Tim Cantor began showing his paintings professionally at the age of 15 when he was honored with the Bank of America achievement in arts award.
After finishing high school in Marin County, he began traveling and exhibiting his paintings in galleries and open-air events throughout the Western United States.
Most of the Imagine Dragons North American tour stops will feature a SMOKE + MIRRORS ART GALLERY in the venue, showcasing original album and single art by Tim Cantor and immersive new mixes Imagine Dragons album featuring DTS Headphone:X technology.
[2] On March 17, 2021, Tim Cantor, in a partnership with Terra Virtua ltd the world's first fully-immersive entertainment platform, took six of his traditional oil paintings and enhanced them using animation techniques to bring them to life.
It was the first-ever live virtual reality exhibition with Tim Cantor who is the man behind the Imagine Dragons 2014 album, stage designs and video, 'SHOTS'.
In June 2011, Tim Cantor and his piece "Beauty's Privilege" were featured on the cover of San Diego's City Beat Magazine.
Fear & Trembling Productions is a not-for-profit company whose goal is to work with a select group of talented singer/songwriters as their Artist Development Manager to help them gain recognition by the recording industry.
[6] On November 3, 2012, over 3000 people attended Tim Cantor's 2nd major book release and exhibition of new works at his Gaslamp Gallery in San Diego.
[7] In 2015, Tim Cantor’s work was featured in the Imagine Dragons Smoke + Mirrors North American, European and Asian tours.
[8] Recording Artist Bebe Rexha features Tim Cantor Art in her video for her song "Sabotage" from her Album Better Mistakes.
Tim and international fashion designer, Gordana Gehlhausen[14] have been inspired to create works of art which express an emotional impression of loss, love, and ultimately- finding beauty in the midst of tragedy and adversity.
After meeting the band and becoming inspired by the music and lyrics of their upcoming single, Tim Cantor created artworks for each song of the album.