All of my mistakes have led me to you: Works by Tim Belonax

What do we do with our imperfections? We might shun them. Hide them or ignore them. With wisdom, we accept them; beginning to learn from them. Today we celebrate them. In this body of work, Tim Belonax focuses our attention on the dynamic beauty of mistakes. After years of screen-printing posters, he’s become fascinated by the exciting errors in his executions, where unintended results proved better than planned. This collection breaks open geometric forms, revealing colorful disarray. Compositions are perfectly misaligned, inviting explosive, deteriorating, and surprising abstract results. Challenging the constraints of screen-printing’s process-heavy nature, Belonax treats the medium with gestural spontaneity. For those who see their days as constrained, defined by obligations and metrics over intuition and curiosity, this work offers a sympathetic perspective.

Born and raised in California, Tim has found creative refuge at the Compound since becoming a member in 2016. This is his first solo show.