born in 1956 in Sikeston, MO
education
1977-80
Memphis College of Art
selected solo exhibitions
2010
Building a Proper Wall, David Lusk Gallery
2008
Momentary Tales, David Lusk Gallery
Koelsch Gallery, Houston
2007
Ann Nathan, Chicago
2006
I Could Live Here, David Lusk Gallery,
2005
Tim Crowder: English Idyll, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago,
2003
David Lusk Gallery
2000
David Lusk Gallery
1998
Vita Gallery, Portland, OR
Big Babble, Ledbetter Lusk Gallery
Inarticulate Tales, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago
1996
Pretty Natural World, Ledbetter Lusk Gallery
1995
Current Work, Cooper St. Gallery,
1992
Chain, Cooper Street Gallery
1990
Tame Tales and Big Dates, Memphis Center for Contemporary Art
1986
Recent Work, Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago
1985
The McCoy Theater, Rhodes College, Memphis
selected group exhibitions
2009
Price is Right, David Lusk Gallery
Works on Paper, David Lusk Gallery, New York
2007
Red Clay Reunion, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
Price is Right 10, David Lusk Gallery
Southern Living's 2007 Idea House, David Lusk Gallery, Watersound, FL
Modern Hearth; Issues of Habitat and Lifestyle in Contemporary Expression,
Space 301, Mobile
2006
Flow, David Lusk Gallery, The Catalina Hotel, Miami
Southeastern Juried Exhibition, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile
The Tullman Collection, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile
Price is Right, David Lusk Gallery
Works on Paper, David Lusk Gallery, The Armory, New York
2005
The Red Clay Survey, 2005 Trienniel Exhibition of Contemporary Southern Art,
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
Delta Invitational, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock
Works on Paper, David Lusk Gallery, New York
Koelsche Gallery, Dallas
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
2004
Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago
2003
San Francisco International Art Exposition, San Francisco
2002
The Price is Right 5, Back With a Vengeance, David Lusk Gallery
2001
The Word in Art: The Use of Text in Contemporary Southern Art, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta
The Price is Right 3, Don't Stop `Til You Get Enough, David Lusk Gallery
Views of the Collection: Art With a Point of View, Huntsville, Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
2000
Burdette /Crowder/Reid, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago
Consider the Tomato, 2/000, Bank of Ripley, Ripley, TN
The Price is Right 2, Once is Never Enough, David Lusk Gallery
Red Clay Survey, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
1999
17th Annual September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
Price is Right, Ledbetter Lusk Gallery
Invitational Arts Exhibit, Arts in the Park, Memphis Botanic Garden, Memphis
25th Prints, Drawings and Photographs Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock
Works on Paper, Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, The Armory, New York
Memphis College of Art Biennial II, Memphis College of Art, Memphis
1998
Red Clay Survey, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
MAX 98, curated by Kim Levin, University of Memphis Art Museum, Memphis
Works on Paper, Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, The Armory, New York
1997
Holiday, Ledbetter Lusk Gallery
40th Annual Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock
The Boy Mechanic, Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR
ArtFair Seattle, Seattle
Memphis College of Art Biennial, Memphis College of Art, Memphis
1996
Tree As Icon, Ledbetter Lusk Gallery
ArtFair Seattle, Seattle
1995
Opening, Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, Memphis
1994
A Few Good Men, Vanguard Gallery, Nashville
1993
Introductions, Harris Gallery, Houston
Gallery Artists, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago
1992
Contemporary Uses of Wax & Encaustic, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
1991
New Paintings and Sculpture, Cooper Street Gallery, Memphis
Very Memphis!, Tennessee Arts Commission Gallery, Nashville
New Paintings: Rick Beerhorst, Tim Crowder, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago
1990
Landscape, Cooper St. Gallery, Memphis
Gallery Artists, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago
Summer Show, Paul Edelstein Gallery, Memphis
1989
Not Just Idle Chatter, Invitational Exhibit, 76 S. Main, Memphis
1989
Gallery Artist, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago
awards and honors
2006
Purchase Award, Southeastern Juried Exhibition, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile
2005
Grand Prize, Delta Invitational, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock
1999
Award winner 17th Annual September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
1988
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
selected bibliography
The Commercial Appeal, Fredric Koeppel, Drawn to the clever side of art, April 14, 2006, p.26
At Home in Memphis, Chris McCoy, Tim Crowder: Inside the Vividly Surreal World of a Memphis Painter,
April, 2004, p.36-37
ArtNews, Cory Dugan, Tim Crowder March, 2004, p.138
Art Papers Magazine, Dorothy Joiner, The Red Clay Survey, May/June 2001, p. 38
New American Paintings, June 2001
New American Paintings, June 1999
New American Paintings, March 1997
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Regina Hackett, Panning For Art Gold Yields Nuggets At Fair, February 21, 1997
Commercial Appeal, Fred Burton, Crowder Works Convey Vitality, February 20, 1995
Memphis Flyer, L.D. Beghtol, Crowder's Paintings Explore a Mystical Realm, February 16-22, 1993
Commercial Appeal, , James DeRossitt, December 1992
Commercial Appeal, Rob McGowan, Crowder At Cooper St., 1992
selected collections
Autozone, Inc., Memphis
Crown Equipment Corporation, New Bremen, OH
Fidelity, Memphis and Charlotte
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
JMB Corporation, Chicago
Landers & Associates, Memphis
Promus Hotel Corporation Headquarters, Memphis
The Prudential Co., New York, NY
Nordstrom's Department Headquarters, Seattle
Nordstrom's Dallas, Miami, Detroit, Honolulu, Chicago
Walter Anderson, Inc., Chicago