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[[File:Tim Cantor.jpg|thumb|alt=alt text|Tim Cantor at his October 9, 2009 Art Show in [[San Diego]]]]

'''Tim Cantor''' (born August 10, 1969) is an American self-taught [[surrealismSurrealism|surrealist]] artist and writer. Tim was raised in [[Marin County, California]] and began painting at the age of 5 using a box of [[oil paintspaint]]s and brushes that were his great-grandfather's. Tim's great-grandfather was the English Artist, Lloyd Dundas Whiffen (1885-1951). His first oil painting was created at the age of 5. When Tim was 15, he won a [[Bank of America]] achievement in arts award. Also at the age of 15, Tim was given his first gallery exhibition where one of his paintings was acquired to hang in the [[White House]]. Tim has since had exhibitions in [[Athens]], [[Tokyo]], [[Singapore]], [[Paris]], [[Venice]], [[New York City|New York]], [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]], and [[San Francisco]]. He currently has galleries in [[San Diego]], [[Sausalito, California]], and [[Amsterdam]] which are dedicated to his vision and his art. Cantor currently lives and works in [[Southern California]].

==Works==

Tim Cantor paints in oils on a variety of different surfaces. He learned on his own since early childhood, almost exclusively in oils. howeverHowever, he often uses other media such as [[watercolor]] and [[charcoal]] to create studies for larger compositions. Tim has a traditional style using brushes and paint and utilizes no tools or devices in his work.

Many of his works are based on his own fictional and non-fictional stories and poetry. These stories, he says, mostly come to him during the long process of creating the paintings.

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==Exhibitions==

Tim Cantor began showing his paintings professionally at the age of 15 when he was honored with the [[Bank of America]] achievement in arts award. At his first show, [[Senator Barbara Boxer]] presented the award and then chose a painting to hang in the [[White House]]. The early publicity created a demand for his work. After finishing high school in Marin County, he began traveling and exhibiting his paintings in galleries and open-air events throughout the Western United States. After seven years on the road he decided to display his paintings exclusively in fine art galleries and then in 2000, Tim Cantor established Ashby Galleries. Ashby Galleries and Ashby and Alfred publications are devoted exclusively to Tim Cantor and display his work year-round. One of Tim Cantor's paintings is in the permanent collection of the [[White House]]. Some of his well-known collectors include Baseballbaseball player [[Bob Scanlan]], football player [[Dhani Jones]], actors [[Terrence Howard]], [[Robert De Niro]], [[Robert Redford]], director [[Guillermo del Toro]], actress [[Maggie Q]] and the Bandrock band [[Imagine Dragons]].

Tim Cantor and his artwork are currentlywere on tour with the band [[Imagine Dragons]] for their [[Smoke + Mirrors Tour|Smoke + Mirrors North American Tour]]. Most of the [[Imagine Dragons]] North American tour stops will feature a SMOKE + MIRRORS ART GALLERY in the venue, showcasing original album and single art by Tim Cantor and immersive new mixes [[Imagine Dragons]] album featuring DTS Headphone:X technology.

In 2016, Tim Cantor exhibited his art in New York City. The exhibit, Titled "Tim Cantor: Sweet Favour & Fiend", could be seen at AFA Art Gallery in Soho, NYC through August 2016.In 2019, Tim Cantor released his Yesteryear exhibition.<ref>[https://www.timcantor.com/yesteryear-exhibition-info-2019.html Tim Cantor Yesteryear]</ref>

In the winter of 2019, The Tim Cantor Gallery of Amsterdam, located in a 17th -century building in the core of Amsterdam, opened with has a collection of Cantor's works.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timcantor.com/tim-cantor-galleries-ams.html|title = TIM CANTOR GALLERIES AMS &#124; Tim Cantor}}</ref> On March 17, 2021, Tim Cantor, in a partnership with Terra Virtua ltd the world's first fully-immersive entertainment platform, took six of his traditional oil paintings and enhanced them using animation techniques to bring them to life.<ref name=":0">[{{Cite web |date=2021-03-17 |title=Live NFT Art Exhibition With World-Famous Imagine Dragons Artist Tim Cantor |url=https://pressreleases.responsesource.com/news/101001/live-nft-art-exhibition-with-world-famous-imagine-dragons-artist-tim/ Tim|access-date=2023-11-30 Cantor|website=ResponseSource Yesteryear]Press Release Wire}}</ref>

Spring 2021 brought a Live NFT Art Exhibition with Artist Tim Cantor. It was the first-ever live virtual reality exhibition with Tim Cantor who is the man behind the [[Imagine Dragons]] 2014 album, stage designs and video, 'SHOTS'.<ref name=":0" />

==Publications and media==

In 2005 Tim established Ashby Galleries and Ashby and Alfred Publications and also published a book in 2005 titled ''The Art of Tim Cantor''.

