My paintings are about color, texture, and mark making. I begin with randomly and intuitively applied paint, layering and scraping, adding and subtracting. It’s a process born of questioning and wandering, as I constantly look to the canvas for direction. Inspiration is gathered in from my day to day world: an old bowl found poking around a flea market, a stick on the sidewalk that catches my eye, or birds at our backyard feeder.

Gallery Representation

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

Enid Lawson Gallery
5 Great New Street
New Street Square
London UK
EC4A 3BN
+44 (0)20 7583 9499
www.enidlawsongallery.co.uk

Education

1979-1982
Applied Art and Design, California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo.
1977-1979
Environmental Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara.

Selected Exhibitions

2011
"Winter's Ebb", The Haen Gallery, Asheville, NC
"Objects of Desire", Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI
"Lake Effects: Byron Gin & Heather Hancock", Uncommon Ground, Chicago, IL
"Birds of a Feather: Byron Gin & Tisha Weddington", Adam Cave Fine Art, Raleigh, NC

2010
"Chromatic", Lark and Key Gallery, Charlotte, NC
"Novel:Paintings that tell a story", Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI
"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
"New Works", 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

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Chicago, IL
Deloitte Corporation, Chicago, IL
David Markin, Kalamazoo, MI


Publications

"Birds of a Feather: Byron Gin and Tisha Weddington", American Art Collector Magazine, November 2011
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