The Peace Queen (Genetaska) + zoom

The Wait/The Gift (Kanenhagenat) + zoom

The End of Sun's Grief + zoom

Mikapi (Fights Alone Bravely) + zoom

Tim Okamura

Courage (The Flying Head) + zoom	Nine Braves + zoom	Pawnee Man + zoom	Salish Girl + zoom
Choctaw Girl + zoom	Bright-Cloud Woman + zoom	Dance-Four-Times (Andicicopec) + zoom	Ictinike and Rabbit's Revenge + zoom
The Diplomatic Princess + zoom	Medicine Woman + zoom	Wife of Hinon, Thunderer + zoom	Buffelkvinna + zoom
Totem Wall Portrait + zoom	Elevator + zoom	Lock V, (Egret) + zoom	Man in Blue Shirt + zoom
The Three + zoom	Lock VI (Tiger & Flowers) + zoom	Silver, Red & Gray + zoom	Siobhan + zoom
Portrait of Actor Bryan Greenberg + zoom	Lock IV (Blonde Girl) + zoom	Guernica Dress + zoom	King + zoom
La Familia II (Sisters) + zoom	Lock II + zoom	Lori, Fence, Reminders + zoom	The Black Hole + zoom
Blue, Green & Gold + zoom	Brian + zoom	Crime + zoom	Grey, White & Gold + zoom
Japanese Girl + zoom	Jerome in Blue T-shirt + zoom	La Familia Best + zoom	Lock I + zoom
Obstacle I + zoom	Pauley Profile + zoom	Portrait of Doug + zoom	Queens + zoom

Currently residing in Brooklyn, NY, Tim Okamura is a native of Edmonton, and graduated from ACAD in 1991, before moving to New York to obtain his MFA at the School of Visual Arts. Paintings from his "Urban Portrait" series have been seen in several films including "School of Rock" (Jack Black), "Pieces of April" (Katie Holmes), and prominently featured most recently in "Prime" (Uma Thurman, Meryl Streep). Okamura's work will also be seen in the upcoming "The Hottest State" (written and directed by Ethan Hawke).

Okamura's paintings have been widely exhibited in New York, including a Museum of Modern Art-curated exhibition at P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, as well as The National Portrait Gallery in London, and The Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh. (His painting "La Familia III - Les Soeurs" will be on view on at England's National Portrait Gallery beginning June 14th)

Prominent collectors include actresses Vanessa Marcil, Anabella Sciorra, and Uma Thurman, as well as Ethan Hawke, director Ben Younger, and musician Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson of The Roots.

Tim Okamura is a recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Painting, and is currently on the Royal Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures shortlist for a commissioned portrait of the Queen of England. He also teaches painting and drawing in New York City at Parsons School of Design and the City College of New York in Harlem.

Solo Exhibitions

Selected Exhibitions

Artwork Appearing in Film

Education

Professional Experience

Awards

• 2004 - Lily Auchincloss Foundation: Chosen Fellow in Painting
• 2004 - New York Foundation for the Arts: Fellowship in Painting
• 1991 - Alberta College of Art Board of Governors Award
• 1988-1990 - Louise McKinney Post-Secondary Scholarship
• 1989 - Henry Clinton Memorial Scholarship for Achievement in Visual Arts
• 1987 - Alexander Rutherford Scholarship

Private Collections

• Uma Thurman, actress
• Anabella Sciorra, actress
• Vanessa Marcil, actress
• Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, musician ("The Roots")
• Bryan Greenberg, actor
• Ben Younger, screenwriter/director
• Darcy Levesque, Board of Governors, Alberta College of Art and Design

Public Collections

• Toronto Congress Center