Michael Barryhill's paintings portrays objects that are “figuratively abstract”. For Berryhill, there’s no difference between realism and abstraction. Influenced by the emerging neo-Nabis style, Berryhill creates enigmatic paintings that arise from drawings and allude to subjects, often human or animal figures. His work reminds the viewer of the challenge of capturing the process of painting, and the physical and conceptual layering that a surface might contain.
Michael Barryhill (b. El Paso, TX) lives and works in Ellenville, NY. He received his MFA from Columbia University in 2009. He has exhibited extensively in the United States having solo exhibitions at Night Gallery in Los Angeles, CA; Kate Werble in New York, NY, and Derek Eller in New York, NY. Berryhill has been reviewed by John Yau in Hyperallergic, Carrie Moyer in Art in American, in Artforum, and in The Brooklyn Rail, among others.
DIMIN is excited to present a solo booth by Michael Berryhill at The Armory Show in September 2024.