Timothy McHargue, Wig Bubbles

Timothy McHargue

Timothy McHargue has been working with light art, video and installations for 10 years. He has exhibited his artwork in galleries and cafes in Sacramento and was chosen for a public art project in Manhattan Beach, the city of his birth by the ocean, in 2016. He has also published extensively as a creative writer and freelance journalist with columns, feature stories and investigative pieces on art, entertainment, and social issues. He has also published three collections of prose poetry: Typography of the Flesh: Thirty Prose Poems; Bali Rain Psalm; and Wig Bubbles and his short stories and poetry has appeared in many literary journals. He plays guitar and composes songs, and recently produced a CD of original music called "Into the Real." Timothy has been exploring the intersection of writing, art and music and has engaged in performance art using multimedia at various venues. Timothy's professional experience includes working as a school psychologist and counselor, and most recently, directed a college program for students with disabilities. Interestingly, he also worked as a counselor at an international school and wrote a book about that experience titled Strange Dances: Reflections on Counseling International Students in Indonesia. He lived for four years in Jakarta on the island of Java—where it was almost impossible to find a good cup of coffee. Mountain biking in the Himalayas and scuba diving with giant turtles in a Borneo marine sanctuary were peak experiences while living overseas.