TIMOTHY HAERENS
Born in Hollywood, California, Timothy Haerens presently lives and works in the Inland Empire. After graduating cum laude and earning Bachelor of Arts degrees in both Studio Art and Art History at California State University, San Bernardino, Haerens was accepted into their Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art program and graduated in June of 2019 with a 4.0 GPA.
Haerens’ paintings express his passion for a vibrant color palette. He employs a hard-edge painting style defined with clean lines and shapes, geometric silhouettes, and harlequin patterns, which he frequently pairs with contrasting organic shapes. His art often reflects his humor and whimsical nature.
He regularly shows his artwork in the Southern California area, with recent exhibitions at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Art Park, Norco College Art Gallery, and Millard Sheets Art Center at Fairplex in Pomona, CA.
Haerens is an artist whose work is an exploration and celebration of the many facets of his life, a reflection of the sweet and sour moments he has experienced as part of the human condition. His art elicits an internal dialogue in an attempt to better understand himself and the world around him.
EDUCATION
2019 MFA in Studio Art, California State University, San Bernardino
2016 BA cum laude, Art History, California State University, San Bernardino
2016 BA cum laude, Studio Art, California State University, San Bernardino
2012 AA in Art History, Arts and Humanities, Drawing and Painting, Social and Behavioral Sciences,
Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
2009 AA in Liberal Arts & Sciences, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
1968 Los Angeles Valley College, Valley Glen, CA
AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS / HONORS / GRANTS
2018 The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi - Lifetime Member
2017 Student Success Initiative (SSI) Graduate Innovative Scholars Grant Recipient - Prison Arts Collective
Interdisciplinary graduate support team for Prison Arts Collective spring/summer exhibition series,
California State University, San Bernardino
2016 School of Arts and Letters Distinction at Graduation: Honors in Art, California State University, San
Bernardino
Dean’s List, Winter Quarter and Dean’s List and Dean’s Letter Spring Quarter, California State
University, San Bernardino
SALUTE Veterans National Honor Society
2015 Golden Key International Honour Society
Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art Award for Outstanding Research and Scholarship in Art
History, California State University, San Bernardino
Presidential Letter, for maintaining a 4.0 average for three consecutive quarters (Spring, and Fall
2014, and Winter 2015), California State University, San Bernardino
Dean’s List and Dean’s Letter, Winter and Fall Quarters, California State University, San Bernardino
2014 Presidential Letter, for maintaining a 4.0 average for three consecutive quarters (Winter, Spring, and
Fall 2014), California State University, San Bernardino
Dean’s List and Dean’s Letter, Winter, Spring, and Fall Quarters, California State University, San
Bernardino
2012 Exemplary Honors, Fall Semester, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Associated Students of Chaffey College/Student Activities Most Academically Improved Student
Essay Scholarship, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Winifred Bailey Scholarship Award of Excellence: for exceptional dedication to the visual arts and
scholastic aptitude, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
2011 Associated Students of Chaffey College/Student Activities What Has Chaffey Taught Me? Essay
Scholarship, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
EXHIBITIONS
2026 Spring Impressions, juried by the Upland Public Library Management, Upland Public Library,
Upland, CA
2025 Contemporary Hard-Edge Explorations: Paintings by Mark Rush and Timothy Haerens, Curated by
Wendy E Slatkin, PhD, Chaffey Community Museum of Art, Ontario, CA (*Solo Exhibit)
Ontario Art Expo: Celebrating Community Artists, Juried by Seth Pringle and Victoria Bonato, Chaffey Community Museum of Art, Ontario, CA
Gossamer, Juried by Curator Bill Schinsky, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Spring Impressions, juried by Aleta Jacobson, Juan Martinez, and Jenelle Lowry, Upland Public
Library, Upland, CA (*Juror's Choice Award)
2024 Norco College Art Faculty Biennial 2024, Curated by Michelle Ramin, Director, Norco College Art,
Gallery, Norco, CA
Summerstock, Juried by the Los Angeles Art Association Exhibition Committee, Gallery 825,
Los Angeles, CA
Artistic Expressions, Juried by Aleta Jacobson, Mark Rush, and Sandi Grimley, Upland Public
Library, Upland, CA
2023 Foolish Game, Juried by the Los Angeles Art Association Exhibition Committee, Gallery 825,
Los Angeles, CA
Personal Impressions, Juried by James Ellison, Arlene Moreno, and Paul Speaker, Upland Public
Library, Upland. CA
2022 Norco College Art Faculty Exhibition, Curated by Michelle Ramin, Director, Norco College Art Gallery,
Norco, CA
2020 Aurora, Juried by the Los Angeles Art Association Exhibition Committee, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Abstraction: Recent Work from Chaffey College Alumni Artists, Curated by Rebecca Trawick,
