Tim Portlock is a contemporary landscape artist currently with the UW-Madison Nelson Institute and the School of Education’s Art Department. His current work uses 3D animation and drone footage to create somewhat eerie images of buildings in varying states of being. Uniting all of his work is a deep concern for the relationship between place, culture and identity, especially in America’s deindustrializing cities. He joins host Douglas Haynes in the studio to talk about his new role, engaging students, and his art making process.

Tim Portlock will be giving a talk this Wednesday, March 13th at 12pm.

Tim Portlock is a Chicago-born artist and professor of Environmental Studies and Art at UW-Madison. He’s also a prolific artist who has exhibited his work around the world to much critical acclaim.

Image used with permission from Portlock: “just steps away”, archival pigment print, 43.25 x 58, 2020

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