ComingHarvest sometimeProductions, in 2011, Harvestreleased Productions will bea releasing a short film looking at the Art of Tim Cantor.<ref>[http://harvestpro.com/blog/the-art-of-tim-cantor-celebrating-10-years-at-ashby-galleries/ Harvest Pro.com]</ref> This film will featurefeatures interviews with Tim and Amy Cantor, as well as some of his closest collectors.

In June 2011, Tim Cantor and his piece "Beauty's Privilege" were featured on the cover of San Diego's City Beat Magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sdcitybeat.com/sandiego/article-9156-tim-cantor.html|title=Tim Cantor|work=sdcitybeat.com}}</ref> The article discusses his gallery in San Diego as well as his work on a new book and a new collection of art and writings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sdcitybeat.com/sandiego/article-9156-tim-cantor.html|title=Tim Cantor|work=sdcitybeat.com}}</ref>

Tim Cantor is currently (January 2012) the featured artist on the website of Fear & Trembling Productions. Fear & Trembling Productions is a not-for-profit company whose goal is to work with a select group of talented singer/songwriters as their Artist Development Manager to help them gain recognition by the recording industry. They have recognized Tim Cantor's gallery due to the fact that in his galleries Tim uses soothing background music to allow each viewer of his art to absorb and interpret the beauty of his art undisturbed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fear-trembling.com/featured/artist|title=Artist|work=fear-trembling.com}}</ref>

On November 3, 2012, over 3000 people attended Tim Cantor's 2nd major book release and exhibition of new works at his Gaslamp Gallery in [[San Diego]]. His new book is titled, "Tim Cantor, Paintings & Writings Book II".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timcantor.com/New%20Site-11/November3_BookStandard1.htm|title=T i m c a n t o r|work=timcantor.com}}</ref>

In 2015, Tim Cantor’s work was featured in the Imagine Dragons Smoke + Mirrors North American, European and Asian tours.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2077584/imagine-dragons-shots-video/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215043934/http://www.mtv.com/news/2077584/imagine-dragons-shots-video/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 15, 2015|title=Watch Imagine Dragons' Crazy Beautiful 'Shots' Video, Where They Transform Into Living Paintings|work=MTV News}}</ref>

Recording Artist [[Bebe Rexha]] features Tim Cantor Art in her video for her song "Sabotage" from her Album Better Mistakes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG6D_KrdABo|title=Watch Bebe Recha - Sabotage Official Music Video}}</ref>

In[[Evanescence]] 2015,features Tim Cantor’sCantor work was featuredArt in thetheir Imaginevideo Dragonsfor Smoketheir +song Mirrors"Across Norththe American,Universe" European and Asian tours.<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://www.mtvyoutube.com/news/2077584/imagine-dragons-shots-video/watch?v=l4nwKQrne0s|title=Watch ImagineEvanescence Dragons'- CrazyAcross Beautifulthe 'Shots'Universe Video,Official WhereMusic They Transform Into Living Paintings|work=MTV NewsVideo}}</ref>

==Projects==

In May 2010, Tim Cantor was asked to participate in a project called Art Meets Fashion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artmeetsfashion.org/|title=Index of /|work=artmeetsfashion.org}}</ref> In partnership with the San Diego Visual Arts Network (SDVAN) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sdvisualarts.net/sdvan_new/index.php|title=SDVAN - Home|work=sdvisualarts.net}}</ref> and Fashion Opportunities Connect US (FOCUS),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.focussd.org/|title=興信所 福岡 尾行|work=focussd.org}}</ref> The Art Meets Fashion mission is to initiate collaborations between established fashion designers and visual artists of excellence, to showcase the creativity in San Diego, and to encourage local teens to be involved in the Artsarts.

