Biography

Kyle Irving’s body of work focuses primarily on Traditional Asian inspired styles, themed with punk-rock and pop contemporary culture. He received his BA in 2006 from Oakland University in Rochester Hills, MI. His work has been exhibited in numerous magazines and in galleries such as Design Haus, Rochester MI; Oakland County Galleria, Pontiac MI; Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Auburn Hills; and the Mona Art Gallery, Pontiac.

“Music has always been a huge part of my life. It has inspired me from the first CD that I bought. “ Irving said. “I have always tried to capture what music can directly and bluntly say in an image that will invoke some sort of feeling or thought. I remember the best comment I ever got on a piece of work was by a guy I worked with. He looked at the piece “Sick of it All” and said “I can totally see that as CD cover.” It felt good knowing that my work was accomplishing what I wanted it to.”

Irving’s early work focused more on realism as he made his way through school, learning the traditional and basics. “My senior thesis piece was a massive wall image of realism, it was all charcoal and I swear I lost at least four finger tips.” After his school years Kyle moved past the charcoal medium and realism to using more mixed media and urban themed work. Irving has been known from time to time to vent out of his studio on the streets and put throw up tags in his home town. Since then he has been using ink, water color and spray paint. Kyle continues to work on pieces and continues to studies the old masters.