Tim Guthrie, MFA
Tim Guthrie, MFA
Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
Academic Appointments
Department
- Computer Science, Design and Journalism
Position
- Professor
Biography
TIM GUTHRIE is an Omaha-based multi-media visual artist and filmmaker. His work has been awarded Independent Artist Fellowships in 2011, 2008, 2007 and 2006 (Distinguished Artist, Filmmaker) from the Nebraska Arts Council for both his traditional and digital art, experimental animation and documentary films. He was also awarded Best Visual Artist, Best Show (3 times), and Best New Media Artist (3 times) by the OEA awards. He has also presented his film and multi-media work all over the country, as well as internationally, including at the Sorbonne in Paris, France. He was a TEDx Omaha speaker in 2018.
Residencies include the Blue Mountain Center, Vermont Studio Center, Hall Farm, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, International Sculpture Center (who listed him as one of the Top 25 MFA Sculptors in the Nation in 1997), as well as fellowships from the Sierra Arts Foundation, and the Nevada Arts Council, each funded by the NEA.
His films, including “Missing Piece,” have won numerous Best Documentary awards, the 2017 Humanitarian Award (GIFA), as well as Audience Awards, several Special Juror’s Awards, and other top awards. His work has been shown widely, including in Wales, UK (International), Sweden (High Coast), Bucharest, Sydney (World Film Festival), Hiroshima Animation Festival, 5th Annual Athens International Animation Festival (Greece), Control Arms Conference (Italy), Chagrin Documentary Film Festival, as well as festivals in London, Miami, Copenhagen, Hollywood, and Toronto.
“Guthrie is simultaneously at home with traditional media like drawing and painting, as he is with cutting edge technologies, such as 3D printing and laser cutting. Equally able to create a somber Rembrandt-inspired portrait with oils as a mathematical pattern created with a “drawing robot,” he’s the rare Jack of all trades who is, in actuality, master of many.” – art critic, Kim Carpenter, PhD
Guthrie is also a PACE artist (Pottawattamie Arts, Culture & Entertainment)
Residencies include the Blue Mountain Center, Vermont Studio Center, Hall Farm, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, International Sculpture Center (who listed him as one of the Top 25 MFA Sculptors in the Nation in 1997), as well as fellowships from the Sierra Arts Foundation, and the Nevada Arts Council, each funded by the NEA.
His films, including “Missing Piece,” have won numerous Best Documentary awards, the 2017 Humanitarian Award (GIFA), as well as Audience Awards, several Special Juror’s Awards, and other top awards. His work has been shown widely, including in Wales, UK (International), Sweden (High Coast), Bucharest, Sydney (World Film Festival), Hiroshima Animation Festival, 5th Annual Athens International Animation Festival (Greece), Control Arms Conference (Italy), Chagrin Documentary Film Festival, as well as festivals in London, Miami, Copenhagen, Hollywood, and Toronto.
“Guthrie is simultaneously at home with traditional media like drawing and painting, as he is with cutting edge technologies, such as 3D printing and laser cutting. Equally able to create a somber Rembrandt-inspired portrait with oils as a mathematical pattern created with a “drawing robot,” he’s the rare Jack of all trades who is, in actuality, master of many.” – art critic, Kim Carpenter, PhD
Guthrie is also a PACE artist (Pottawattamie Arts, Culture & Entertainment)
Publications and Presentations
Presentations
Awards and Honors
- Best Visual Artist, Best New Media Artist and Best Group Exhibit, Museum of Alternative History, 2014
- Nebraska Governor’s Residence Exhibition Program, Nebraska Arts Council, 2013
- Presentation at the Sorbonne, 2012
- Best of Show and Best Cinematography, "Re:Image," Lawerenceville, NJ, 2012
- Blaze, Film Streams, 2012
- Runner Up (1st Place) to Best of Show, "Imago," Elgin, IL, 2012
- Best of Show and Best Documentary, Elkhorn Film Festival, Elkorn, NE, 2012
- Best Group Exhibit, Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards, 2011
- Individual Artist Fellowship, Nebraska Arts Council,, 2011
- Best of Festival and 1st Place in Documentary category, Elkorn Film Festiva, 2011
- Best of Festival and 1st Place in Documentary category, Metro Community College, 2010
- Nominated for two Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards, Cli•mac•ter•ic" exhibition., 2010
- 1st Place, Earth Day Omaha video contest, Omaha video contest, 2010
- Official Selection, "Recalling Trinity," Film Streams - Local Filmmakers Showcase,, Film Streams - Local Filmmakers Showcase,, 2010