James Hyde
For over thirty years, James Hyde’s central interest has been the material of painting; not so much what the material of painting is, but what it can be–wood, glass, plaster, fabric, concrete, nylon, chrome, steel, plastics, photographs and even paint (often home-brewed pigments and binders) have constituted his paintings. He has made paintings in numerous formats, reimagining paintings as glass boxes, frescos on styrofoam, pillows, handles, shelves, chandeliers, mobiles, chairs, and tables. Since 2003, Hyde has increasingly used photographic prints of photos he’s taken as supports for his painting. Painting over photos emphasizes the materiality of the photographic surface and provides the artist with technical and imagistic place to paint. “As I've become more familiar with the camera I've come to think of it as a room–an extra studio–where I can think and look out on to the world,” says Hyde.
He has had solo exhibitions at Magazzini in Pianello Val Tidone, Luis De Jesus in Los Angeles, Volume Gallery in Chicago, Freedman Gallery at Albright College in Reading, Pierogi in Brooklyn, David Risley Gallery in Copenhagen, among many others. His work has been included in group exhibitions at venues such as San Diego’s Museum of Contemporary Art, SITE Santa …
For over thirty years, James Hyde’s central interest has been the material of painting; not so much what the material of painting is, but what it can be–wood, glass, plaster, fabric, concrete, nylon, chrome, steel, plastics, photographs and even paint (often home-brewed pigments and binders) have constituted his paintings. He has made paintings in numerous formats, reimagining paintings as glass boxes, frescos on styrofoam, pillows, handles, shelves, chandeliers, mobiles, chairs, and tables. Since 2003, Hyde has increasingly used photographic prints of photos he’s taken as supports for his painting. Painting over photos emphasizes the materiality of the photographic surface and provides the artist with technical and imagistic place to paint. “As I've become more familiar with the camera I've come to think of it as a room–an extra studio–where I can think and look out on to the world,” says Hyde.
He has had solo exhibitions at Magazzini in Pianello Val Tidone, Luis De Jesus in Los Angeles, Volume Gallery in Chicago, Freedman Gallery at Albright College in Reading, Pierogi in Brooklyn, David Risley Gallery in Copenhagen, among many others. His work has been included in group exhibitions at venues such as San Diego’s Museum of Contemporary Art, SITE Santa Fe, deCordova Museum in Lincoln, Villa du Parc Contemporary in Annemasse, Control Room in Los Angeles, CA, Sikkema Gallery, in New York, Galerie Lelong in New York, and DC Moore Gallery in New York. He is the recipient of numerous grants and awards, including the Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship and the Guggenheim Fellowship.
Courtesy of the artist
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina Greensboro, NC
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, NY
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Lugano, Switzerland
Musee Fabre, Montpellier, France
David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Schau Ort/Christiane Büntgen, Zürich, Switzerland
Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris, France