Byron Shen

Artist Statement

My paintings are emotional landscapes, places to be traveled internally. In many of them it is where the horizon is far away and it is the journey that leaves its mark upon the viewer. . The driving force behind my painting is in the process, which resides in an intuitive and spiritual nature. In order to interpret some of these sojourns, I have attempted to formulate a way of painting that translates these passages. Hopefully, the viewer will have a way of entering into a dialogue with the work and that is both seen but more importantly, felt.

Bio

Shen was born in Hong Kong and grew up in Chevy Chase, Maryland. He received a B. A. in English and Writing from Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania and an M.F.A. in Painting from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He currently is on the board of the Oklahoma Visual Artist Coalition and teaches art at the Holland Hall Upper School.

Resume

Education

1988          Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing. Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
1986          Bachelor of Arts in English and Creative Writing Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania

Teaching Experience

1992-97         Tulsa Summer Arts Tulsa, Oklahoma
1992, 95, 96  Harwelden Institute Tulsa, Oklahoma
1995              All Souls Unitarian Church Tulsa, Oklahoma
1987-88         Rochester Commission for the Arts Auburn Hills, Michigan
1986-88         Pontiac Creative Art Center Pontiac, Michigan

Grants & Awards

1993 & 95   Mixed Media Competition IAO Gallery Oklahoma City, OK
1993         Painting Biennial II OVAC Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1993         Jingle Feldman Grant ACHT Tulsa, Oklahoma
1992         Individual Artist Grant ACHT Tulsa, Oklahoma
1991         New Forms Regional Initiative NEA & Rockefeller Foundation

Solo Exhibitions

M A Doran Gallery Tulsa, Oklahoma
Wilson Adams, Denver, Colorado
Ken Knight Gallery Dallas, Texas
Redlands CC El Reno, Oklahoma
Holliman Gallery Tulsa, Oklahoma

Selected Solo & Two Person Shows

2006        The Wichita Center for the Art, Wichita, KS, Wilson-Adams                       Gallery, Denver, CO
2005        Wilson-Adams Gallery, Denver, CO, Mabee-Gerrer Museum,                        Shawnee,OK with Randy Marks
2003        M. A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City                       with Sharon McCoy, painter
2001        Leslie Powell Gallery-Lawton,OK “New Skin for an Old                              Ceremony” with Randy Marks, sculptor Holliman Gallery, Tulsa,                    OK “New Works” with Laurie Spencer, ceramic sculptor M. A.                     Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK “New Works” with Marjorie Atwood,                   painter
1999       M. A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK “New Works” with David                            Freedman, painter Redlands Community College, El Reno, OK                      “The Weight of Atmosphere”
1997       Ken Knight Gallery, Dallas, TX “New Works”Kirkpatrick Center,                 Oklahoma City, OK, M. A.Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK                                  “New Works” with Marjorie Atwood
1995       Holliman Gallery, Tulsa, OK “Bodyscapes”
1994       Arts Place Museum, Oklahoma City, OK “Monologue to                               Dialogue” with Troy Wilson, painter
1992       University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK “New Works” with Mark Lewis                      IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK ,Leadership Square,                                  Oklahoma City, OK “The Memory of Solitude”
1991       Tulsa Center for Contemporary Art, Tulsa, OK “Hunger and                          Nourisher”

 

 

 

		'Of Flesh and Blood' oil & mixed media on canvas
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		'Transformed by the Light' oil & mixed media on canvas
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		'A Canyon's Beginning' oil on canvas
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		'Light of the Setting Sun' oil on canvas
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