TIM KLEIN - PUZZLE MONTAGES

AMERICAN COMPUTER SCIENTIST TURNED ARTIST TIM KLEIN WORKS WITH MASS-MARKET VINTAGE JIGSAW PUZZLES AS HIS RAW MATERIAL, MASHING UP PIECES FROM DIFFERENT PUZZLES IN A PLAYFUL, SURREAL SPIRIT. IN THESE “PUZZLE MONTAGES”, ALTERNATIVE REALITIES CLICK INTO PLACE AS ELEMENTS COLLIDE AND RECOMBINE WITH DREAMLIKE LOGIC.

TIM KLEIN, 59, IS A RETIRED SOFTWARE ENGINEER WHO MAKES “PUZZLE MONTAGE” ART BY MIXING VINTAGE JIGSAW PUZZLES TOGETHER. LIKE AN ARCHAEOLOGIST RECONSTRUCTING SOME CURIOUS, SHATTERED ARTIFACT, KLEIN TAKES GREAT PLEASURE IN “DISCOVERING” BIZARRE IMAGES LYING LATENT WITHIN THE CARDBOARD BOXES OF ORDINARY MASS-PRODUCED PUZZLES. KLEIN’S ARTWORKS HAVE APPEARED IN PRINT MAGAZINES AND ONLINE PUBLICATIONS WORLDWIDE, AND HAVE BEEN EXHIBITED INTERNATIONALLY. HE LIVES IN VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, USA, WHERE HE DRIVES AN ANTIQUE 1967 IMPERIAL CROWN ARTISTICALLY DECORATED WITH YARN AND RIVER ROCKS.