Kyle Bryant

Labor Day part 2.

2011-09-06T08:53:00.000-07:00

After dialing in the Dynamo P flier for Rap Night I had to get some rhymes in myself. I headed to my friend Dondami's apartment and we laid down some beats for a project we're doing together.

arrival

Brainstorm

Let's get it!

"Leave a cloud of smoke new version of nicotine"

"No filter I'm raw... Get 'em addicted"

"I'm finna find paper to paw for what the kid did!"

"Believe in me I'm peeping at leaving, to where the smog in the air is what's keeping em breathing."

"see me after mine with a ___ in a _______"

"I don't get paid to play shows, I get paid to show show's"

I'M GONE!

Labor Day part 1.

2011-09-06T08:41:00.000-07:00

Woke up this morning and got to work on a new flier for Rap Night!

Next week we've got my man Dynamo P dropping his album Let The Sleepers Sleep. Here's the visual with some process shots.

Feeling pretty good about this one!

Studio renovations part II

2011-09-01T17:58:00.000-07:00

BUSINESS SPACE.

Organized! Finances on bottom, art on top.

LOUNGE

WORK SPACE

More updates tomorrow...

Studio Renovations day one.

2011-08-31T09:22:00.001-07:00

Hello World!

I have returned to the blogosphere once again with a refreshing update of studio changes.

I have no before pictures, its not worth seeing but here are some progress photos.

Music Lab.

www.reverbnation.com/freshaire

Another update tomorrow.

Cargo Capsize

2011-03-31T09:42:00.000-07:00

Found this while googling my name today.

An Old image...

2011-03-31T09:41:00.000-07:00

I forgot I made this, but found it while googling my name.

Space Gallery Blog!

2011-03-31T09:40:00.000-07:00

http://havefaithinworthlessknowledge.com/2011/02/04/kyle-bryant/

2011-03-24T23:26:00.000-07:00

Devil St. Decks

2011-01-24T19:58:00.000-08:00

Devil Street Decks just released the line of decks I did for them last summer.

Have a look here. and here.

and here....

You Can't Say that In This City...

2010-11-24T11:34:00.000-08:00

4 color woodcut with dry point etching and chine colle

process shots.

2010-11-19T10:13:00.000-08:00

I am starting a new edition. I hope to have it done by Sunday. If all goes well it will be an edition of 8 with two artist proofs. They are woodblock prints on lennox paper.

You may recall the carving photos that my friend Kara took of me cutting the block back in April. I finally got around to printing it.

I decided to cut the block to allow for color separations.

mixed my colors.

made a high tech registration system by proofing the block on a translucent sheet of mulberry. Then traced the block itself to insure proper placement.

rolled it through the press...

BOOM!!!

There are two more aspects to this print before it is complete... Hang in there.

REVIEWED!!!

2010-11-18T08:22:00.002-08:00

ON TO THE NEXT

2010-11-16T11:12:00.000-08:00

ON TO THE NEXT...

Just started carving my next large scale woodblock. "Don't Ride!"

North American Wild Ass

2010-11-16T11:07:00.000-08:00

The newest acquisition from the Portland Musuem of Art.

"A Long Break from Love"
76" x 47"
Woodcut Print
2010

Just a quick drawing...

2010-11-13T13:35:00.001-08:00

Painting in Progress

2010-10-19T10:32:00.000-07:00

When a frog fights a luchador at recess.

Steamroller picture one.

2010-09-12T17:23:00.001-07:00

I will post a ton more steamroller pictures this week. This is a preview though.

Today is the day of the Steamroller.

2010-09-11T08:44:00.000-07:00

So I'm posting some videos that I like before it starts.

BLOCK PARTY!!!

2010-08-27T13:15:00.001-07:00

Finally finished the first large block for the SPACE GALLERY BLOCK PARTY on September 11th. PICKWICK INDEPENDENT PRESS will have a steamroller on Oak St. in Portland to pull prints.

