Thank you so much for visiting my website. Currently I am living and teaching in Sri Lanka. Pervioulsy I taught in Anguilla and New Jeresy. I am from the United States but have been living as an expat for the past 10 years.
Timothy Jahns Early years
At a fairly young age I knew art was the most interesting thing I could do. Growing up in New Jersey gave me many chances to broaden my exposure to the arts. When I was very young I had some super supportive teachers. My middle school teacher Ms. Milo was a warm and friendly woman who allowed me in her class every day for three years. I would sit in the back and get lost in whatever I wanted. She was supportive and helpful and much of the joy I have in making art grew in that room. Making images is a way to get lost in your own world. You can control the outcome, direct the story, and tell the world whatever you want.
In 1993, I auditioned and was selected for Arts High School. This allowed me to complement my high school art class with more advanced painting courses.
In 1995, just as I was completing high school, I showed my work at the Emerging Artist Exhibition at the Nabisco Company headquarters, at that time located in East Hanover, New Jersey. That same year, I enrolled in an art school to receive additional training in drawing, painting and illustration. The duCret School of Art in Plainfield, New Jersey, founded in 1927, provided a curriculum based on learning the techniques of representational art. I had many great teachers: J. Brian Townsend and Paul McCormack, were a huge influence on me at this time. I really owe a lot of my early success to them.
In the late 1990’s I continued my schooling at the Art Students League in New York City. The historic Art Students League was founded in 1875 as an organization run by artists for artists. I studied with Ronald Sherr and Mary Beth McKenzie, both of whom are part of a long-standing figural painting tradition in American art. Eventually I earned the monitor assistant position for Mary Beth McKenzie’s class at the National Academy School of Fine Arts. It was during her mentorship that Mary Beth encouraged me to apply for a scholarship which funded my education in France at the SCAD-LaCoste School of Art residential program in LaCoste, Provençe; an experience that really opened my eyes and created the drive to continue to travel and paint.
Teaching & Traveling
Midway through my apprenticeship with Anthony Waichulis I was able to introduce my private student Tim Reynolds to Anthony. Tim Reynolds came up with the idea of opening art schools around the world teaching Anthony’s curriculum. This ultimately led to the development of an innovative concept of providing art education internationally.
Our goal is to provide step-by-step training for artists throughout the world with the hope of facilitating the growth of international creative connections. In 2010, the first of these schools opened when The Waichulis Studio became Ani Art Academies Waichulis. After graduating in 2011, I immediately became the first instructor at an international Ani Art Academies funded by the Tim Reynolds Foundation.
Since 2012 I have taught internationally, first in Anguilla and currently in Sri Lanka. Traveling has brought my wife and me much joy. The exposure of different cultures and customs has really impacted my work and teaching in such diverse countries has helped me broaden my perspective, both as an artist and as a person.
Education
Graduate, Ani Art Academy Waichulis, PA
Graduate, The Waichulis Studio, Apprentice, Mountain Top, PA
Graduate, duCret School of Art, Plainfield, NJ
LaCoste School of Art, LaCoste, France
National Academy of Fine Art and Design, New York, NY
The Art Students League, New York, NY
Middlesex County Arts High School, Edison, NJ
Shows
2019 – Hell’s Kitchen, Last Rites Gallery NY, NY
2019 – Enigma, Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2018 – Imagine, Rehs Galleries, NY, NY
2017 – Legacy, Gallery 1261, Denver, Co
2017 – Capturing Realism, Dallas, PA
2016 – Annual Still Life Invitational, Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison CT
2016 – Photoreal, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2015 – Sexes, Rehs Galleries, NY, NY
2015 – Capturing Realism, Dallas, PA
2015- The Lollipop Guild, Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2015- Annual Still Life Invitational, Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison CT 2014- Drawings, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014- Annual Still Life Invitational, Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison CT
2014- Figurative Invitational, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2014 – Heroes, Villains, Myths, Legends, Rehs Galleries, NY, NY
2013- Capturing Realism, Dallas, PA
2013- The Big Gamble, Rehs Galleries, NY, NY
2012 – Artists for the New Century, The Bennington, VT
2011 – Capturing Realism, Dallas, PA
2011 – Contemporary Realism, Miller Gallery Cincinnati, OH
2011 – Third Annual Scottsdale Drawing Event, Scottsdale Fine Art, Az
2011 – International 2010-2011 Art Renewal Center Salon
2011 – The Timberfield 10, The Forbes Gallery, NY, NY
2011 – Annual Still Life Invitational, Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison CT
2011 – Human Form, Hilliard Gallery, Kansas City, Mo
2011 – Figure Now 2011, Fontbonne University, Saint Louis, MO
2011 – Visions of Wilson Hall, Monmouth University, NJ
2010 – Portrait Society Of America Members Competition
