Tim Abel (he/they) is currently an Assistant Professor in the Art Teacher Education program at Illinois State University. He is finalizing his Phd in Art Education the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and was recently a 2021 participant in the Fiber + Materials in Practice Art Seminar (organized by Alonzo Pantoja). He was a recipient of the 2016 Racine Art Museum Artist Fellowship, He graduated from Minneapolis College of Art and Design’s MFA program with a focus in Printmaking and Installation and also holds an MA in Art Therapy from New York University.
They are a teaching-artist working in reclaimed materials, installation and material driven projects using collage as a conceptual permission for collaborative works and site-responsive making. Tim Abel brings ten years of experience in museums and non-traditional spaces to his practice and research as an artist-educator and administrator. This collage framework allows for teaching, learning and making to exist as materials embedded in spaces and with people. This practice champions collaboration, inquiry, and conversation while positioning art and dialogue as a way to link critical thinking, social justice, and self-empowerment.
Other projects and process can be found on Instagram.
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TA
