Timothy Akis

Timothy Akis

Timothy Akis, born around 1944 [ [http://www.alcheringa-gallery.com/past/papuanprintmakers.html Biography] on the Alcheringa Gallery website] in Tsembaga village, Simbai Valley, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, died in 1984 [ [http://www.niuginiarts.com/artists/ Niugini Arts] ] , was a Papua New Guinean artist. [ [http://www.niuginiarts.com/artists/ Niugini Arts] ] His art consisted primarily in imaginative pen and ink drawings and batiks inspired by his country's wildlife. [ [http://www.alcheringa-gallery.com/past/papuanprintmakers.html Biography] on the Alcheringa Gallery website] [ [http://www.nga.gov.au/imagining/essay.cfm "Imagining Papua New Guinea"] , National Gallery of Australia]

Akis had the distinction of being the first Papua New Guinean artist to hold an exhibition, at the University of Papua New Guinea in 1969. [ [http://www.alcheringa-gallery.com/past/papuanprintmakers.html Biography] on the Alcheringa Gallery website] [ [http://www.nga.gov.au/imagining/essay.cfm "Imagining Papua New Guinea"] , National Gallery of Australia] He later held exhibitions in the United States, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, the Philippines and Australia. [ [http://www.niuginiarts.com/artists/ Niugini Arts] ] [ [http://www.gallerypng.com.pg/TimAkis.html "Timothy Akis"] , Gallery PNG]

Ulli Beier described Akis' artwork from his first exhibition in these terms::"The delicate freshness of these drawings owes nothing to the traditions of his people, whose artwork consisted mainly of geometric shield designs. Unburdened by the rigid conventions of ancient traditions and uninhibited by western education, Akis created his personal image of a world of animals and men." [ [http://www.nga.gov.au/imagining/essay.cfm "Imagining Papua New Guinea"] , National Gallery of Australia]

Examples of Akis' artwork were reproduced in the inaugural issue of Beier' "Kovave: A Journal of New Guinea literature", alongside the work of fellow artists such as Mathias Kauage. [ [http://www.nga.gov.au/imagining/essay.cfm "Imagining Papua New Guinea"] , National Gallery of Australia] Kauage's own art was reportedly inspired by visiting Akis' exhibition. [ [http://www.nga.gov.au/imagining/essay.cfm "Imagining Papua New Guinea"] , National Gallery of Australia]

In the 1970s and early 1980s, Akis divided his time between subsistence farming in his native village and working on his art in Port Moresby. [ [http://www.nga.gov.au/imagining/essay.cfm "Imagining Papua New Guinea"] , National Gallery of Australia]

During a posthumous exhibition, the Tamworth Regional Gallery (Australia) identified Akis as one of Papua New Guinea's leading print and drawing artists, along with Mathias Kauage, John Man and Martin Morububuna. [ [http://www.tamworthregionalgallery.com.au/exhibitions.php Tamworth Regional Gallery exgibitions] ] Akis' art was also exhibited posthumously at the Musée des Confluences in Lyon in 2007. [ [http://www.quaibranly.fr/fr/actualites/magazine/expositions/expositions-passees/index.html "Art contemporain Papou"] , Musée du Quai Branly] [ [http://www.biennale-resonance.org/expos/confluences.htm "Art contemporain Papou"] , Musée des Confluences] An exhibition in Cairns that same year celebrated Akis' "international reputation", along with that of other notable Papua New Guinean artists, [ [http://www.cairnsregionalgallery.com.au/exhibition-papuwah.pdf "Papuwah: The Art of Niuguini"] , Cairns Regional Gallery] , and his art was also displayed at the Alcheringa Gallery in 2007. [ [http://www.alcheringa-gallery.com/ Alcheringa Gallery] , October 22, 2007] In 2008, his work featured alongside that of Kuagae and Morububuna an exhibition in Clarence Valley [ [http://www.graftongallery.nsw.gov.au/cmst/gg001/view_doc.asp?id=646&cat=135 "Imagining Papua New Guinea: Prints from the National Collection"] , Grafton Gallery] , then alongside that of Jakupa Ako and Mathias Kauage at the East-West Center Gallery. [ [http://starbulletin.com/2008/07/20/features/story04.html "Confronting modernity"] , "Star Bulletin", July 20, 2008] The ninth issue of the "Australian Art Review" described Beier's "mentorship" relationship with Akis. [ [http://webapp3.itechne.com/artreview2/art/editorial/australian-art-review-issue-9.aspx "Papuan Odyssey"] , "Australian Art Review"] Akis' art has been featured in the book "La peinture des Papous" [Roger Boulay (ed.), "La peinture des Papous", 1995, ISBN 2863645064] , along with that of Mathias Kauage, Jakupa Ako and John Siune.

The "Star Bulletin" described Akis as having had "a major influence on the nation's art as [he] demonstrated how indigenous culture could be reflected in contemporary art forms." [ [http://starbulletin.com/2008/07/20/features/story04.html "Confronting modernity"] , "Star Bulletin", July 20, 2008]

Examples of Akis' artwork

* [http://www.nga.gov.au/AboutUs/MediaCentre/PNG/print/jpg/Akis_Not-titled.jpg"Untitled"] , stencil, 1974; National Gallery of Australia
* [http://www.nga.gov.au/AboutUs/MediaCentre/PNG/print/jpg/13535.jpg"Bilak bokis (Flying fox)"] , stencil, 1977; National Gallery of Australia
* [http://www.alcheringa-gallery.com/artists.html/v1/artwork_details/v2/3/v4/409/ "Untitled"] , 1985; Alcheringa Gallery

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