2010 – Second Annual Scottsdale Drawing Event, Scottsdale Fine Art, Az
2010 – International 2009-2010 Art Renewal Center Salon
2010 – The Salmagundi Club Junior & Scholarship Exhibition NY, NY
2009 – 126th Annual Salmagundi Club Members’ Exhibition NY, NY
2009 – Objects of Desire, Miller Gallery Cincinnati, OH
2009 – Jahn Studios Black And White Show NY, NY
2009 – Capturing Realism, Dallas, PA
2009 – Audubon Artist 67th Annual Juried Exhibition NY, NY
2009 – Trompe L’oeil Invitational Meyer Gallery Santa Fe, NM
2009 – International 2008-2009 Art Renewal Center Salon
2009 – Explosion of Blooms, San Marino Gallery, Pasadena CA
2009 – Drawing From Perception, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
2009 – 29th Annual Regional Open Juried Show, Ridgewood Art Institute, Ridgewood NJ
2009 – Salmagundi Club Group Show, Junior Scholarship Art Show, New York, NY
2008 – The Art Guild 2008 Portrait Show, Manhasset, NY
2008 – Atlanta Art Gallery- Realism Innovational Atlanta, GA
2008 – Salmagundi Club Group Show, Junior Scholarship Art Show, New York, NY
2007 – 4th Annual International Art Renewal Center
2006 – 93rd Annual Allied Artists of America Juried Exhibition, New York, NY
2006 – 3rd Annual International Art Renewal Center Salon
2006 – Salmagundi Club Group Show Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2006 – Group Show Fink Gallery Plainfield, NJ
2006 – Group Show, Studio 7, Bedminster, NJ
2004 – Group Show Swain Galleries Plainfield, NJ
2003 – Two Person Show Swain Galleries Plainfield, NJ
2003 – First International Art Renewal Center Salon
2003 – Salmagundi Club Group Show New York, NY
2003 – Group Show Somerset Art Association Bedminster, NJ
2002 – Group Show Swain Galleries Plainfield, NJ
2000 – Salmagundi Club Annual Open Juried Exhibition New York, NY
1999 – Mountain Art Show Bernardsville NJ
1999 – National Academy Annual Student Show New York, NY
1998 – Swain Gallery Annual Miniature Show, Plainfield, NJ
1997 – Two Person Show, duCret School of Art
1995 – Emerging Artist Exhibition, Nabisco Company Headquarters NJ
Awards
2016 – Manifest Grand Jury Prize Finalist For Season 13
2015- Drawing Magazine, honorable-mention, Shades of Gray
2013- International Artist, 3rd place Still life competition
2011 – Honorable Mention, International, Art Renewal Center Salon
2011 – Fine Art World.com Juried Contest Winner
2011 – Portrait Society of America’s Art of the Portrait Conference Scholarship
2010 – 2nd place Still life Category Portrait Society Of America Members Competition
2010 – Art Renewal Center Scholarship Award
2010 – Finalist, The Artist’s Magazine 27th Annual Art Competition,
2010 – 2nd Place International 2009-2010 Art Renewal Center Salon
2010 – Dean Keller Memorial Award The Salmagundi Club Scholarship Exhibition
2009 – Honorable Mention 126th Annual Salmagundi Club Members’ Exhibition NY, NY
2009 – Finalist, The Artist’s magazine 2009 cover art competition,
2009 – Honorable Mention International 2008-2009 Art Renewal Center Salon
2009 – Thomas Moran SCNY Award The Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2009 – Chairman’s Award, The Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2008 – 1st Place, The Art Guild 2008 Portrait Show, Manhasset, NY
2008 – Elliot Liskin Memorial Award, The Salmagundi Club
2006 – Honorable Mention 3rd International, Art Renewal Center Salon
2006 – Viewers Choice Award, Bedminster New Jersey
2004 – Junior & Scholarship Fund Award, The Salmagundi Club
2003 – Honorable Mention First International, Art Renewal Center Salon
2002 – Scholarship membership to Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
1999 – Traveling Grant to the LaCoste School of Art, LaCoste, France
1999 – Award of Excellence, Mountain Art Show Bernardsville NJ
1998 – Full Merit Scholarship to the Art Students League New York, NY
1998 – Honorable Mention, The Art Students League, New York, NY
1997 – Ottlie Hann Weiss Award, duCret Annual Fine Art Show
Misc. publications
2017 GO, Great Artists are not Born, They are Educated.
2015- American Art Collector, Sexes, April Issue
2015 – Fine Art Connoisseur, In Manhattan, Art about the Sexes
2015- Drawing Magazine, Shades of Gray
2013 – Fine Art Connoisseur, The Big Gamble
2013 – International Artist, Issue 89
2013 – Design Anguilla feature article on Ani Art Academy Anguilla
2012 – Anguilla Life – Feature article on Ani Art Academy Anguilla
2011 – American Video Painting Magazine, Fall Issue
2011 – Fine Art Connoisseur, Three to Watch
2010 – Strokes of Genius 3, Best Of Drawing
2010 – American Artist Drawing Magazine Fall
2010 – American Artist Drawing Magazine Summer
2010 – Workshop Magazine Summer
2009 – October, The Artist Magazine “Drawing Board: Drawing on the Difference”
2009 – Finalist, Artist magazine’s cover art competition
2009 – April, The Artist Magazine “Drawing Board: Exploring New Depths”
2009 – Monmouth University Program Cover
2009 – Garden State Woman.com “Jahn Studios”
Experience
2016 to Present – Dean Ani Art Academy Sri Lanka
2008 to present – Founder & Director of Jahn Studios Apprentice Program
2012 to 2016 – Dean of Ani Art Academy Anguilla
2005 to 2008 – Founder, Creator and Director of Academy duCret
2003 to 2008 – Teacher duCret School of Art
2005 to 2010 – Mural Painter, Classical Art Studios
2002 – Teacher Somerset Art Association
1997 to 2003 – Gallery Coordinator, Swain Galleries
1998 – Teachers Assistant for Mary Beth McKenzie, National Academy