Tim and international fashion designer, [[Gordana Gehlhausen]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shopgoga.com/|title=Goga by Gordana|work=shopgoga.com|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203061720/http://www.shopgoga.com/|archivedate=2011-02-03}}</ref> have been inspired to create works of art which express an emotional impression of loss, love, and ultimately- finding beauty in the midst of tragedy and adversity.<ref>[http://www.zhibit.org/beautysprivilege Beauty's Privilege - Art Meets Fashion]</ref> Along with Gordana, Tim will be working with David Hartig, a photographer who <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.davidhartig.com/|title=San Diego Commercial Photographers Architectural Lifestyle Advertising Photography|work=davidhartig.com}}</ref> will document the various steps involved to nurture an idea into a work of art and Denise Bonaimo (educator/ visual artist)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bonaimo.com/|title=Denise Bonaimo Sarram|work=bonaimo.com}}</ref> will create a lesson plan that focuses on drawing from life experiences as the inspiration to create works of art with emotion.

Currently theThis project is ongoing and will continuecontinued through 2011 <ref>[http://www.artmeetsfashion.org/pres Art Meets Fashion Press Calendar]</ref> and will includeincluded fashion shows and exhibitions of the team's final projects including a VIP fashion show at the [[San Diego International Airport]] in April 2011.<ref>[http://www.san.org/documents/Airport_Art_Master_Plan.pdf San Diego International Airport/ Art Master Plan]</ref> The Art Meets Fashion Event will hosthosted a VIP fashion show on Thursday, April 28, 2011 at the San Diego International Airport Series of independent exhibitions for each of the teams 3 hubs including NTC Promenade at Liberty Station, North Park and Downtowndowntown San Diego. Beauty's Privilege project will bewas exhibited at Shop Goga in downtown San Diego in April 2011 (TBA). One group exhibit, which will present highlights of each team at the San Diego International Airport from April –Sept 2011.<ref>[http://www.zhibit.org/profile/beautysprivilege Art Meets Fashion - Beauty's Privilege Zhibit.org]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artmeetsfashion.org/|title=Index of /|work=artmeetsfashion.org}}</ref><ref>[http://www.zhibit.org/beautysprivilege Beauty's Privilege Dress Image]</ref><ref>[http://www.sdvisualarts.net/sdvan_new/pdf/AMFpressSDMag.pdf San Diego Magazine Article, April 2011]</ref>

On September 23, 2014, Cantor began working with [[Imagine Dragons]]<ref>[{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.imaginedragonsmusic.com/ |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=Imagine Dragons.com] |language=en-US}}</ref> for their second studio album, ''[[Smoke + Mirrors]]''. After meeting the band and becoming inspired by the music and lyrics of their upcoming single,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10153362371113065&id=79596418064|title=Just returned from overseas and the... - Tim Cantor - Artist, Writer - Facebook|work=facebook.com}}</ref> Tim Cantor created artworks for each song of the album.<ref>[https://www.imaginedragonsmusic.com/news/see-all-song-art-smoke-mirrors-artist-tim-cantor-13211 See All The Song Art from Smoke + Mirrors by Artist Tim Cantor]</ref> All three singles released – "[[I Bet My Life (Imagine Dragons song)|I Bet My Life]]", "[[Gold (Imagine Dragons song)|Gold]]", and "[[Shots (Imagine Dragons song)|Shots]]" – feature the paintings as cover art. The paintings are included in the limited edition of the album.<ref>[https://www.imaginedragonsmusic.com/news/smoke-mirrors-limited-edition-deluxe-artwork-fan-pack-8961 Smoke + Mirrors: Limited Edition, Deluxe Artwork Fan Pack]</ref> The artworks make appearance in the band's music video of "Shots".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musictimes.com/articles/28356/20150212/imagine-dragons-shots-music-video-tim-cantor-smoke-mirrors-release-date-watch.htm|title=Imagine Dragons 'Shots' Music Video Brings Surrealist Artist Tim Cantor's Paintings to Life Ahead of 'Smoke + Mirrors' Release Date [WATCH]|work=Music Times|date=12 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152848240921407&set=vb.39643821406&type=2&theater|title=Imagine Dragons - Facebook|work=facebook.com}}</ref>

In June 2016 Tim's Art was exhibited at the AFA Gallery in SOHO New York.<ref>[http{{Cite web |title=AFA Gallery |url=https://www.afanyc.com/ |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=AFA Art Gallery NYC Tim Cantor Featured Artwork June |language=en- August 2016]US}}</ref> "Tim Cantor: Sweet Favour & Fiend" at AFA was a showing of Tim's oil paintings which offered a disquieting remix of historical Renaissance canvases.<ref>[{{Cite web |date=2016-06-13 |title=Editors' Picks: 9 Art Events in New York |url=https://news.artnet.com/market/editors-picks-9-art-events-new-york-517553 |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=Artnet News Editors’ Picks: 9 Art Events to See in New York This Week, June 2016]|language=en-US}}</ref>

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