Tim Christie is a New Zealand-based, internationally represented multidisciplinary artist whose practice traverses new media and traditional production. Best known for works that explore the interplay between geometric design and figurative form, Tim has developed a distinctive visual language that merges angular abstraction with softer anatomical features. This fusion creates an original and intriguing aesthetic, often described as a modern synthesis of op art, pop art, geometric abstraction and new media.

“I was curious to explore the relationship between a very controlled technical aesthetic and facial features, with the inherent symmetry of the latter providing a shared language between these two worlds,” he explains.

Over the past decade, Tim has extended his practice to embrace a wide spectrum of media including paintings, lightworks, weavings, digital compositions and immersive experiences. He particularly enjoys the transitional space between abstraction and representation, presenting seemingly abstract works that conceal portraiture or figurative forms beneath bold graphic structures. Contrast is central to his practice: from the vibrational quality of black-and-white lines that oscillate between two- and three-dimensionality, to the pulsating lifeforce of his illuminated works where shifting colour and translucency animate the surface.

In recent years, Tim has also pursued a striking departure from his digitally led work, developing a series of moody, old-world landscapes. Painted on heavily textured hessian and employing both wet and dry brush techniques, these atmospheric scenes of mountains, lakes and skies evoke the timeless character of New Zealand’s land and light. Veils of mist and cloud lend these works an ethereal quality, informed by Tim’s own connection to the land as a mountain runner, tramper and well-travelled Kiwi.

Tim has exhibited widely in New Zealand and internationally, with group and solo exhibitions, art fairs, collaborations and residencies across Sydney, Hong Kong, Singapore, London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Los Angeles. He maintains his own studio and gallery in central Wellington, New Zealand.