TJ Norris

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name = TJ Norris


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birthname = Thomas J. Whiting
birthdate = 10 October 1965
location = Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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nationality = American
field = Conceptual art, installation art, photography
training = Massachusetts College of Art, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University
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influenced by = Marcel Duchamp, Fluxus
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TJ Norris is an American artist, independent curator, and freelance cultural writer based in the Pacific Northwest.

Career

Norris' studio practice is a hybrid of photography, installation, video and sculpture and has been shown in the Americas, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Norris was included in the Boston Center for the Arts' 35th Anniversary Exhibition in 2006-07. The Museum of Contemporary Craft included Norris' work in their annual "Collaborations" show in 2007 and 2008. In Oregon, he is represented by New American Art Union, part of the Central Eastside Arts District. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Massachusetts College of Art studying with Abelardo Morell and Laura McPhee.

In 2003 Beta-lactam Ring Records released Norris' compilation "The Tribryd Installation Soundtracks". This collection of soundtracks, based on his photographic works of the industrial Pacific Northwest, included work by composers Scanner (Robin Rimbaud), Asmus Tietchens, Christian Renou (Brume), Illusion of Safety and Marc Behrens among others. In 2006, Innova Recordings released a follow-up of mixed, reconstructed versions of these works by eleven additional sound artists including Nobukazu Takemura, Andrew Lagowski (Lustmord) and Troum. Norris is currently collaborating with Swedish composer Leif Elggren.

oundvision

In 2002 Norris founded his signature gallery, Soundvision, which focused on sound-related work, installation and performance. Soundvision was recognized as one of the "10 Best New Places in Portland" by "The Oregonian".Fact|date=July 2007 The gallery featured audio/visual and multimedia work with a focus on installation, 2/3D by artists including Terre Thaemlitz, Cary Leibowitz, and Janek Schaefer. It hosted a series of performances called "soundBYTES" which included work by Belgian composer vidnaObmana, Twine, Illusion of Safety and the spoken word collective Spare Room (Portland, OR). The gallery closed in November 2003.

Published works

*"Beyond Trend" (F+W Publications), 2008 (Cincinnati, Ohio)
*"One Shot/Visual Codec", 2007 (Seattle, Washington)
*"Portland Modern/Radius Studio", 2006 (Portland, Oregon) Issue #3
*"The Bear Book II" (Hawthorne Press, Editor Les Wright), 2001
*"Sgraffito Press", 1997 (Marina Del Rey, California)
*"More Big Thoughts", 1996 (Golden Apple Press, Champaign, Illinois)
*"Through the Cracks", 1994 (Ragged Edge Press, New York, New York)
*"New American Paintings", 1993 (Open Studios Press, Boston, Massachusetts)
*"Aphasia", 1993 (Nada Blue Productions, Minneapolis, Minnesota)
*"Paradox/Arts & Literary Journal", 1993 (Denver, Colorado)
*"Tin Ear / Wire Mother", 1993 (The Book House, Minneapolis, Minnesota)
*"Empathy", 1993, Vol 3, #2 (G.L.A.R.P., Columbia, South Carolina)
*"Backspace", 1992-93, Vol 1, # I & 2 (Textworks, Somerville, Massachusetts)
*"The Creative Impulse", 1989 (MassArt Critical Studies Dept., Boston, Massachusetts)

Discography

* 2006 - "triMIX" (Innova Recordings)
* 2003 - "The Tribryd Installation Soundtracks" (Beta-lactam Ring Records)

Awards

*New American Art Union, 2008 / Couture Stipend
*GRGRF, Inc., 1999-2000 / Annual Community Grants
*New England Open Studio: The Arts Online, 1999 / NEA (through the Benton Foundation)
*LOOKOUT Video Festival, 1992 / Auto-Porto-Matic, for DCTV/NY
*Massachusetts Arts Lottery Grant, 1991 / Somerville Arts Council
*John R. Graham Award, 1989 / Through the Looking Glass exhibition

External links

* [http://www.tjnorris.net/ Official Site]