Cody Bayne

Cody Bayne is an Artist based in Los Angeles.

He has exhibited his work extensively across the United States, Canada, and Europe, and is known for his interdisciplinary approach to art-making. His practice encompasses painting, mixed media, sculpture, and new media, all of which he uses to explore themes of time, impermanence, identity, and place.
Bayne's work is characterized by a personal visual language that creates intellectual and emotional connections with the viewer. He often uses materials sourced from various cities around the world to create a visual vernacular that is both familiar and foreign. His work is influenced by 20th-century art movements such as Nouveau Réalisme and Art Informel, and he has coined the terms Neo-Urban Expressionism and Urban Informalism as quantifiers for his physical practice.
Bayne's artistic process involves "harvesting" information from the environment of the city and reassembling materials into compositions that reflect his interest in the beauty of flaws and the discarded. He balances formulaic parameters with action-oriented processes, and allows immediacy and accidental interventions to play a strong role in the making of his work. His artist hand is discernible in all his work, serving ...

Born: Knoxville, Tn.
Lives & Works: Los Angeles, Ca.

2023
Under the Big Black Sun, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto

2022
Legacies, Pamela Walsh Gallery. Palo Alto

2021
Cody Bayne, Pamela Walsh Gallery. Palo Alto
Defiance of Juncture, July 15 -August 22, ArtshareLA, DTLA

2020
12 works x Olivetta x Lapeer Hotel, West Hollywood

Guest Artist
Brownfields Conference 2019
Los Angeles Convention Center

2016
Not All Wallpaper is Yellow, art HAAS Gallery, New York

2015
NONEXTANT, Gold Haus Gallery, Highland Park, Ca.
2012
I ALWAYS SAY NOW, WHEN I MEAN NO., (Sub)Urban, Los Angeles, Ca
2011
RESPONSE/OPPORTUNITY, (Sub)Urban, Los Angeles, Ca.
UN[tit]LED , New Work, (Sub)Urban Los Angeles, Ca.
2010
ART SHOW (vol 1.1) New Works, Skingraft, Los Angeles, Ca.

Group Exhibitions

2023
38th annual Juried Show, Moah:Cedar, Lancaster Museum of Art

2021
Defiance of Juncture, ArtShareLA, Los Angeles, CA.

2019
Works with Paper. Castelli Art Space, Los Angeles, CA.
2018
Remix:The Art of Music, Gabba Gallery, Los Angeles
Wishlist Vl. Gabba Gallery, Los Angeles
2017
VERNISSAGE, art HAAS Gallery(pop-up), Basel, Switzerland
APEROL , art HAAS Gallery(pop-up), Basel, Switzerland
CRATE DIGGER 2, Gabba Gallery, Los Angeles
TERRA NOVA, ar...