City Hall, City of Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Defining Moments / A Life Portrait, MFA Thesis Solo Exhibition, The Dutton Family Gallery, Robert
and Frances Museum of Art, California State University, San Bernardino
2018 Inside & Out, Curated by Alexander Masushige, Gallery 106, California State University, San
Bernardino
Golden Empire, Curated by Ed Gomez, Gallery of Contemporary Art 121 – Downtown, Colorado
Springs, CO
SoCal MFA Annual Juried Exhibition 2018, Juried by Howard N. Fox, Former curator of contemporary
art at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Millard Sheets Art Center, Pomona, CA
2017 e-mer-gence (n): 1. the process of coming into being, Second Year MFA Graduate Students Exhibition,
Gallery 106, California State University, San Bernardino
Honoring Expression: Work by United States Artist-Veterans, Curated by Quinton Bemiller, Director,
Norco College Art Gallery, Norco, CA
User to User, Juried by Bennett Roberts, Co-owner Roberts & Tilton Gallery, Gallery 825, Los Angeles,
CA
2016 Open Call 2016: Play, Juried by Scott Canty, Curator, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles,
CA
Ritual Brewery Gallery Event, Curated by Rebecca Chrisler, Ritual Brewing Company, Redlands, CA
Cell Phone Meeting Walk and Dance with Moses Medel, Art Performance for Voting Happening Day
Festival - June 7, 2016, Curated by Dr. Jane Chin-Davidson, Water Resource Institute Park at
California State University, San Bernardino
2015 No Offense, Butt…, Curated by Bradley Spence and Giovanni Benitez, The Dutton Family Gallery,
California State University, San Bernardino
Vessels, Curated by Diego Irigoyen, The Gallery at the Downtown Center, The School of Arts and
Enterprise, Pomona, CA
2014 CSUSB 44th Annual Student Art Exhibition, Juried by April Greiman, Artist and Designer, Robert and
Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, California State University, San Bernardino
2013 Student Expo 2013, Selected by Misty Burruel and Nicole Farrand, Wignall Museum of Contemporary
Art, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Student Invitational 2013, Juried by the Chaffey College Visual Arts Department tenured faculty,
Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
2012 Student Expo 2012, Selected by Asad Faulwell, Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Chaffey
College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
PRESENTATIONS AND ARTIST TALKS
2025 Artist Talk, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA, May 24, 2025
2024 Artist Talk, Norco College Art Gallery, Norco, CA, September 26, 2024
2022 Artist Talk, Norco College Art Gallery, Norco, CA, October 11, 2022
2019 MFA Art Talk, Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, California State University, San
Bernardino, April 25, 2019
2018 Co-facilitator, Creative Brain Training Workshop at the TransCultural Exchange 2018 International
Conference on Opportunities in the Arts: Exploring New Horizons, Auberge International de
Québec, Québec City, Canada, February 23, 2018
2017 Artist Talk, Norco College Art Gallery, Norco, CA, November 28, 2017
Artist Talk, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA, April 19, 2017
2016 Presentation, “Relatively Speaking” Graduate Presentation, California State University, San
Bernardino, December 6, 2016
2014 Presentation, “The Subjects of Art” Undergraduate Conference, California State University, San
Bernardino, May 28, 2014
2013 Artist Talk, Student Invitational Artist Panel, Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Chaffey College,
Rancho Cucamonga, CA, April 23, 2013
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Joe Gutierrez. “MFA Talk, featuring four students, coming to CSUSB art museum,” Inside CSUSB, April 22, 2019.
https://inside.csusb.edu/content/mfa-art-talk-featuring-four-students-coming-csusb-art-museum?fbclid=IwAR2umhSiI7Cg-w
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Shane Newell. "Veterans and art: Norco College's exhibition isn't as unusual as you may think," The Press-Enterprise. November 13, 2017.
http://www.pe.com/2017/11/12/veterans-and-art-norco-colleges-exhibition-isnt-as-unusual-as-you-may-think/
Kimberly Johnson. “Artist’s work on display at 36th Annual Student Invitational.” The Breeze. 23 April 2013: Pages 1 and 6.
“Student Invitational 2013: an artists’ panel,” The Breeze Online, May 9, 2013.
http://thebreezeonline.com/2013/05/09/student-invitational-2013-an-artists-panel/
“Student Invitational 2013,” Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, April 2013. http://www.chaffey.edu/wignall/si_2013.shtml
PUBLISHED WORK
"Defining Moments / A Life Portrait." (2019). Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations. 914.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/914
“Put Another Ken on the Barbie.”Art 525 Conference Papers. 9.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/art-history-papers/9.
https://csusbart.wixsite.com/arthistory/timothy-haerens-put-another-ken-on-
“Inside the Student Invitational – One Student’s Experience.” ARTicles. May 2013: Issue 15, Pages 2 and 4.
