Introduction

“…Tim Vermeulen has elevated the highly personal genre of self-portraiture into an unusual collection of unnerving modern parables that lend richness to the universal theme of alienation…

…These works question the facades of suburbia, which mask the personal limitations of organized religion and the middle-class status quo. Vermeulen conveys these issues through an economic painting vocabulary inspired by the distilled symbolism and moral authority characterized by the painters of the Northern Renaissance.

…Though steeped in his own religious and suburban background, Vermeulen's images are accessible to any person who is torn between the external expectations of how one should behave in order to belong to the group and the internal yearnings that define the reality of who one is as an individual. The resulting works reflect Vermeulen's disciplined approach to painting. He lends beauty to that which may be perceived as ugly, offers reason to what appears illogical, inserts uncertainty into events that appear inevitable and offers alternative directions to familiar paths.”

John Brunetti,
“The Man-Made Wildernesses of Tim Vermeulen”

Contact Info

  • Timothy Vermeulen

Education

  • 1986 Masters of Fine Arts, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
  • 1982 Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Art Education, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI

Selected Solo & Two Person Exhibitions

  • 2019 George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2018 Adventureland Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • 2016 George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2015 Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • 2014 George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2013 Mount Saint Mary's University, Emmitsburg, MD
  • 2012 Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • 2011 Mt. Comfort Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
  • 2010 College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL
  • 2010 Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • 2008 Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • 2007 Judith Racht Gallery, Harbert, MI
  • 2006 Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • 2005 Mount Saint Mary's University, Emmitsburg, MD
  • 2004 ArtLA (featured artist, Gescheidle Gallery), Los Angeles, CA
  • 2004 Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • 2004 Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI
  • 2003 Signal 66 Gallery, Washington DC
  • 2002 Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • 2002 Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL
  • 2001 Mount Saint Mary's University, Emmistburg, MD
  • 2001 Signal 66 Gallery, Washington, DC
  • 2001 Catholic University, Washington, DC
  • 2001 Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA
  • 1999 Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL
  • 1997 Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • 1996 Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • 1995 Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2018 Context Art Fair Miami (with Alida Anderson Art Projects), Miami, FL
  • 2017 Context Art Fair miami (with Alida Anderson Art Projects), Miami, FL
  • 2015 Context Art Fair, Miami, FL
  • 2014 Emerge Art Fair (with Alida Anderson Art Projects), Washington DC
  • 2014 “Zenith Zoo: Artistic Interpretations of our Planetary Partners,” Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC
  • 2013 Affordable Art Fair (with Alida Anderson Art Projects), New York, NY
  • 2013 “In Three Moving Parts,” Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
  • 2011 “SOot,” “FOot,” and “BOok,” “SpOor,” Oo Gallery, Kingston, NY
  • 2011 “The Artist's Daughter: Tribute to George Tooker,” North Park University, Chicago, IL
  • 2011 “Anicomically Correct,” Distinction Gallery, Escondido, CA
  • 2010 “A Jest in Time,” Distinction Gallery, Escondido, CA
  • 2010 “A Mute of Hounds,” Gallery Meltdown, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2009 “Gone to the Dogs,” Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2009 “UpScale/DownSize,” Willard Wankelman Gallery, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
  • 2008 “Mythonomy,” The Spurious Fugitive, South Bend, IN
  • 2008 “Masks,” Judith Racht Gallery, Harbert, MI
  • 2007 “The Art of Forgiveness: Images of the Prodigal Son,” Museum of Biblical Art, New York, NY
  • 2007 Bridge Art Fair, Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • 2004 “Post-Mortem: & Away We Go,” Signal 66 Gallery, Washington, DC
  • 2004 “Articulating the Intangible,” Mclean Project for the Arts, Mclean, VA
  • 2003 “Through a Glass Darkly,” First Presbyterian Church Gallery, Ft. Wayne, IN
  • 2002 “Wish You Were Here,” Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • 2001 “Contemporary Realism: A Survey of Washington Area Artists,” The Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA
  • 2000 “Small Packages,” Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • 2000 “Shake the Coat,” North Park University, Chicago, IL
  • 2000 “New Talent,” Signal 66 Gallery, Washington DC
  • 1998 “Progeny,” North Park College, Chicago, IL
  • 1995 “Self-Portrait,” Lyons-Weir Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • 1986 “The Masters of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition,” Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL
  • 1982 “Bachelor of Arts Exhibition,” Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI

Selected Bibliography

  • O'Hern, John. “Tim Vermeulen: Passage.” American Art Collector. January 2019: 110-111. Print.
  • Zimmerer, Kathy. “Tim Vermeulen and Eric Hesse.” ArtScene. April 2016: 12-13. Print.
  • Gauss, Daniel. “Tim Vermeulen at George Billis Gallery.” Arte Fuse. 26 Feb 2014: n. page. Web. 27 Feb. 2014.
  • Seed, John. “Tim Vermeulen: Speaking to Shared Experience.” Huffington Post. (02/22/2014): n. page. Web. 24 Feb. 2014.
  • “Journeys Within the Mind.” American Art Collector. Feb 2014: 142-143. Print.
  • Menendez, Didi. “Timothy Vermeulen.” Poets and Artists Magazine. Apr 2012: n. page. Print.
  • Grossman, Dan. “Who Am I? Paintings by Tim Vermeulen,” NUVO, June 29, 2011.
  • Hughes, Andrew S. “Italian Spurious,” South Bend Tribune, December 5, 2009.
  • Brusic, Robert M. “And Grace Will Lead Me Home,” Lutheran University Press, 2007.
  • O'Sullivan, Michael. “A Close Look Into a Broken Mirror,” Washington Post, January 31, 2003.
  • Brunneti, John. “The Man-made Wildernesses of Tim Vermeulen,” Catalogue essay for exhibition at Wood Street Gallery, September 2002.
  • O'Sullivan, Michael. “New Talent at Signal 66,” Washington Post, August 11, 2000.
  • Camper, Fred. “Slick and Twisted,” Chicago Reader, Volume 25 (33), May 24, 1996.

Selected Collections

  • Dorothy Lichtenstein, New York, NY
  • Nick Cave, Chicago, IL
  • Sarah St. George, Grand Bahama Island
  • Tony Fitzpatrick, Chicago, IL
  • Irving Stenn, Chicago, IL
  • Howard A. Tullman, Evanston, IL
  • Dio Sumagaysay, Portland, OR
  • Marla Bane, Dallas, TX
  • Michael McVickar/Brian Westphal, Chicago, IL
  • Mary O'Shaughnessy, Port Townsend, WA
  • Howard Eglit, Highland Park, IL
  • Warren Weisberg, Evanston, IL
  • Lisa Cook, North Hampton, NH
  • Elliot Rosenberg, Miami, FL
  • Kelly O'Neal, Mesquite, TX
  • Jim Horowitz, Miami Beach, FL
  • Mark Robeau, Brooklyn, NY
  • Sara & Pete Sankowich, Exeter, NH
  • Constance Old, New Canaan, CT
  • Aron Packer, Chicago, IL
  • Victor Friedman, Chicago, IL
  • David Garrett, Portland, OR
  • Steve Paddock, Indianapolis, IN
  • Elizabeth Duquette, Washington, DC
  • James Bristol III, Santa Fe, NM
  • JoAnne Colonna Acheson, Los Angeles, CA
  • Old Kent Bank, Grand Rapids, MI
  • Stephen Cohen, Los Angeles, CA
  • Dan Fegan, Los Angeles, CA
  • Dr. Milton Robin, Evanston, IL
  • Robert A. Lewis, Naples, FL
  • Andre Stone, Chicago, IL
  • Doug Stock, Chicago, IL
  • Mark Jenkins, Chicago, IL
  • Henry and Maria Vogel, Saratoga, CA
  • David Zimmerman, Covert, MI
  • Lane Winter Vanderslice, Chicago, IL
  • Michael Delgass, New Haven, CT
  • Keith England, Chicago, IL
  • Gregorio Pakorny, Potomac, MD
  • Alex Margolies, New York, NY
  • Jenny Weisberg, Brooklyn, NY
  • Brett Harper, Lebanon, OH
  • Marc Ham, Los Angeles, CA
  • David Mandell, Portland, OR
  • Marissa Kalman, Chicago, IL
  • Jeannie Hua, Las Vegas, NV