Tyree+Guyton

Tyree Guyton
Born in 1955 in Detroit Michigan

Where he practices art? In a studio in downtown Detroit, Mi, soon traveling to Basel, Switzerland for a one year residency

Education: Marygrove College, Wayne State University, College for Creative Studies, and was awarded an honorary Doctorate of fine art.

Message: “When you come to the Heidelberg Project, I want you to think—really think! My art is a medicine for the community. You can’t heal the land until you heal the minds of the people" -Tyree Guyton

Vehicle: Paint and Found Objects

Audience: Specifically the people living in the neighborhoods of Detroit and surrounding areas but attracts world wide attention, with exhibits though out the united states.

Philosophy:

"I strive to be a part of the solution. I see and understand how order is needed in the world and in our individual lives. My experiences have granted me knowledge of how to create art and how to see beauty in everything that exists. Even in the smallest molecule or things in this life that we can’t see, we are all bound by this same energy, we are all bound by gravity and we breathe the same air. I can see the evolution of life in everything, in every minute second. How beautiful it is to witness this process in action. What is beyond space and can we possibly look that far into ourselves? What is art? I ask myself this question over and over. Is my life an art form? I began to see and hear my own work in a new way that opened up my third eye of wisdom and my mind to see how everything is connected to this one source of energy or this divine power. I believe that it will take a life time for me to understand and appreciate this power. However, I find my art to be just like that power of creating energy in a negative space. It is this energy that becomes my focal point. The word composition according to Webster’s Dictionary means to form by putting together; to make up from many ingredients, etc. I have come to the realization of knowing and understanding the fact that I have been called to create art that is unusual and compositional in form. The traditional and conventional way is a thing of the past. We live in a world full of corruption from the top to the bottom, values no longer exist and rules are broken everyday. For me, art is a way of expressing life. My work is a science that deals with colors, shapes, objects that brings about a rare beauty to the mind and eyes of people, a type of esthete. My art is life, life that lives on with time because the entire creation is an art form. I see magic in what I do as an artist. This magic helps me to understand how to create compositions of unusual taste. It’s a journey that keeps me searching to know more about life in general and my own life. The whole world is a stage and we, as humans, are playing our part—acting out our purpose."- Tyree Guyton 2005-2006

-Before becoming an artist Tyree was a Firefighter, an Autoworker, and Served in the U.S. Army. -In 2007 accepted a teaching possition in an honors program at Wayne State University Awards- [|Wayne County] International Artist Award (2003), Award of Recognition, Mayor [|Kwame Kilpatrick] (2002), Best Known Artist in Metro Detroit, [|Detroit Free Press] (2001), "Michigan Artist of the Year," Governor [|John Engler], [|State of Michigan] (1992), Humanity in the Arts Award, [|Wayne State University] (1992), "Michiganian of the Year Award," [|State of Michigan] (1991), David A. Harmond Memorial Scholarship (1990), "Testimonial Resolution Award," Wayne County, [|Lansing, Michigan] (1990), "Spirit of Detroit Award," Detroit City Council, [|Detroit, Michigan] (1989). [|[5]] -Wikipedia (Tyree Guyton)

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