Timothy Washington US, b. 1946

Born in Watts, California, in 1946, Timothy Washington creates assemblages that incorporate drawing, painting, and sculpture. Washington uses materials from friends that go directly into his assemblages including hair, jewelry, urban debris, plastic toys, street signs, ceramic shards, and thrifted items. One of his earliest influences was climbing Simon Rodia’s seminal Watts Towers (1921-54) as a young boy. Now Washington is a member of the Los Angeles Black Assemblage Movement, which salvaged rubble of artists’ communities for creative visual production. Washington is included in the collections of The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The California African American Museum of Art, and The Santa Barbara Museum of Art.