavors Magazine winter Chapel Hill NC
2003 -Extreme Elvis Ali Neff Concussion Magazine Issue 21 Richmond CA
-The Anti-Capitalist Reader Joel Schalit, Akashic Books, New York
2000 -Funkhaus Biannual Art Exhibition, Catalog Cover Harrisonburg VA
1994-present -Countless CD, album, and single covers and various published photography for articles in The SF Bay Guardian, SF Weekly, Concussion Skate Magazine, Clarksdale Press Register, and the Roanoke Times
Visiting Artist and Guest Lectures
2006 UNC-Chapel Hill NC Guest Lecturer for Dr. William Ferris’ class “Music of the South”
2005 Delta State University, Cleveland MS Photography Roadshow
2002 CCA, San Francisco CA Guest Lecturer for Larry Sultan’s class “Graduate Photography/ Male Aesthetic”
2000 San Francisco Art Institute, Guest Lecturer for Tony Labat’s class “New Genres and Performance Studies”
Grants, Awards and Distinctions
2008 Mississippi Humanities Council, media grant for video leg of
www.MaterialMississippi.org
2007 Mississippi Humanities Council, planning grant for
www.MaterialMississippi.org
1999 CCAC Graduate Merit Scholarship
1998 JMU Senior Art Achievement Award Nominee
1997, 1998 JMU President’s List
1996 Created Rock Lotto, -www.plainparade.org/rocklotto/about.html
1996 Golden Key National Honor Society
1993 Most Valuable Wrestler, LBHS Varsity Squad