Michael Byron American, b. 1954
Works
Overview
Michael Byron is a visual artist whose work is included in the museum collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Saint Louis University's Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, the Saint Louis Art Museum, the Tamayo Museum (Mexico City), and the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam, the Netherlands), among others. Byron earned his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and his MFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design in 1981. His inclusion in MoMA's An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture in 1984 marked the beginning of his international career. After participating in the 1989 Whitney Biennial, he moved to Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where he lived and worked for five years. While in Amsterdam, he participated in group and solo exhibitions there and in Germany, France, and Spain.
Byron's work is characterized by a continuing interest in the nature of objects, specifically the theatrical nature of objects of contemplation, and a commitment to the practice of painting and collage with a strong parallel involvement with installation art. Byron has exhibited at the Saint Louis Art Museum, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. He lives and works in St. Louis, Missouri.
Byron's work is characterized by a continuing interest in the nature of objects, specifically the theatrical nature of objects of contemplation, and a commitment to the practice of painting and collage with a strong parallel involvement with installation art. Byron has exhibited at the Saint Louis Art Museum, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. He lives and works in St. Louis, Missouri.
Exhibitions
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Viewing Room (April 2024)
April 12 - June 29, 2024We invite you to explore the Back Room, where you will find a selection of stunning artworks by the gallery’s talented artists. These artworks are not only beautiful and inspiring,...Read more -
Untitled | Bruno David Projects
April 12 - June 29, 2024Group exhibition in the the Bruno David Projects room with James Austin Murray, Judith Shaw, Alex Couwenberg, Paul Cadmus, Leonardo Cremonini, Patricia Clark, Justin Henry Miller, Daniel Raedeke, Michael Byron,...Read more -
Conflict Resolution
June 23 - August 18, 2023"Conflict Resolution", a group exhibition in the Project Room examines the dialogue between the extremes of light and darkness. The artists are James Austin Murray, Arny Nadler, Jill Downen, Lisa K. Blatt, Michael Byron, Judy Child and Bunny Burson.Read more
The artists in this exhibition use black and white colors to create contrast, harmony, tension, and balance in their works, reflecting on the complex and nuanced relationships between opposites. The exhibition explores how black and white can evoke different emotions, meanings, and associations, such as purity and sin, peace and war, life, and death. The exhibition also challenges the viewers to question their own perceptions and biases, and to appreciate the diversity and richness of the spectrum between black and white.
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