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Wilf Tilley

Japan
Artist (Printmaking, Painting)
Born unknown date

Wilf Tilley (Prof. Michael Miller) was born in the North of England and began his career as an actor, age 16, with the National Youth Theater at The Old Vic. in a production of Antony and Cleopatra, in which Helen Mirren played Cleopatra and he carried a spear.  “Wilf Tilley” (a combination of parental names) was part-adopted for a first solo exhibition at the AIR Gallery, London, when he was 27. He studied English and European Literature with Italian before a postgraduate degree at the Royal College of Art, and co-organized fundraising exhibitions for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the anti-apartheid movement: the latter at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. An interest in the neuro-anatomical drawings of Leonardo da Vinci led, via the Open University, to research on neuronal modelling in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics in the University of Oxford. He was a Fellow of St. Catherine's College, Oxford, and after a two-year Fellowship in the International Center for Medical Research, Kobe, was a founder member, then senior adviser at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute. While at the institute he designed and supervised installation of a brain science exploratorium: "BrainBox". Wilf has held eight solo exhibitions, participated in group exhibitions internationally, and held a first retrospective in Japan, “The Neuro-mytheologian And Other Works", in 2003.  A second retrospective was held at the Frederick Harris Gallery, Tokyo in 2017. And a recent portrait, "Manami-san (2023)", was chosen for the New Light Art Prize Exhibition in the UK, and toured five galleries nationally (2023-2024). As the co-author of several neurological case studies, Wilf addressed a conference in Japan in 2017 on mental time as a neuroscientific phenomenon, using the techniques of classical rhetoric – as described in the Ad Herrenium – to elucidate episodic memory. He is now working on a panel series, A story in silico, connected with personal memory, nostalgia and fabulation, and recently published two short stories about the art world in the Ekphrastic Review (2022 and 2023).

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Sculpture titled "A Unique, Aesculapi…" by Wilf Tilley, Original Artwork, Clay
A Unique, Aesculapian Model Of Chronic ... Laughter .... - Sculpture, 4.5x3.5 in ©2009 by Wilf Tilley - Surrealism, surrealism-627, Humor, Ludic Models, Inappropriate Laughter, Pseudobulbar Affect, Roman Military History, Wilf Tilley, Clay Sculpture, Humorous Art

Wilf Tilley

"A Unique, Aesculapian Model Of Chronic ... Laughter ...."

Sculpture - Clay | 4.5x3.5 in

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Sculpture titled "A Boxed Model Of Bu…" by Wilf Tilley, Original Artwork, Clay
A Boxed Model Of Bureaucratic Risus Sardonicus - Sculpture, 3.5x3 in ©1999 by Wilf Tilley - Conceptual Art, conceptual-art-579, Humor, Satire, Wilf Tilley, Humble Pie, Risus Sardonicus, Clay Sculpture, Ludic Models

Wilf Tilley

"A Boxed Model Of Bureaucratic Risus Sardonicus"

Sculpture - Clay | 3.5x3 in

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Sculpture titled "Elephant Man Homunc…" by Wilf Tilley, Original Artwork, Clay Mounted on Wood Panel
Elephant Man Homunculus - Sculpture, 4.7x3.7 in ©1982 by Wilf Tilley - Conceptual Art, conceptual-art-579, Science fiction, Sensory Homunculus, Motor Homunculus, Wilf Tilley, Elephant Man, Ludic Models, Tokyo Artist, Barbola Paste, Visual Satire

Wilf Tilley

"Elephant Man Homunculus"

Sculpture - Clay | 4.7x3.7 in

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Sculpture titled "Historically Import…" by Wilf Tilley, Original Artwork, Clay
Historically Important Fragment Of A Traumaphile Fetish - Sculpture ©1998 by Wilf Tilley - Surrealism, surrealism-627, Love, Fetish, Wilf Tilley, Ludic Models, Arahitogami, Divine Emperor, Japan

Wilf Tilley

"Historically Important Fragment Of A Traumaphile Fetish"

Sculpture - Clay

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Sculpture titled "A Physician's ... M…" by Wilf Tilley, Original Artwork, Clay
A Physician's ... Model ... Of Epiphanic Idealego - Sculpture, 3.7x3.7 in ©2005 by Wilf Tilley - Conceptual Art, conceptual-art-579, Politics, Wilf Tilley, Ludic Models, Vladimir Putin, Adolph Hitler, Absolute Power, Lord Acton

Wilf Tilley

"A Physician's ... Model ... Of Epiphanic Idealego"

Sculpture - Clay | 3.7x3.7 in

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Sculpture titled "Six Bankers In Sear…" by Wilf Tilley, Original Artwork, Clay
Six Bankers In Search Of A Bonus - Sculpture, 4.7x7.9 in ©2008 by Wilf Tilley - Conceptual Art, conceptual-art-579, Lehman Shock, Bonus Culture, Banking, Greed, Ludic Models, Wilf Tilley, Sculpture

