CARL KOSTYÁL
LONDON + STOCKHOLM
12a Savile Row
London
W1S 3PQ
UK
TIM IRANI
Tim Irani (B. 1989, Laguna Niguel, CA) lives and works in Los Angeles. He holds a BA in Architecture from the University of San Francisco.
Viewing his artworks as a tangible representation of our current digitally augmented reality, Irani’s work captures our obsession with the potential of digital products to optimise our lived experience. He provides commentary on how quickly everything, from the newest iPhone to cat memes, becomes obsolete. In doing so, he lends a voice to the trees, the birds, and to technology itself, imagining each as its own sentient entity capable of feeling and cross-communication.
His undergraduate studies in architecture reinforced his desire to build and fostered his understanding of the fundamental mechanics of product design. He obsessively plans his works using a combination of analog and digital sketching, merging traditional painting techniques with sculpted wood elements in what he calls “structural paintings”. Irani’s creative process demands us to both question what we consider real, as well as blur the line between hand-made and manufactured good.
Tim Irani has been the subject of exhibitions at Voss Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Glass Rice, San Francisco; Mirus Gallery, San Francisco; Glass Rice, San Francisco, CA; Pt 2. Gallery, Oakland, CA.