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Timothy Washington

Timothy Washington (Born 1946) is active/lives in California.  Timothy Washington is known for Abstraction.

Timothy Washington was born in 1946, growing up in South Los Angeles and attending Chouinard Art Institute (now Cal Arts). It was during this time he moved away from his classical training in favor of assemblage using found materials, expressing the social Black consciousness through objects, in tandem with his contemporaries David Hammons, Betye Saar, Noah Purifoy and John Outterbridge.

Washington exhibited at both Brockman Gallery and Gallery 52 in Los Angeles in the 1970's and 80's, legendary galleries featuring the work of Black artists in America. Washington's works were also included in the 1971 exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Three Graphic Artists: Charles White, David Hammons, Timothy Washington.

In 2014 Washington had his first solo exhibition in Los Angeles, Timothy Washington: Love Thy Neighbor in 2014 at the Craft & Folk Art Museum.

Washington still lives and works in Los Angeles.

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