This is the first of at least two blocks I will have for the event.

Title: Canyon Cargo
Size: 6 1/2' x 4'
medium: Woodcut relief
Price: TBD

New T-Shirts...

2010-08-27T13:13:00.000-07:00

$15 (plus shipping if you aren't located in Portland, ME)
Sizes M and L

Decks Update.

2010-08-27T13:08:00.000-07:00

These decks all use a mixture of silkscreen and painting techniques.
They will be available through Devil St. Decks sometime in October.

For a custom deck please contact me. KBryant85@gmail.com

small print release

2010-08-27T13:06:00.000-07:00

Title: Getting Up
size: 9"x12"
2010
Price: $20

Big Update Pt. 4

2010-08-19T17:00:00.001-07:00

I just finished the first block I am doing for Cannonball Press. It features my brother Cameron pulling his canoe back from our recent attempt at canoeing.

big update pt 3

2010-08-19T16:56:00.000-07:00

New Stickers by Kyle Bryant (I'm putting my name here so I come up higher on google searches.)

Also, they get right to the point in Buxton.

Big Update pt. 2

2010-08-19T16:53:00.001-07:00

I started my decks for Devil St. Decks this weekend and my mom came over to vent. I put her to work.

big update Pt. 1

2010-08-19T16:47:00.000-07:00

I started working on a huge woodblock print. My friend John is helping me.

me I'm supa fly

2010-08-05T07:24:00.000-07:00

SUPA DUPA FLY...

Missy Elliot - The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)

I WANT A HYDRO FLOOR!

UPTA CAMP

2010-07-28T07:43:00.001-07:00

I've been relaxing as much as I can in my down time. I went up to my camp in the mountains of Oxford County with my friend Peter last weekend and had a blast.

went canoeing

The clouds are awesome up there.

we found the old party spot in the woods.

as well as the old house in the woods.

once nightfall struck I got the fire going.

It's too damn hot outside

2010-06-23T13:29:00.000-07:00

and humid too!

I'm staying in and working.

Devil Street Decks..

2010-06-23T10:44:00.001-07:00

I am going to be working on a few skateboard decks for Portland/Australia based Devil Street Decks. I'll be working on silkscreening some decks so if you have any old ones please let me know, I need at least two more to work on.

RowanTree Revisited

2010-06-23T10:42:00.000-07:00

Hung out with Nick at The Dooryard last night.

We made some stickers on his press. Dranks some beers, and played some darts.

Nick was trying to hit 15's in cricket and hit his own dart. It arguably counted.

I lost at darts but won at making stickers.

grey day

2010-05-08T18:04:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was draining.

Business Cards

2010-05-06T14:00:00.001-07:00

I went to visit my friend Nick Rountree at the DoorYard Collective last night.

He has a great clamshell letterpress and he helped me make some business cards.

It's amazing that with such dirty hands he can keep the prints so clean.

They weren't exactly level so I had to trim them all down.

Nick Printed these around Christmas time...

and printed these for our friend Jack.

We printed 250 by hand.

Live on the blogspot!

2010-05-02T18:43:00.000-07:00

I'm working on a wall at Two Point Gallery.
Their most recent show rocked and the Spring CLeaning has begun.
This show marks the one year anniversary of the gallery

Me

I'm killing this wall at Two Point Gallery.

10:53pmPeter

describe the homicide

Me

being inside a hurricane.

spinning into obstacles

but also stuck

in the movie groundhogs day.

10:54pmPeter

killed, indeed

I feel like I am preparing for a review tonight, and it feels wonderful.
I am now home still working.

I'm siked.
The show opens Friday.
Matt Moore opens a solo show at Fore River Gallery as well.
Matt does BIG things so I expect to see a good show.

Find me Grindin'

2010-04-08T15:20:00.000-07:00

Just did a flyer for the new hip hop open mic night. See you Thursday!

