Tim Hyde works in the expanded field of photography. His photographs, videos, and collages have been featured at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Ar/ge Kunst Galerie Museum, Bolzano, Italy; the de Young Museum in San Francisco; the Neuberger Museum of Art; Sculpture Center NYC ; The Busan Biennale; and the Rose Museum at Brandeis University, among others.
Hyde received an MFA in Visual Art from Columbia University School of the Arts, attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, and studied history and fine art at Vassar College and at the Universidad Católica in Valparaíso Chile. Hyde was a professor of Art Studio in the Department of Art & Art History from 2014-2025.
Tim was born in Boston and has lived and worked in New York City, Mexico City, Valparaiso Chile, Paris France, and now lives and works in Oakland CA.
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Hyde received an MFA in Visual Art from Columbia University School of the Arts, attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, and studied history and fine art at Vassar College and at the Universidad Católica in Valparaíso Chile. Hyde was a professor of Art Studio in the Department of Art & Art History from 2014-2025.
Tim was born in Boston and has lived and worked in New York City, Mexico City, Valparaiso Chile, Paris France, and now lives and works in Oakland CA.
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 Marso Galería / Marso Fundación, Mexico City MX
Tim Hyde & Andrea Galvani: Terrarium
[PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO, SCULPTURE]
2012 Max Protetch Gallery, New York NY
Tim Hyde: The Island: Prologue
[PHOTOGRAPHY]
2009 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA
Tim Hyde: Building in Reverse, Curated by Carlos Basualdo and Adelina Vlas
[PHOTOGRAPHY, COLLAGE, VIDEO]
2009 Max Protetch Gallery, New York, NY
Tim Hyde: How to Draw a Cathedral
Project Room: Video Program curated by Tim Hyde
[PHOTOGRAPHY, CURATION]
2007 Max Protetch Gallery, New York NY
Tim Hyde
[PHOTOGRAPHY] [SCULPTURE]
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Harkawik Gallery︎︎︎, New York NY
And Then There was Nothing
2025 Gallery 120710︎︎︎, Berkeley CA
Teaching Practice, curated by Joshua Moreno. Berkeley CA
[PHOTOGRAPH]
2019 Galerie Hus ︎︎︎, Paris France.
Speed of Light – Speed of Shadows.
[VIDEO]
2016 Fundación Marso, Mexico City MX.
Diálogo #1: Acerca de lo material y la Simultaneidad: Andrea Galvani y Tim Hyde, [PERFORMANCE, PHOTOGRAPHY, SCULPTURE]
2015 The Conversation: A Special Exhibition for Art Silicon Valley / San Francisco.
The Conversation engages current research by 17 artists, scientists, and composers at UC Davis and research institutions around the world. The Conversation is galvanized by objects and images, models and reflections. The work for the show combines solo works with interdisciplinary projects produced from discussions, studio visits, and correspondence between researchers.
[PERFORMANCE, CURATION, SCULPTURE]
2014 The Invitation: A Special Exhibition For Art Silicon Valley / San Francisco [PERFORMANCE, CURATION, SCULPTURE]
2013 Fundación Marso, Mexico City, MX.
The Skull Sessions. Modular sculpture and curated discussions with artists, curators, architects, and writers in Mexico City over the course of a five-week exhibition. [SCULPTURE, PERFORMANCE]
2014 M&B Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Soft Target, Curated by Phil Chang and Matthew Porter
[PHOTOGRAPHY]
2012 UNTITLED-ART, Miami Beach FL.
The Skull Sessions, curated by Omar Lopez Chahoud, (Catalog)
[PERFORMANCE] [PHOTOGRAPHY] [SCULPTURE]
2012 De Young Museum, San Francisco CA
Real to Real: Photographs from the Traina Collection, (Catalog)
[PHOTOGRAPHY]
2012, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha NB.
Placemakers, Curated by Hesse McGraw.
[VIDEO]
2011, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, NYC.
Common Love: Aesthetics of Becoming, Curated by Kaira Cabanas. (Catalog)
[VIDEO] [PHOTOGRAPHY]
2011, Ideobox Gallery, Miami FL.
