Tim Prentice (sculptor)

{{short description|American sculptor}}

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Tim Prentice is a kinetic sculptor. He received a master's degree in architecture from the Yale School of Architecture in 1960 and founded the award-winning company of Prentice & Chan in 1965. He resides in Cornwall, Connecticut."Tim Prentice," September 27, 1987, Hartford Courant.

Ten years after forming Prentice & Chan, he established his studio in Cornwall to design and fabricate kinetic sculpture. His corporate clients include American Express, Bank of America, Citigroup, Mobil, AT&T and Hewlett-Packard. In the last few years, he has completed installations in Japan, Korea, Northern Ireland, and Australia. The lobby of Eleven Times Square features one of his kinetic mobile installations.{{cite web|url=http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2010/03/12/11_times_square_flaunts_phantom_tenants.php |title=11 Times Square Flaunts Phantom Tenants|publisher=New York Curbed|date=March 12, 2010|author=Pete Davies|accessdate=16 August 2016}} One of his notable works include "Flashdance", at the Jacksonville International Airport, containing suspended kinetic elements that move in response to air currents generated by a moving escalator.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wescover.com/p/sculptures-by-tim-prentice-at-jacksonville-international-airport--PHyb5NmXA6Z|title=See Flashdance by Tim Prentice at Jacksonville International Airport, Jacksonville|website=www.wescover.com|access-date=2018-05-12}}

His work grows out of the tradition of Alexander Calder and George Rickey, but in a recent review, the critic Grace Glueck stated that his work's 'gently assertive character is very much his own.' His works are on display at the Maxwell Davidson Gallery in New York City.