Wilf Tilley

"Six Bankers In Search Of A Bonus"

Sculpture - Clay | 4.7x7.9 in

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Sculpture titled "A Not-So-Brilliant,…" by Wilf Tilley, Original Artwork, Paper
A Not-So-Brilliant, Jaundiced Self-Portrait - Sculpture, 7.9x3.9 in ©1995 by Wilf Tilley - Figurative, figurative-594, Wilf Tilley, Hanshin Awaji Earthquake, Self-Portrait

Wilf Tilley

"A Not-So-Brilliant, Jaundiced Self-Portrait"

Sculpture - Paper | 7.9x3.9 in

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Sculpture titled "A Golden Parachute…" by Wilf Tilley, Original Artwork, Clay
A Golden Parachute Irascible Banker - Sculpture, 9.8x3.9 in ©1997 by Wilf Tilley - Surrealism, surrealism-627, Humor, IMF (International Monetary Fun), Amakudari, Wilf Tilley, Ludic Models

Wilf Tilley

"A Golden Parachute Irascible Banker"

Sculpture - Clay | 9.8x3.9 in

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Sculpture titled "Modèle Macquettte :…" by Wilf Tilley, Original Artwork, Clay
Modèle Macquettte : tête de gobelin - Sculpture, 7.1x3.9 in ©2010 by Wilf Tilley - Figurative, figurative-594, Mythology, Goblins, Mythology, Irish, Scottish, English, Supernatural, Wilf Tilley, Ludic Models

Wilf Tilley

"Modèle Macquettte : tête de gobelin"

Sculpture - Clay | 7.1x3.9 in

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Sculpture titled "A PTSD Enhancer Fet…" by Wilf Tilley, Original Artwork, Clay
A PTSD Enhancer Fetish - Sculpture ©1998 by Wilf Tilley - Outsider Art, outsider-art-1044, Humor, PTSD, Ludic Models, Wilf Tilley, Fetish Object, Tokyo Artists, Fetish

Wilf Tilley

"A PTSD Enhancer Fetish"

Sculpture - Clay

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Sculpture titled "A Pair Of Pathologi…" by Wilf Tilley, Original Artwork, Clay
A Pair Of Pathological Scissors - Sculpture, 6.7x3.2 in ©2022 by Wilf Tilley - Surrealism, surrealism-627, Dark Fantasy, Wilf Tilley, Ludic Models, Pathological Scissors, Silver Yellow Red

Wilf Tilley

"A Pair Of Pathological Scissors"

Sculpture - Clay | 6.7x3.2 in

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Sculpture titled "A Ludic Image Of De…" by Wilf Tilley, Original Artwork, Clay
A Ludic Image Of Defensive Projection - Sculpture, 9.1x4.5 in ©2008 by Wilf Tilley - Conceptual Art, conceptual-art-579, Ad Herrenium, Cicero, Wilf Tilley, Ludic Models, Psycho-analysis, Freud, Defensive Projection

Wilf Tilley

"A Ludic Image Of Defensive Projection"

Sculpture - Clay | 9.1x4.5 in

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Sculpture titled "A Cabinet Of Ludic…" by Wilf Tilley, Original Artwork, Clay
A Cabinet Of Ludic Curiosities - Sculpture, 9.5x9.5 in ©2005 by Wilf Tilley - Conceptual Art, conceptual-art-579, Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift, Wilf Tilley, Royal Society, Ludic Models, Homo Ludens, History of Science

Wilf Tilley

"A Cabinet Of Ludic Curiosities"

Sculpture - Clay | 9.5x9.5 in

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Sculpture titled "Fragment Of An Hulo…" by Wilf Tilley, Original Artwork, Clay
Fragment Of An Hulot Or True Love Fetish - Sculpture, 6.5x4.3 in ©1998 by Wilf Tilley - Surrealism, surrealism-627, Humor, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare, Lysander, Jonathan Swift, Wilf Tilley, Witchcraft, Love Charms, Gelliver's Travels

Wilf Tilley

"Fragment Of An Hulot Or True Love Fetish"

Sculpture - Clay | 6.5x4.3 in

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Sculpture titled "Tête de satyre" by Wilf Tilley, Original Artwork, Clay
Tête de satyre - Sculpture, 7.1x5.9 in ©2010 by Wilf Tilley - Figurative, figurative-594, Caricature, Satyr, Dionysus, Greek mythology, Wilf Tilley, Ludic Model Collection

Wilf Tilley

"Tête de satyre"

Sculpture - Clay | 7.1x5.9 in

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Sculpture titled "A Unique, Bi-latera…" by Wilf Tilley, Original Artwork, Clay
A Unique, Bi-lateral Hulot, Or True Love Charm - Sculpture, 5.1x3.4 in ©1996 by Wilf Tilley - Conceptual Art, conceptual-art-579, Humor, Magical Fetish, True Love, Baron Hulot, Ludic Model, Wilf Tilley, Erotic Art, Sculpture

