Tim Kent is a Canadian-American artist who lives and works in New York City. Kent's primary medium is painting, but he has also worked in architectural design, video, drawing, animation, and music. Tim Kent's recent works explore the concept and impact of techno-industrial expansionism and the need to make order in an hyperinformational era. He is currently represented by SLAG Gallery in New York.
Born in Vancouver, Canada of a Turkish father and an English mother, Tim was originally Timothy Guy Ceyişakar before his father changed the family name. He moved to New York as a teenager. He is the original bass player for the
hard rock
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band
The Giraffes The Giraffes can be one of the following bands:
*The Giraffes (Brooklyn band)
** The Giraffes (album), ''The Giraffes'' (album)
*The Giraffes (Seattle band)
See also
*Giraffe (disambiguation)
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, playing with them from 1996 - 2002. Kent currently lives in Brooklyn with his wife.
References
External links
Tim KentTAG ProjectsThe Giraffes
Living people
Canadian people of Turkish descent
American people of Canadian descent
American people of Turkish descent
21st-century American painters
21st-century American male artists
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
American male painters
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