One Day in the City

John Timberlake (b. Lancashire, 1967) is a London based artist whose combinations of drawing, painting and photography reflect a longstanding engagement with landscape and the science fiction imaginary. He is an alumnus of Brighton Polytechnic and the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program. Exhibitions include the international surveys Beyond the Picturesque (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent), and Pittoresk (MARTa, Herford, Westfalen, Germany) both 2009; Breakthrough: Works from the Collection at the Imperial War Museum (2009 – 2010) and After London, a collaboration with art historian Dr Joy Sleeman (Slade/UCL) at The Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich, 4/3-2/4/2011. Exhibitions in 2012 have included 'Ron Haselden / John Timberlake' at Galerie des Petits Carreaux, Paris, and the group exhibition 'Dark Sky' curated by Geoffrey Batchen and Christine Barton, at Te Pataka Toi Adam Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand. Timberlake's book Bussard Ramjet, an illustrated fiction, was published by Artwords/Artis Den Bosch in 2009.