Host Sergio Gomez talks with artist, Tim Okamura on the Artist Next Level Podcast

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Born in Canada, Tim Okamura earned a B.F.A from Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary, Canada before moving to New York City to attend the School of Visual Arts in 1991. After graduating with an M.F.A. in 1993, Tim relocated to Brooklyn, New York, where he continues to live and work. Tim’s artwork has been exhibited in the National Portrait Gallery in London, England; galleries and international art fairs throughout the U.S. and Canada and he was short-listed by the Royal Surveyor of the Queen’s Picture Collection for a commissioned portrait of the Queen of England.. Okamura’s work is included in the permanent collection of the Toronto Congress Center, Standard Chartered Bank, and the Davis Museum in Massachusetts, as well as the private collections of celebrity clients such as John Mellencamp, Uma Thurman, and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson.