Michael Byron (b. 1954)
Biography
Michael Byron was born in Rhode Island and received his MFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design in 1981. His inclusion in the Museum of Modern Art’s An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture in 1984 marked the beginning of his participation in museum exhibitions in North America and Europe. His work is in museum collections such as the Whitney Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Tamayo Museum, Mexico City and the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen in Rotterdam, the Netherlands among others. Byron, self-described as “internationally obscure”, has lived and worked in New York City, Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Cambridge, Massachusetts. He currently teaches at Washington University in St. Louis.
Awards and Residencies
2011 – Nominee, United States Artist Grant
2009 – Sam Fox School Faculty Research Grant
2003 – Nominee Joan Mitchell Award
1994-96 – Henry L. and Natalie E. Freund Fellowship in Painting
1995 – Bequia Residency (summer), Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston MA
1992 – Werkbeurs (grant), the Netherlands 1989 NEA Grant – National
1982-84 – National Studio Program, P.S.1, Long Island City NY
Michael Byron was born in Rhode Island and received his MFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design in 1981. His inclusion in the Museum of Modern Art’s An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture in 1984 marked the beginning of his participation in museum exhibitions in North America and Europe. His work is in museum collections such as the Whitney Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Tamayo Museum, Mexico City and the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen in Rotterdam, the Netherlands among others. Byron, self-described as “internationally obscure”, has lived and worked in New York City, Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Cambridge, Massachusetts. He currently teaches at Washington University in St. Louis.
Awards and Residencies
2011 – Nominee, United States Artist Grant
2009 – Sam Fox School Faculty Research Grant
2003 – Nominee Joan Mitchell Award
1994-96 – Henry L. and Natalie E. Freund Fellowship in Painting
1995 – Bequia Residency (summer), Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston MA
1992 – Werkbeurs (grant), the Netherlands 1989 NEA Grant – National
1982-84 – National Studio Program, P.S.1, Long Island City NY