TJ Griffin: The Nature of thought and time
May 24, 2025 - June 28, 2025
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About the Artist
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Originally from the small town of Union City Oklahoma, T.J. Griffin moved to the Dallas area in 2004. His work has been shown since 2007. In 2008 he received the DeGolyer Awards to Artists grant from the Dallas Museum of Art.
T.J. graduated with his Bachelor in Art and Performance from the University of Texas at Dallas in 2008 and continued on to receive his MFA in 2010. T.J. had his first solo show in 2010 at the University of Texas at Dallas. While working on his PhD in Aesthetic Studies at The University of Texas Dallas, he has begun doing research on identity, superheroes, and masks. He has been accepted into numerous juried shows, including The Rising Eyes of Texas in Rockport, Texas, where he received the second place award. In 2011, his work was accepted into the juried art expo at 500x gallery in Dallas, Texas and the annual No Dead Artists exhibit, a national juried show at Jonathan Ferrara Gallery in New Orleans, LA. Griffin has been featured in various group exhibitions and solo shows since 2011 at Ro2 Art in Dallas, TX. He has also exhibited with Bill Arning Exhibitions in Dallas, including at the 2023 Dallas Art Fair. |
artist statement
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Inspired by nature, philosophy, and conscious experience, I create symbolic surrealist narratives that reflect the dream world and explore the hidden threads connecting all things. Nature, technology, love, and consciousness blend into unified forms, painted from a place where the past, present, and future intertwine.
My work is a meditation on interconnectedness; how every fragment of existence, whether organic or mechanical, is a projection of the same underlying awareness. Figures of men made of stars, stone cowboys, and androids tangled in plants drift through surreal landscapes. They exist in states of transformation, reflecting the endless dance of creation and decay. I’m drawn to what remains just out of reach; mysteries that can be felt but never fully understood. I paint to explore consciousness itself, its depths and distortions, and how it shapes our perception of reality. In my work, time erodes and rebuilds. Memory distorts and reveals. And somewhere within that entanglement, hopefully, something true emerges. |
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