Theo Sims
Footnotes to the Everyday
variable
2003
Super 8 Projection, mixed media
Saskatchewan

Theo Sims
b. 1969, resides in Saskatoon, SK

Sims’ work visually, conceptually, and, in choice of media, elastically spans a wide perimeter - sometimes employing narrative; occasionally utilizing the iconography of his surroundings, and often using banal subjects and objects. By recontextualizing, personalizing, and displacing the ordinary and the everyday, Sims invites a different way of seeing. Although his work has a conceptual armature, it also embraces the personal, the familiar, and the experiential. These ideas come together as installation, sculpture, video, painting, neon, projection, sound work, screen prints, and even the sponsorship of a soccer club as an artistic endeavor.

The feral pigeon has become the focus for this new project by Sims, where he has followed and spied on these ornithological prairie immigrants. Over the course of a year, Sims provides us with glimpses of various pigeons and their lives, bringing consciousness to often unseen daily occurrence.

1994    

MA (Fine Art) University of Ulster, Belfast, Northern Ireland

1992    

BA (Fine Art) Brighton Polytechnic, Brighton, England

2000    

Prairie Icons, (group), The Little Gallery, Prince Albert, SK

1999    

251-Y2K, (solo), Context Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland1999
Seguridad Social, (group), Ex-Teresa Arte Actual, Centro Historico, Mexico
PERSPECTIVE 99, (group), Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland

1998    

Oh, When the Saints Go Marching Out..., (solo), St. Joseph's AFC, Waterford, Ireland Social Security, (group), Entrance Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, UK Resonate, (group), Grassy Knoll Productions, Belfast, Northern Ireland
NIgulP, (group), Plug In Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
Four Artists From Belfast, (group), Idao Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
PASSPORT EXCHANGE; (EX)CHANGE, (group), Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Return To Sender, (group), Sydney Biennial, Sydney, and Next Wave Festival, ACCA, Melbourne, Australia

1.      Glimmer, Suzanne Franks, 2001, Plastic, vinyl, metal grommets
2.      Gravity Boots, Suzanne Franks, 2001, Rubber Boots, Grommets
3.      Friendly Beavers, Lynn Richardson, 2001, Interactive sculpture, m/m
4.      Friendly Beavers (detail), Lynn Richardson, 2001, Interactive sculpture, m/m
5.      Imperfection Series, Tammi Campbell, 2001, Oil & Wax on Canvas
6.      Imperfection Series, Tammi Campbell, 2001, Oil & Wax on Canvas
7.      Ursa Major, John Noestheden, 2000, Variable Aluminium
8.      Ursa Major (detail), John Noestheden, 2000, Variable Aluminium
9.      Stain, Wendy Peart, 2000, Ink, vinyl, metal
10.      Stain (detail), Wendy Peart, 2000, Ink, vinyl, metal
11.      Growth & Accumulation, Wendy Peart, 2002, m/m
12.      Growth & Accumulation (detail), Wendy Peart, 2002, m/m
13.      Strut II, Valerie Hunter Cullen, 2002, Glass, epoxy
14.      Local Hero’s, Anna Scott, 2000, textile
15.      Local Hero’s, Anna Scott, 2000, textile
16.      Untitled, Theo Sims, nd, projection
17.      Footnotes to the Everyday Theo Sims, nd, projection
18.      Camels, Myron Turner, nd, Black and white woodcut
19.      Cat Galloping (Muybridge, Frame 12), Myron Turner, nd, woodcut
20.      Sow Trotting, 2, Myron Turner, nd, woodcut
21.      Emma Lake Sketchbook, Jeff Nachtigall, wood veneer
22.      Emma Lake Sketchbook (detail 4), Jeff Nachtigall, wood veneer
23.      Emma Lake Sketchbook (detail 5), Jeff Nachtigall, wood veneer