statement
My creative research is an investigation of place and experience. Specifically, my interest lies in the cultural perceptions of the American landscape - its deserts, plains, and expanding urban areas. I see landscape as a reflection of society, draw heavily from my own personal experiences, and, through a series of interrelated projects, use photography as a means to engage with and understand the modern world. Ultimately, the driving force behind everything I do is an underlying faith in the photographic process as one of discovery.
bio
born: 1979, Logan, Utah
education
Arizona State University, MFA, 2011
Utah State University, BFA, 2001
selected awards/honors
Artist in Residence, Center For Land Use Interpretation, 2013
Waterworks Public Art Commission, Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture, 2009
selected publications
Design Observer. Looking Down: An Interview with Photographer Bryon Darby. Foster, John. New York, New York. 2014
Aesthetica Art Prize 2012. 100 Contemporary Artists. York, England, United Kingdom. 2012
Capricious Magazine; Capricious No. 13: Water. Brooklyn, New York p. 22, 23, 148, 149, 2012
International Symposium for Electronic Art; ISEA2012 Albuquerque: Machine Wilderness. Sante Fe, New Mexico: Radius Books. p. 64-65, 2012
selected solo or two-person exhibits
Flight 8503, The Center For Land Use Interpretation, Wendover, Utah, 2014
Seeking the Source: Water in the Desert,Shemer Art Center & Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, 2011
Out of Place, Arizona State University,Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, Arizona, 2011
Residue, L'astalier Gallerie, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2008
selected group shows
Picture Books, Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University, The Power Plant Gallery, Durham, North Carolina, 2014
Rock Your Dummy!,L'Ancienne Imprimerie/Picture Tank, Paris, France, 2013
Machine Wilderness: The 18th International Symposium on Electronic Art, 516 Art, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2012
No Place in Particular: Images of the American Landscape, Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, Florida, 2011 |
