Tyrone Layne

Date of Birth: 1985
Birth Place: Auckland, New Zealand
Currently living in: Sydney, Australia
Education: Bachelor of Design degree at UNITEC majoring in Painting. Completed in 2007.

I’m a full time Sydney based New Zealand artist. Figurative paintings have been my main focus the past 10 years. However in late 2017 I started an abstract series which I work on concurrently alongside the figurative peoplescapes. This has kept things interesting for me in the studio, and I have since exhibited the Abstract series at TOAF LA 2018, TOAF SYD 2019, and a solo show Dystopia at DePlume Gallery East Hollywood, LA 2019.

Although I have tried to abandon recognizable forms and go more into pure abstraction, there still is a sense of figurative and landscape elements coming out of the abstract shapes and brush marks. In a way, a lot of the work has become a form of surrealist landscape. I see them as a representation of the uncertainty of modern times, a portrait of current or future societies. My recent series of abstracts have moved away from the seascape motif, and has taken up elements of a cityscape.

While certain periods of Willem De Kooning’s work remains a big influence on my style, I also draw inspiration from artists such as...

BFA Auckland, New Zealand.

Solo Exhibitions:

-Dystopia. DePlume Gallery, East Hollywood, Los Angeles. January 26th-March 2nd. 2019.

--The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles, March 15th - 19th. USA. 2018.

-Eastern Suburbs. Saint Cloche. Paddington. Sydney. AU. May 24th - June 4th. 2017.

--The Other Art Fair, Melbourne, May 4th - 7th. AU. 2017.

-Lawyers, Bankers, & Beach Bums. Saint Cloche. Paddington. Sydney. AU. May 11th - 29th. 2016

-The Other Art Fair, Central Park, Sydney, 10-13th September 2015

-This is Auckland, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Level 1, 255 Broadway, New Market, Auckland, Nov 25th - Dec 13th, 2014

-Made in London, 147-149 Farringdon Rd, London, EC1R 3HN, 19th-23rd Sep 2013

-1st London Exhibition, Park Road, Crouch End, London, UK, 5th May 2012.

-People- Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland, NZ, 27th September - 15th October 2011.

-Longer Hotter Summer- Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland, NZ, 12th October - 9th November 2010.

-Reasonable Doubt- Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland, NZ, 27th October - 14th November 2009.

- New Paintings at Studio 14, UNITEC, Auckland, NZ, 17th of September 2007.