Tim Sharp
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Timothy William Sharp (born 9 May 1988) is an Australian artist who has been diagnosed with autism and is best known for his drawing of the colourful super hero Laser Beak Man.
Sharp's work in 2010 was a worldwide success when Laser Beak Man was turned into an eight-episote animated television series broadcast in Australia on ABC3 TV, then sold to Cartoon Network Australia, New Zealand, and Asia, a world first for a young man with autism to achieve.
Early life and education
Sharp was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, in 1988. Following hints about his language development, he only used one or two words often, displayed some odd habits, and was often distressed – he was diagnosed as autistic at the age of three. Tim was so ill that he would never learn anything, and that the best thing that could be done would be to put him away and forget about him.
His mother introduced drawing as a way to communicate with her son. Sharp pulled a pencil and started drawing after watching his mother draw stick figures. His mother recalls that his very first drawing displayed his quirky individual style.
Sharp began to develop speech and went from using ten words in a month to 100 words in less than a month, from which point his speech started to grow.
Sharp created Laser Beak Man, a lifelong obsession and ardent interest in superheroes, at age 11.
Sharp was the only Australian selected by a jury for the world's biggest arts festival for people with disabilities in 2004, a VSA (Very Special Arts) was founded by Jean Kennedy Smith, the sister of President John F. Kennedy. Sharp travelled to Washington, D.C., for the festival and carried the Australian flag into the John F Kennedy performing arts center's opening ceremony. Sharp's trip to Washington, DC, was documented in September 2005 by ABC's Australian Story, which was also broadcast in September 2005.
Career
Sharp is best known for his bold and colorful crayon drawings that all feature his superhero Laser Beak Man. Many of them are based on pop culture icons or current topics of concern. Others are representations of Sharp's literal interpretation of language, a common feature of autism. Sharp's most popular sense of humor and his often irreverent assessment of people and situations are typical.
Collectors from around the world are in love with Sharp's works. His exhibits in his home country, Australia, are sell-out hits, attracting the attention of many leading Australians and art collectors from around the world.
Sharp's biography and his art are on display in Canberra's Eternity Gallery. His art has been on view in the Sydney Opera House.
Sharp met visitors from Sheldon Liebermann's exhibition at the Brisbane Powerhouse in 2010 where he suggested animating the work and produced the series for the Australian Broadcasting Commission.
As part of the Sprout Film Festival in 2012, a film about Arts Queensland's Sharp was shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City. Also, The Ghost Ballerinas, a Tennessee rock band, had a rough time with Sharp's album "Play Me on the Radio," in 2012. Sharp and the band members composed the song "Laser Beak Man" which was also on the album and made available on iTunes. The band members were so inspired by Sharp that they wanted to support others who are autistic and raise autism awareness that they attended the I Am What I Am music festival in Tennessee. Sharp went to Tennessee for the festival.
In the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House, Sharp's 2014 TEDx Sydney talk received a standing ovation.
In 2015, Sharp's best-selling memoir A Double Shot of Happiness was published.
Laser Beak Man, a theater company, is currently in production in conjunction with the Dead Puppet Society and the New Victory Theatre in New York City.