FOREVER ENDEAVOR

2010-04-08T12:09:00.001-07:00

Forever Endeavor
22"x30"
Silkscreen edition of 12
2010

Quickie.

2010-04-07T10:37:00.000-07:00

You once wondered when I accepted the title of Artist...

back to carving...

2010-04-06T08:54:00.000-07:00

I started a woodblock print last week and got it all carved out. I realized that it makes me really happy to focus on cutting a block for hours. I got to proof it once with the drive by press guys but don't have photos.

Has anyone seen my camera?

Hype!!

2010-03-25T11:25:00.000-07:00

New Reflection Eternal is going to be dope!!! In This World.

BROOKLYN'S FINEST!!!

2010-03-13T18:43:00.000-08:00

hot, dope, fresh...

2010-03-08T09:42:00.000-08:00

Old Friends.

2010-03-04T10:06:00.000-08:00

Newest Edition...

2010-03-01T15:27:00.000-08:00

Everybody Has A Pipe
screenprint
2010
edition of 12

Finally an update...

2010-03-01T14:47:00.001-08:00

Sorry my absence in this digital world of blogging. Here are some new environments that I have recently uncovered. Enjoy these archeological discoveries.

turning turmoil to turbulence

Intention Deficit

Owls Into Early Birds

Interview...

2009-11-14T12:27:00.001-08:00

CLICK!!!

how I spent my weekend.

2009-11-09T09:51:00.000-08:00

These are a few selections from the 12 variations I made of this print called "Struggling With Summoning." It got it's name because I am trying to summon people to populate the world that I have created. They are all hand colored editioned prints.

I also had the opportunity to print at the ARM FACTORY in portland where I met an awesome dude named Zach. He hooked it up on helping me print.

Solo Show

2009-09-03T18:52:00.000-07:00

I am showing at WIR Gallery in Berlin this week. It is my first solo show and marks the end of my residency at Culturia.

Here are some views of the show.

chew on that until a full recap of all the Culturia work.

Free Fridayz...

2009-08-21T04:44:00.000-07:00

This is my submission for Fecal Face's Free Fridayz this week. The theme is self portrait.

Found these on flickr.

2009-07-24T08:54:00.000-07:00

Finally an update

2009-07-19T08:46:00.001-07:00

I got my computer fixed! Welcome back? Thanks.

3 new pieces.

Running With It
collaged woodcut prints with billboard pieces
dimensions variable
2009

Arch Duality
Collaged woodcut prints with billboard pieces
dimensions variable
2009

Untitled
Collaged woodcut prints with billboard pieces
dimensions variable
2009

sketch booking

2009-05-30T04:34:00.002-07:00

A Self Induced Storm.

2009-05-30T04:34:00.001-07:00

Collaged woodcut prints with spray paint
1.5 m x 2 m
2009

The process of making this piece was really fun, I have never worked this large before and it felt good to create something of this size. After a few weeks of being finished with it I have grown increasingly bored with the lack of energy in it and have decided to cut the interesting pieces from it and remake it.

All in a days work...

2009-05-21T05:26:00.001-07:00

Galleries and Museums

2009-05-21T05:25:00.001-07:00

These are some highlights from the work I have been looking at lately.

David Jones at Upstairs Berlin Gallery

The Weak Force

The Light Force

The Heavy Force

The Strong Force

Matthew Ritchie at c/o - Gerhardsen Gerner

The next photos are from the New National Gallery, Berlin

Max Beckmann

Antonio Saura

Asger Jorn

Franz Hitzler

This is just a really cool CLINT 176 piece.

New Small Pieces

2009-05-13T17:02:00.001-07:00

I just created a batch of small pieces using collaged relief prints of Berlin.

first Berlin exhibition

2009-05-11T03:12:00.000-07:00

I will am currently featured in a group show called "Miscellany Springs" at Turn-Berlin Gallery, curated by Brian Hackney.