The Every Other Day, Curated by Donald Johnson-Montenegro. (Catalog)
[VIDEO] [PHOTOGRAPHY]
2011, Federica Schiavo Gallery, Rome Italy.
Does the Angle Between Two Walls Have a Happy Ending?, Curated by Ishmael Randall-Weeks. [VIDEO] [PHOTOGRAPHY]
2010, Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco.
Pier 24: Inaugural Exhibit, Curated by Chris McCall.
[VIDEO] [PHOTOGRAPHY]
2010, Ar/ge Kunst Galerie Museum, Bolzano, Italy.
A Letter Concerning Enthusiasm, Curated by Luigi Fassi.
[VIDEO] [PHOTOGRAPHY]
2010, Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, NYC.
A Failed Entertainment: Selections from the Filmography of James O. Incandenza, Curated by Sam Ekwurtzel.
[VIDEO] [PHOTOGRAPHY]
2009, Glendale College Art Gallery, Los Angeles CA
This is the Future before it Happened, Curated by Julie Deamer. [PHOTOGRAPHY]
2008, Sculpture Center, New York NY
Degrees of Remove: Landscape and Affect, Curated by Sarina Basta and Fionn Meade.
[VIDEO]
2008, Through You: Photography Selections from the Martin Z. Marguiles Collection, Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. (Catalog) [PHOTOGRAPHY]
2008, Every Man For Himself / God Against All, White Flag Projects, St. Louis. Curated by Hesse McGraw. [PHOTOGRAPHY] [VIDEO]
2008, Person of the Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flanerie, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase NY. Curated by Thom Collins. (Catalog) [PHOTOGRAPHY] [VIDEO]
2005, Free Trade, Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Julie Deamer. [PHOTOGRAPHY]
2008, Neighbors and Strangers: The Moving Image in Contemporary Art, Queens Nails Annex, San Francisco. Curated by Julie Deamer. [VIDEO]
2006 Busan Biennale, Busan South Korea.
A Tale of Two Cities, Curated by Manu Park.
[PHOTOGRAPHY] [VIDEO]
2006, Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA.
Balance and Power: Performance and Surveillance in Video Art, Curated by Michael Rush. (Catalog)
[VIDEO]
2005 Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL
Balance and Power: Performance and Surveillance in Video Art, curated by Michael Rush and Tim Murray.
[VIDEO]
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Albright Knox Museum
Tod & Billie Tsien Architects, Permanent Installation, Fisher Island NY
Neuberger Museum of Art
Thomas Phifer Collection, NYC
Collection of Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco
Martin Z. Margulies Collection, Miami FL
Max Protetch Collection
Trevor Traina Collection, San Francisco CA
Cricket Taplin Collection, Miami FL
Leo Katz Collection, Miami FL
Marso Collection, Mexico DF
Bostick Collection, Washington DC
Dolan Collection, Los Angeles CA
Viola Toniolo, San Francisco CA
COMMISSIONS
︎ Thomas Phifer Architects, NYC, 2016
Tod & Billie Tsien Architects
ARTIST BOOKS
The Skull Sessions No.3: Tim Hyde in conversation with Jean-Marc Chomaz
Edited by Ani Weinstein, The Skull Sessions Press, 2023
[timhyde.info/skullsessions03]
The Skull Sessions No.2: Andrea Galvani & Tim Hyde in conversation with Alice Miceli
Edited by Ani Weinstein, The Skull Sessions Press, Winter 2012
[timhyde.info/skullsessions02]
The Skull Sessions No.1: Andrea Galvani & Tim Hyde in conversation with Saul Melman
Edited by Ani Weinstein, The Skull Sessions Press, Fall 2012
[timhyde.info/skullsessions01]
Available: Moma PS1 Books, Queens NY; Spaces Corners, Pittsburgh PA
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
- 2019-2023, National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Grant, $20,000 co-pi with Jiayi Young
- 2019, Hellman Fellow, $15,000
- 2018, UC Davis Global Affairs Grant, $40,000 co-pi with Jiayi Young (Useful Fictions)
- 2018, École Polytechnique Matching Grant $15,000 co-pi with Jiayi Young
- 2018, UC Davis College of Letters and Sciences, Dean’s Office matching funds $15,000. Co-pi with Jiayi Young
- 2016, Small Research Grant, UC Davis. $3,000
- 2007, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
- 2007, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award, NYC, $15,000
- 2006, CEC Artslink Project Grant for a project in Ukraine and Belarus $6,000