Wilf Tilley

"A Unique, Bi-lateral Hulot, Or True Love Charm"

Sculpture - Clay | 5.1x3.4 in

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Sculpture titled "A Physician's Model…" by Wilf Tilley, Original Artwork, Clay
A Physician's Model Of Bureaucratic Risus Sardonicus - Sculpture, 3.5x3 in ©1999 by Wilf Tilley - Conceptual Art, conceptual-art-579, Love, Wilf Tilley, Ludic Models, Risus Sardonicus, Bureaucracy, Fetish

Wilf Tilley

"A Physician's Model Of Bureaucratic Risus Sardonicus"

Sculpture - Clay | 3.5x3 in

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Sculpture titled "A Sceptical Kamelau…" by Wilf Tilley, Original Artwork, Clay
A Sceptical Kamelaukion (Detail) - Sculpture, 10.2x13 in ©1996 by Wilf Tilley - Conceptual Art, conceptual-art-579, Kamelaukion, Ludic Models, Wilf Tilley, British India

Wilf Tilley

"A Sceptical Kamelaukion (Detail)"

Sculpture - Clay | 10.2x13 in

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Sculpture titled "A Personal, Pocket…" by Wilf Tilley, Original Artwork, Clay
A Personal, Pocket Guilt-Inducer - Sculpture, 3.9x3.5 in ©1996 by Wilf Tilley - Figurative, figurative-594, Wilf Tilley, Guilt Inducer, Ludic Models, Japan

Wilf Tilley

"A Personal, Pocket Guilt-Inducer"

Sculpture - Clay | 3.9x3.5 in

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Sculpture titled "A Ludic Model Of Wh…" by Wilf Tilley, Original Artwork, Clay
A Ludic Model Of White Knight Syndrome - Sculpture, 5.9x6.3 in ©1985 by Wilf Tilley - Figurative, figurative-594, Humor, White Knight Syndrome, Don Quixote, Mary Lamia, Marilyn Krieger, Sculpture, Ludic Models, Wilf Tilley

Wilf Tilley

"A Ludic Model Of White Knight Syndrome"

Sculpture - Clay | 5.9x6.3 in

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Sculpture titled "Gender Politics: A…" by Wilf Tilley, Original Artwork, Clay
Gender Politics: A Game For One Player .... - Sculpture, 13.4x12 in ©1994 by Wilf Tilley - Conceptual Art, conceptual-art-579, Humor, Gender Politics, Shogi, Ludic Models, Game Design, Board Games, Wilf Tilley, Tokyo Artist, LGBT+

Wilf Tilley

"Gender Politics: A Game For One Player ...."

Sculpture - Clay | 13.4x12 in

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Sculpture titled "A Hand-Held, Candle…" by Wilf Tilley, Original Artwork, Clay
A Hand-Held, Candle-End, Oliver Or Insolvency Fetish - Sculpture, 3.5x3.5 in ©1998 by Wilf Tilley - Conceptual Art, conceptual-art-579, Humor, Lord Ganesha, Insolvency Consultant, Debt Collection, Olivers, Fetish, Wilf Tilley

Wilf Tilley

"A Hand-Held, Candle-End, Oliver Or Insolvency Fetish"

Sculpture - Clay | 3.5x3.5 in

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Sculpture titled "An Illuminated Wink…" by Wilf Tilley, Original Artwork, Clay
An Illuminated Winking Barbarian (With Storage Box) - Sculpture, 2.8x4.3 in ©2022 by Wilf Tilley - Conceptual Art, conceptual-art-579, Humor, Ludic Models, Wilf Tilley, Amorous, Fetish

Wilf Tilley

"An Illuminated Winking Barbarian (With Storage Box)"

Sculpture - Clay | 2.8x4.3 in

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Sculpture titled "Macro-model Of The…" by Wilf Tilley, Original Artwork, Clay
Macro-model Of The Dollarous Bug (Forex pseudoludicrous) - Sculpture, 6.7x6.7 in ©1996 by Wilf Tilley - Conceptual Art, conceptual-art-579, US Dollar, IMF, Wilf Tilley, Ludic Models, Tokyo, Financial Models

Wilf Tilley

"Macro-model Of The Dollarous Bug (Forex pseudoludicrous)"

Sculpture - Clay | 6.7x6.7 in

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Sculpture titled "An Illuminated, Win…" by Wilf Tilley, Original Artwork, Clay
An Illuminated, Winking Barbarian (In Use) - Sculpture, 2.4x2 in ©1996 by Wilf Tilley - Figurative, figurative-594, Wilf Tilley, Academy of Lagado, Ludic Models, Japan, Princess Öni'krô

Wilf Tilley

"An Illuminated, Winking Barbarian (In Use)"

Sculpture - Clay | 2.4x2 in

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