Michael Byron

Biographical Sketch

Michael Byron was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1954. He lives in both New York and Amsterdam. His work can be considered together with that of Julio Galán, Guillermo Kuitca, Saint Clair Cemin and Juliâo Sarmento. It lies in the Surreal more than the Symbolist current, with its whimsical qualities, and shows tendencies towards a new romanticism or a modern-day idealism with its symbols of life and death.

He has exhibited since 1984 in Europe and the US (cf. Catalogue: Wimmer Gallery, N. Y. Galerie Gravier - Paris; Witte de With and Boymans van Beunigen Museum, Rotterdam, among others). In 1991 a larger retrospective was held in Rotterdam's Center for Contemporary Art and in the above-mentioned galleries. Over one hundred drawings from 1990 were displayed, as well as a sample of five years of his painting. A large collection of Byron's work can be found at the Boymans van Beunigen Museum, Rotterdam. ek