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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James Casebere by Tim Hyde, 100 Photographers on 100 Photographs [in pre-production], Published by Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco CA, 2019
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The Sea, Lapham’s Quarterly, Vol VI, Number 3, pp. 942013, Summer 2013
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Live Cinema: Tim Hyde, Building in Reverse, Adelina Vlas. Published by the Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Real to Real: Photographs from the Traina Collection, Published by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Kevin Moore (author), Julian Cox (introduction): 9.4 x 12.2 inches, full color, June 2012 ISBN 0884011348
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Common Love: Aesthetics of Becoming, A.E. Benenson, Kaira Cabañas, Kristen Chappa, Tomoko Kanamitsu, and Donald Johnson-Montenegro: Published by the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University in the City of New York. 59 pages, 12x8.5 inches, full color, 2011. ISBN 978-1-884919-27-5
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The Dwelling Life of Man: Photographs from the Martin Z. Margulies Collection
Régis Durand: Foto Colectania Foundation / Barrié Foundation, 21×27 cm, 224 pages, full color, 2011 - ISBN: 978-84-615-0608-8
SELECTED PRESS
- Kevin Moore (author), Julian Cox (introduction): Real to Real: Photographs from the Traina Collection, Published by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, June 2012
- Kiki Turner: Andrea Galvani and Tim Hyde, ArtNews, May 2012, p.113.
- A.E. Benenson: Augmented Reality, Camera Club of New York Saturday, March 24th, 2012
- A.E. Benenson, Kaira Cabañas, Kristen Chappa, Tomoko Kanamitsu, and Donald Johnson-Montenegro: Common Love: Aesthetics of Becoming, Published by the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University in the City of New York. 59 pages, 12x8.5 inches, full color, 2011. ISBN 978-1-884919-27-5
- Régis Durand: The Dwelling Life of Man: Photographs from the Martin Z. Margulies Collection, Foto Colectania Foundation / Barrié Foundation, 21×27 cm, 224 pages, full color, 2011
- David Duncan: ︎ Tim Hyde, Art in America, February 2010, p.117
- Adelina Vlas: Live Cinema: Tim Hyde, Building in Reverse, Published by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, March 2009
- John Beeson: ︎ Postcard from Rome, 2010, Artvehicle
- Vince Aletti: Tim Hyde, Art in Review, The New Yorker; Oct 21-Oct 27, 2009
- Emily Hall: Tim Hyde, Art Forum, May 2007
- Vince Aletti: Tim Hyde, Art in Review, The New Yorker, February 2007
TEACHING & LECTURING
- 2025 UC Berkeley, Visitig Critic, Masters of Urban Design
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2014-2025 Art Faculty, University of California Davis, Department of Art & Art History, Davis CA
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2013 San Francisco Art Institute, Instructor of Record, San Francisco CA
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2012 American University, Department of Art, Graduate division, Guest Critic, Washington DC. (Media/New Practices, Spring 2012)
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2011 Columbia University School of the Arts, Visual Art Department, Visiting Artist Lecture
- 2011 Rhode Island School of Design, Department of Design & Architecture, Visiting Artist Lecture
- 2011 Vassar College, Department of Art, Advanced Sculpture, Visiting Artist Lecture
- 2011 Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Sculpture, Visiting Artist Lecture
- 2011 International Center of Photography, Graduate department, Visiting Critic
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2010 Guest critic, Bard College, Photography Department
EDUCATION
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Columbia University School of the Arts, MFA in Visual Art
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Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
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Vassar College, BA in History
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Universidad Católica de Valparaiso, Chile