Michael Byron American, b. 1954

Works
  • Michael Byron, Constellation: Station, 1997-2002
    Constellation: Station, 1997-2002
  • Michael Byron, 01.08.06 Sunday N.Y. Times, 2006-2016
    01.08.06 Sunday N.Y. Times, 2006-2016
  • Michael Byron, 6.11.2019 Paris (C.I.d.A) Studio 8425, 2019
    6.11.2019 Paris (C.I.d.A) Studio 8425, 2019
  • Michael Byron, Book & Figure Skater, 2020
    Book & Figure Skater, 2020
  • Michael Byron, Byron Hand Floating & Circus, 2019
    Byron Hand Floating & Circus, 2019
  • Michael Byron, Byron the New Yorker in St. Louis #4, 2020
    Byron the New Yorker in St. Louis #4, 2020
  • Michael Byron, Byron the New Yorker in St. Louis #5, 2020
    Byron the New Yorker in St. Louis #5, 2020
  • Michael Byron, Camp Follower's Chair 1978, 2018
    Camp Follower's Chair 1978, 2018
  • Michael Byron, Engelskelch, 2019
    Engelskelch, 2019
  • Michael Byron, H.t.B.a.G 2, 2019
    H.t.B.a.G 2, 2019
  • Michael Byron, H.t.B.a.G. & Scan, 2019
    H.t.B.a.G. & Scan, 2019
  • Michael Byron, Lamp & Coins, 2020
    Lamp & Coins, 2020
  • Michael Byron, Laurens. Luna III (1942), 1998
    Laurens. Luna III (1942), 1998
  • Michael Byron, Metanoia #7, 2005
    Metanoia #7, 2005
  • Michael Byron, Morph(ine), 2007
    Morph(ine), 2007
  • Michael Byron, Ongoing Event, 2007
    Ongoing Event, 2007
  • Michael Byron, The Adjustment, 2022
    The Adjustment, 2022
  • Michael Byron, The Wheel of Fortune, 2017-18
    The Wheel of Fortune, 2017-18
  • Michael Byron, Yogi, 2015
    Yogi, 2015
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.
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