"What Are We Building, Exactly?"
Collaged Relief prints with spray paint on paper
100cm x 70cm
2009

Progress

2009-05-11T03:10:00.000-07:00

These are some process photos of a piece I am doing. It is 1.5 meters by 2 meters.

Pictopia Character Walk, and New National Gallery.

2009-04-06T03:54:00.001-07:00

In conjunction with the Pictopia exhibition at the House of World Cultures Berlin, the cities galleries have organized the Pictopia Character Walk. Most galleries were open on Sunday for this event and I decided to check some of it out.

The first stop was Art Space Berlin where they had a large group show called Bigwood Berlin

Paul Senyoi

These are a series of Silkscreen prints by Matias Viglioni. There was an entire wall of them, these are only some of the adventures of his monster character.

Liezel Prinz

I forgot to write down this artists name

Yvette TerBlanche

This guy was hanging out in the street on the way to FIT gallery.

The gallery was an abandoned gas station with an installation by Flying Fortress and London Police on the outside.
(My pictures were somehow corrupted so these are borrowed from ekosystem blog.)

This show titled "Heroes of Might and Mayb" by Michael Dabrowski was at General Public. The work featured small super heroes with large shadows, each accompanied by a phrase suggesting some sort of past emotional trauma. It did a good job of humanizing characters that we think of as beyond human.

The final stop of the day was Circle Culture Gallery. The work was by Charlie Isoe and the title of the show was "Will Be Home Late, Leave the Light On."

Later that week it was free night at the new national gallery. Here are some highlights from my trip there.

These are both by my favorite Italian painter ever Tiepolo. He possesses a looseness in his brush strokes that makes painting look just as easy as drawing.

The high definition paintings of Canaletto.

Rembrandt

This is the dutch painter Philips Wouwerman.

That's all for now. Until next time...

First week in the studio...

2009-03-20T11:05:00.000-07:00

I moved into my new studio this week. So far I have spent every day here and it feels great.

The studio itself is 26sq meters.

The view from out my window is great...

This week I have cut and printed 4 blocks. So far my interest in Berlin resides in the contrast between the vacated and abandoned spaces that are so common in the city and the ultra modern/ well preserved buildings that fill in the remaining space in the city.

Under
21cm x 15cm

Lost in the Stacks
26cm x 20cm

Day One
20cm x 26cm

They're Tearing Up Streets Again
30cm x 19cm

I also created this collage using the above prints as a submission for Free Fridays on the SF art blog Fecal Face

Lost Highway
37cm x 28cm

In other news:

I broke my Ipod yesterday, which is severely disheartening. If anyone wants to salvage my state of mind that mimics the state of my ipod I am accepting donations for a new one or help fixing my existing one. Either scenario would help.

I also got a new bike last week.

It is an Express Werke frame from the 50's with a working dynamo front hub that powers the front wheel. The gear ratio is perfect for how flat Berlin is. It also has a Brooks saddle. I didn't know what all of the Brooks fanatics were talking about until I found myself thinking "damn, my ass feels great!" on my ride to the studio ysterday.

That's all for now.

Best

Aaron Noble interview...

2009-03-15T05:51:00.000-07:00

This guy does really amazing work.

Artist Profile: Aaron Noble from By Osmosis TV on Vimeo.

A New Frontier

2009-03-12T03:33:00.000-07:00

These are some photoshop collages of my experiences with Berlin so far.

Day One

Working on Woods

Home, I'm Going Home

Watch Out, We Run The Lot

WIR Gallery Berlin

2009-03-12T03:14:00.000-07:00

This week Work In Regress Gallery in Kreuzberg Berlin was showing Spanish artist Angels Lefou. Her work was mostly small drawings/collages and one large painting.

Stolen Sleeves Installations.

2009-03-10T16:34:00.001-07:00

These large collages are created using the small prints that I have been working on. They are installed at the stolen sleeves collective, Brooklyn NY where I had been the artist in residence for two months.

