Tim Stone

Chicago, IL

“I start drawing squares with a B pencil. Then I keep drawing over them until they become glossy and thick. The B pencil helps the graphite become bolder and shinier, then some of it fades away.”

Tim Stone (he/him/his) creates art that is rich in repetition, creating a patchwork of irregular, organic shapes and lines that reflect his artistic perspective. Tim was born in Park Ridge, Illinois, where he grew up living with his family. He has created an expansive and cohesive body of work across media, including graphite, watercolor, and acrylic. For the past few years he has focused primarily on grayscale drawings of loose grids in graphite, with titles that hint at personal inspirations.

Focused and methodical in his practice, he maintains a diligent studio routine at Arts of Life, an organization that provides artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities a collective space to explore their creative careers. Tim has a steadfast artistic vision, his process is driven by labor-intensive, repetitive mark-making that burnishes the graphite and slowly wears away the surface of the paper over time. He’s also an active member of the curatorial committee, assisting guest curators with exhibitions at Circle Contemporary, an exhibition space in Chicago, featuring Arts of Life studio artists alongside creatives from the broader contemporary art community.