“Place the Blame on Denise Johnson.” ARTicles. March 2013: Issue 14, Pages 2, 4 and 8.
“Nicole Farrand: Honest, Well-Informed, Approachable.” ARTicles. December 2012: Issue 13, Pages 2, 3 and 4.
“The Woman Behind the Wig.” ARTicles. October 2012: Issue 12, Pages 4 and 7.
“The Apples of Rath.” ARTicles. May 2012: Issue 11, Pages 2 and 5.
“The ‘Dirt’ about Cynde Miller.” ARTicles. March 2012: Issue 10, Pages 2 and 6
“The Many Faces of Quinton Bemiller.” ARTicles. December 2011: Issue 9, Pages 2, 5 and 7.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND DEGREE RELATED EMPLOYMENT/WORK
2020-Present Associate Faculty, Norco College
2018 Graduate Teaching Associate, CSUSB, Taught Art 235 – Beginning Painting
Graduate Teaching Assistant for Professor Bradley Spence, CSUSB, Art 235 - Beginning Painting Class
Student representative for the CSUSB Art Department Chair Review Committee
2017-2018 Teaching Intern, Community-based Art: Prison Arts Collective, Chino Institute for Men, Chino, CA
Taught Creative Writing and Watercolor Classes, Fall 2018 Session
Taught Creative Writing and Composition Classes, Fall 2017 and Spring 2018 Sessions
2017 Graduate Teaching Assistant for Professor Annie Buckley, CSUSB, Art 329 - Chicano Art Class
List of Duties:
Attend class meetings and help as needed
Support students with questions and ideas for projects
Tutor students that need help with readings and note-taking
Keep track of student attendance and participation
Help with reading student work and offering feedback on projects and writings
Research artworks and help create one class presentation
2015-2016 Intern for Arts Connection, The Arts Council of San Bernardino County, San Bernardino, CA
List of Duties:
Research San Bernardino Countywide Plan for art related goals and other art associated information
Maintain membership database and other data entry assignments
Represent Arts Connection at art fairs and community events
Perform other duties as assigned by the director
2014 Member of the core team that developed and taught a ten-week class, Art 112B – Special Topics in Art:
Creative Brain Training Techniques, as a credited course for students at California State
University, San Bernardino
2012-2013 Staff Member at the Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
List of Duties:
Meet and greet the public
Provide exhibition information
Field questions and telephone calls
Prepare gallery for exhibitions
Track and record the number of visitors daily
Provide security for the art on exhibit
Perform related duties as assigned
2002-2003 Coach and Head Coach for the Self Expression and Leadership Program for Landmark Worldwide, Santa
Ana, CA
1997 Facilitated Stephen R. Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Seminar, Scope Packaging Inc.,
Orange, CA
MEMBERSHIPS
2023-Present Associated Artists of the Inland Empire
2016-Present Los Angeles Art Association
2012-Present Member, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2018-2019 CSUSB Printmaking Club
2016-2019 CSUSB Graduate Studio Art and Design Club, Treasurer 2017 - 2019
2016 CSUSB Painting Club
Art Tours, CSUSB Art History Club
2013-2017 Member, Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, San Bernardino, CA
2013-2017 Arts Connection, The Arts Council of San Bernardino County
2012-2013 (U)ntitled: The Wignall Art Organization
2011 CAO: Chaffey Art Organization
INTERESTS / CONTINUING EDUCATION
Ongoing Regularly attend art lectures, art gallery and museum exhibitions, art openings and artist talks
2018 Attendee: TransCultural Exchange 2018 International Conference on Opportunities in the Arts:
Exploring New Horizons, Auberge International de Québec, Québec City, Canada, February
22-24, 2018
2017 Attendee: Site-Specific: Creating Opportunities for Arts and Culture, The Arts Connection
Annual Conference, Copper Mountain College, Joshua Tree, CA September 30, 2017
2016 Attendee: From Competition to Collaboration, The Arts Connection Annual Conference,
University of Redlands, Redlands, CA, October 8, 2016
2015 Attendee: Arts Creating Community, The Arts Connection Annual Conference, Victoria Gardens
Cultural Center, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, September 26, 2015
2014 Attendee: Professional Practices for Visual & Performing Artists and Administrators, The Arts
Connection Annual Conference, Victoria Gardens Cultural Center, Rancho Cucamonga, CA,
September 13, 2014
2011-2013 Contributing writer for ARTicles, a student publication for the arts at Chaffey College,
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
2010-2012 Independently studied abstract acrylic painting with artist Quinton Bemiller at his Los Angeles,
CA studio
2011 Contributing member of Art63, a graphic design blog