Vickie Byron
4 Elements Studio Satellite Gallery
New Exhibit on Display at 131 Genesee Street Window
Jan 12 - March 22
New Exhibit on Display at 131 Genesee Street Window
Jan 12 - March 22
BIO
Vickie Byron is a NYC artist based in Queens who paints the geometric understructures of New York City’s subways and bridges, embedding text in the painted architecture of the city in an expression of its culture and social history. Her paintings’ filmstrip-like frames and fast subway tracks capture the visual speed and the repeating rhythms of the city.
Vickie has a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and an MFA from Queens College, City University of New York. Her paintings and drawings have been exhibited in various galleries and museums including the Queens Museum of Art, Local Project, Jamaica Center for Arts, the New York Hall of Science, and Flushing Council on the Arts. She is the author of the poetry chapbook, Watered Down, Finishing Line Press, and has been the featured poet in numerous reading series in NYC. She has also taught art in New York City public schools. www.vickiebyron.net
Vickie has a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and an MFA from Queens College, City University of New York. Her paintings and drawings have been exhibited in various galleries and museums including the Queens Museum of Art, Local Project, Jamaica Center for Arts, the New York Hall of Science, and Flushing Council on the Arts. She is the author of the poetry chapbook, Watered Down, Finishing Line Press, and has been the featured poet in numerous reading series in NYC. She has also taught art in New York City public schools. www.vickiebyron.net
Artist Statement
Inspired by views along the J train between Brooklyn and Queens, I paint New York City’s buildings, bridges, and subway stations, tagging my paintings with wordplay and geometric designs. I lay down tracks in my compositions, arranging the city’s lines, adding references like tarot card borders, poker skies, and pink castles. With a focus on rhythm, pattern, and the speed of my marks, I depict openings and barriers that frame the city, splitting it into regular intervals that mark progression through time. Recurrent imagery includes fences, repurposed architecture, found and imagined text, and occasional cars or people. The city provides socio-political warnings and titles for my paintings--Watch the Gap, Keep Out, and Turn Left. Combining architecture with movement and ever-waiting figures, I explore the passing of time, transition, and loneliness while documenting a 21st-century city in flux.
