(b. 1971, Germany) Tim Eitel studied fine arts at the Burg Giebichtenstein, Halle, Germany from 1994 - 1996 and painting at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig, Germany from 1997 – 2001. He lives and works in Berlin and New York. He is represented by Eigen-Art, Berlin and PaceWildenstein, NY. He has had a traveling solo museum exhibit in 2008 – to Kunsthalle Tubingen, Kunsthalle Kiel, and Kunsthalle Brandts Odense. In 2005 he had an exhibit at the Saint Louis Art Museum. He has been in over 30 group shows worldwide including recently at HVCCA in both XXL – Large Scale Painting, and XS – Small Scale Painting. Tim is among the most highly regarded figurative painters today. His works are an interpretation of an urban civilization and existential state of society. His figures defy narrative interpretation - the linguistic story is subordinate to associative thinking. The auction work is one of great maturity – a luminous and poignant portrait.