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{{Short description|American surrealism artist and writer}}
[[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 [[surrealism| surrealist]] artist and writer. Tim was raised in [[Marin County, California]] and began painting at the age of 5 using a box of oil paints 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, 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==
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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 | 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">
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
==Publications and media==
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Harvest Productions, in 2011, released a 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 features 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.
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>
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Currently the project is ongoing and will continue through 2011<ref>[http://www.artmeetsfashion.org/pres Art Meets Fashion Press Calendar]</ref> and will include 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 host 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 Downtown San Diego. Beauty's Privilege project will be 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>
In June 2016 Tim's Art was exhibited at the AFA Gallery in SOHO New York.<ref>
March 2021 - Partnership with Terra Virtua the world’s first fully immersive digital collectibles platform announces today an exclusive partnership with world-famous artist, Tim Cantor, which will see six of Tim’s incredible oil paintings brought to life through animation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pressreleases.responsesource.com/news/100956/world-famous-fine-artist-tim-cantor-to-join-the-growing-digital/|title=Partnership with Terra Virtua}}</ref>
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March 2021 - Tim Cantor has joined the Digital Arts NFTs Space. According to a press release shared with Altcoin Buzz, Tim Cantor has enlisted the support of top digital collectible firm Terra Virtua with plans to transform six of his oil paintings into digital art pieces (NFTs). Terra Virtua is known as the first-ever immersive digital collectible platform in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.altcoinbuzz.io/cryptocurrency-news/partnerships/tim-cantor-joins-the-digital-art-nfts-space/|title=Tim Cantor Joins The Digital Art NFTs Space}}</ref>
November 2021 - Tim Cantor’s En Pointe is transformed into an NFT for the first time with Terra Virtua
==References==
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