Bio

Growing up in St. Louis, Missouri, I was surrounded by abundant time, space, and landscape. I had time to dream and to draw.

Many summers included family vacations exploring the West. We searched the sky for the first sight of the Rockies on the horizon after hours driving across the Kansas prairie. There were huge, bright sunsets in Montana, vast distances in the high plains of Wyoming, and animate forms in the Utah desert. After studying figure drawing at Washington University and an apprenticeship with a local weaver, I relocated to the west coast of Ireland, where I turned to watercolors to capture the pastoral landscape.

I brought that experience back with me to Carnegie Mellon.There my focus was on figure drawing and painting. I received a BFA from Tufts University and a Diploma in Studio Arts from the Boston Museum School. While living in France, I carried a geological survey map into the Tholonet seeking out familiar Cezanne motifs. The Provencal landscape held secrets. Each day, painting and working to translate the light and color—with Cezanne peering over my shoulder—unlocked many mysteries. And for a number of years, while focusing on the concept of remembered landscape, I made large, abstract paintings.

Painting has segued into collage. My collages integrate painting and photography, drawing and printmaking. Temporality is the underlying current throughout all my work. It is anchored in my process and fixed in the final perception of my subject.

I live in New York City with my husband and son.

Contact: kyle@kylegallup.com

Kyle Gallup's Resume: download the pdf