Sayre Gomez

Sayre Gomez (born 1982) is a contemporary American artist who lives and works in Los Angeles.

Early life and career

Sayre Gomez was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1982. He received his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2005 and his MFA from the California Institute of the Arts in 2008. Gomez was a student of Michael Asher.

Work

Sayre Gomez works across mediums, namely painting, sculpture and video, to address themes of perception and representation in the face of patriarchal political systems. Recurring metaphors such as windows are often used as a structural approach to investigating the role of context in the distribution and legibility of images in the 21st century. His work references the history of appropriation in tandem with a realist approach to rendering as a way of situating his practice with in traditions of conceptual art as well as pop art and the Pictures Generation.

Exhibitions

Gomez's work has been included in solo exhibitions at Francois Ghebaly Gallery in Los Angeles, Ca., Galerie Nagel Draxler in Berlin, DE., Galerie Rodolphe Janssen in Brussels, BE., Galerie Parisa Kind in Frankfurt, DE., Michael Jon Gallery in Miami, Fl., Kavi Gupta Gallery in Chicago, Il., and The HOLE in New York, Ny. The artist has been included in group exhibitions at Arsenal Contemporary in Montreal, CA., Marciano Art Foundation in Los Angeles, Ca., Yuz Museum in Shanghai, CN., Shane Campbell Gallery in Chicago, IL., Josh Lilley Gallery in London, UK., Hawkins Ferry House / MOCAD in Detroit, Mi., Gavin Brown's Enterprise in New York, Ny., Galeria Marlboro, in Madrid, ES., REDCAT in Los Angeles, Ca., The Urban Institute for Contemporary Art in Grand Rapids, Mi., The University Art Gallery at University of California, Irvine, Ca. Gomez has also curated exhibitions at Night Gallery (in collaboration with JPW3) in Los Angeles, Ca., Steve Turner Gallery in Los Angeles, Ca., and Michael Jon Gallery in Miami, Fl.

Publications

The Artist's work has been included in 100 New Artists, edited by Francesca Gavin and published by Lawrence King Publishers, in 2011, and Bright: Typography Between Illustration and Art, Edited By MAGMA Brand Design, published by DAAB in 2012.