Born in Santa Barbara, California in 1959, Byron studied Environmental Studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara and Applied Art and Design at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. After a lengthy career as a freelance illustrator and printmaker, he turned his full attention to painting in 2000.
Byron works out of his studio in Chicago and lives in Evanston with his wife Patty and two old cats,
Bear and Käthe.

Byron's paintings are a marriage of abstract and realism. On one end is the subject rendered in a studied, realistic manner. On the other is the abstract environment that the subject inhabits. Byron tries to combine the two so that they interact and inform one another. In the end, he hopes that process creates a painting he wants to look at.

Galleries

Byron Gin is represented by:

Water Street Gallery
98 Center Street
Douglas, MI 49406
(269) 857-8485
www.waterstreetgallery.com

The Haen Gallery
52 Biltmore Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801
(828) 254-8577
www.thehaengallery.com

Adam Cave Fine Art
115-1/2 East Hargett
2nd Floor
Raleigh, NC 27601
(919) 838-6692
www.adamcavefineart.com

Selected Exhibitions

2010
"Ruth Franklin/Byron Gin: New Work", Adam Cave Fine Art, Raleigh, NC
"A Wintry Mix", The Haen Gallery, Asheville, NC

2009
"Natural Habitation: Two person show with Clayton Santiago", The Haen Gallery, Asheville, NC
"Beneath the Surface", Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI
"Birds 'n Things", Uncommon Ground, Chicago, IL

2008-2000
Around the Coyote, Chicago, IL

2008
South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
Solo Exhibition, University Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
"Playful Objects", Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI

2007
"Studies in Studios", Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI
"New Paintings", Uncommon Ground, Chicago, IL
"Off the Walls: New Work by Gallery Artists", Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI.

2006
"Extraordinary Views of Ordinary Objects", Water Street Gallery, Saugatuck, MI

2005
"Art a la Carte", Water Street Gallery, Saugatuck, MI
"Saugatuck Talks", Water Street Gallery, Saugatuck, MI
"New Paintings", Uncommon Ground, Chicago, IL
"Go Figure", Water Street Gallery, Saugatuck, MI
"Portraits '05", Norris Gallery, St. Charles, IL

2004
"The White Show" The Gathering Place Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Big, Small Town", Up the Stairs Gallery, Chicago, IL

2003
"Mighty Midwest Biennial 2", New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI

2002
"Portraits and Figures", High Risk Gallery, Chicago, IL
Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL
"Portraits: Working Artists", Cafe 28, Chicago, IL
AnamArt Gallery, Naperville, IL
"2 x 2 x 2", Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
WCA Midwest Regional, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL

Awards

2006/05/04/03/01/00
Curator's Choice, Around the Coyote, Chicago, IL

2002
Honorable Mention, "2 x 2 x 2", Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL

Collections

Deloitte Corporation, Chicago, IL
David Markin, Kalamazoo, MI
Natalie Goldberg, Santa Fe, NM

Publications

Krissoff, Sylvia, " Treatments of prosaic anything but ordinary", Grand Rapids Press, 08/03/06
Artner, Allen G., "10 things not to miss at Coyote", Chicago Tribune, 09/09/05
Lenoir, Lisa, "Raising the Art of Politics", Chicago Sun-Times, 02/09/03