A Step Back
Collaged Installation
About 7 feet wide.

Details

Escape
Collaged Installation
about 6 feet tall

Details

New Work

2009-02-22T13:33:00.000-08:00

Never Too Early
collaged relief prints
2009

Never Too Late
Collaged relief prints
2009

2009-01-18T11:02:00.001-08:00

I'm working on a mega city made entirely out of woodcuts. Each print will be able to work on it's own as a unique print. The project incorporates the woodcuts that I've posted on this blog before as well as the ones I am currently working on. The idea is that each print will be able to contribute to a larger collage of prints that combine to make a greater city scape.

These are my two most recent prints that I printed by hand at my neighbors apartment.

Separate Symbols

Walking Tall

An interesting juxtaposition.

Mega Mountain (so far)

Mega Mountain (detail)

2009-01-18T11:00:00.002-08:00

These are some prints to be included with the sprawling city idea that I am currently working on.

A Complex Decay

Finding Space

skull canyon

wall rides forever

Swallowed up in Brooklyn!

2009-01-18T11:00:00.001-08:00

Over the last few months I have been working with the Brooklyn hardcore band Swallowed Up. They are putting out an LP soon and doing everything except pressing the vinyl completely DIY. There are going to be 6 different covers for the record nerds of the world and every cover features an original print that I have made.

We recently finished printing all 500 covers.

These five covers are etchings, there are about 225 total that we printed at Pratt over the summer.

I recently went down to stay at the Stolen Sleeves Collective in Brooklyn to print the remaining 275 silkscreened covers.

Flooding the screen for the first color

They have the best setup in their house.

Second color

me printing

Darker blue.

My newest buddy to geek out on prints with, Tamara Santibanez.

Finished product!
We printed well over 300 copies of this image.

The dog of the house, Lucy, always wants to play. I love this dog and play with her as much as I can.

While I was there I also made a new linocut, because quite frankly watching tv serial dramas gets old after a while and you know what they say about idle hands.

Walking around Brooklyn I saw a lot of art on the streets. Here is a sample.

It's nice to see people are excited about something in this country.

Peace!
K

2009-01-18T10:58:00.000-08:00

I went to my friend Ryan's studio in Dorchester yesterday to do some editioning. He has a Sturgess Etching press that was there when he moved in. With the help of our friend Alex we managed to put it back together, which included lifting a 500 lb solid steel press bed into place.

This is the press.

the first image I printed is called "The Curb Opened; He Was Swallowed Up."

I did an edition of 25 of these prints.

The block broke after I finished printing. I guess if there is a good time to close the edition that would be it.

The second print is called "Finding Space."

I printed 26 of these.

Ryan is a sculptor who graduated from Mass Art. This is some of his work. He uses a lot of food imagery which is at times totally disgusting. He also uses mickey mouse, minnie mouse and popeye in his work a lot of times. It is interesting to see the apporpriation of some of the most common imagery in Boston used in a new way.

I saw this on the floor as I was leaving.

2009-01-12T07:41:00.001-08:00

The 12 views of Boston project started this summer when I got a digital camera and needed something to do with it. I recently finished all of the plates and the editioning and these six by six inch etchings. Each set of etchings will be bound into a book and there will be a total of six books.

How I Spent My Last Summer Here

Laying in the Grass of Post Office Square Looking Up

From the Roof of South Station at Night

Too Many Walls On This Walk

The Sidewalks in Boston
(This plate was made by taping a rope to the plate and walking from one side of the city to the other. All of the scratches from the sidewalks made the marks on the plate.)

An Altered Hynes Convention Center

Half Done

Riding the Wrong Way Down Franklin Street in a Snow Storm

Border's in Downtown on a Summer Day in the Future

The Bottom of the Bike Shop Stairs Looking Up.

I spent a Year in Allston

Alleys in the Bay