Tim Whiten

Tim Whiten was born in Inkster, Michigan in 1941. He studied at the College of Applied Arts and Sciences at the Central University of Michigan, receiving a B.S. in 1964, and the School of Architecture and Allied Arts at the University of Oregon, receiving his MFA in 1966. In 1968, he moved to Toronto to teach at York University, where he is currently Professor Emeritus. His work has been exhibited in major exhibitions throughout North America, South America, Mexico and Asia and is represented in numerous private, corporate and public collections, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, the M. H. De Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco and TD Bank. He is a member of The Royal Canadian Academy and a former fellow of the Arts and Humanistic Studies of Penn State University. He has served two times as Chair of the Visual Arts department at York University in Toronto, and was the recipient of the Dean's Teaching Award from the Faculty of Fine Arts in 1999-2000. Whiten studied under noted psychologist and philosopher Oscar Oppenheimer, whose academic inquiry focused on the nature of faith and its effect on the world around us. There is continued evidence of the influence of Oppenheimer in Whiten's visual art practice, which is driven by an interest in exploring man's place in the grand scheme by investigating the relationship between the psychic and physical worlds. Biography