Title of Artwork: Heart of Power

Dimensions: 21h x 10w x 4d

Medium: Blown glass, metal wall mount

2023

Signed

Tim Tate is co-founder of the Washington Glass Studio in Washington, DC. Tim's work is in the permanent collections of a number of museums, including the Smithsonian's American Art Museum. He was also the 2010 recipient of the Virginia Groot Foundation award for sculpture, 2nd place in the 2017 London Contemporary Art Prize, and is a 2018 James Renwick Alliance Distinguished Artist, among many other awards.

He taught in Istanbul in August 2007 and at Penland School on several occasions and was the featured artist for the 2018 annual auction. He was the Development Chair for the Penland Board of Trustees from 2014 to 2018 and is the Program Chair for the James Renwick Alliance.

He received his Fulbright Award from Sunderland, University in England in 2012. In 2018 he was asked to speak at Yale University by speak on Craft and Conflict by Glenn Adamson to represent the Queer community and its history of art activism.

He participated in the Glasstress show with Ai Wei Wei and Vic Muniz during the 2019 Venice Biennale and the Boca Raton Museum Glasstress show in January of 2021 and in October of the same year his work was exhibited at the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia.