“I like black. It’s a colour that’s made up its mind.”
Tim Forbes bases his international fine art practice on the secluded South Shore of Nova Scotia, on the unceded ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq. Forbes investigates reductive form and contemporary influences in design and art, expressing a creative language that expands on the communicative power of symbolism. An acclaimed multidisciplinary artist and designer, his work explores scale and materiality across sculpture, photographic imagery, and the studio’s signature minimalist paintings on canvas.
Below: AEGIS/BLUE / 2023 / 48 x 60 in. / 122 x 152 cm
MARKER_02 /48 x 96 in.
Minimalism Transformed
Nov. 13 - Dec. 5, 2021 / OENO
Muir@Queen’s Marque
SENTINELS & BOATS @ MUIR Hotel
In the theme of Born of This Place, Tim Forbes in collaboration with GZArtCo has created SENTINELS – a commissioned collection of raw nature portraits for installation in the MUIR Hotel on Halifax’s waterfront. An Armour Group development designed by celebrated architects MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple with interiors by Studio Munge, the 109-room MUIR is Nova Scotia’s first 5-star hotel.
Deep Pop: The Evolution of a Movement
23 April 2021 — 24 May 2021
“Forbes explores scale and form concerned with notions of repetition, patterning, and permanence imbued with the quality of essential form.”
–Jessica Veevers / PhD, Curator
Just Add Water
The backstory on ARTSHOPPE CLOUD
A porcelain-white signature sculpture has been created by Forbes to float in a 4.5m sq. water feature overlooking Toronto’s skyline at the intersection of art, fashion and lifestyle. (Installation 2021)