Billy Dietz, "See Fire"
Graphite on paper, 15x9.5 inches, 2021.
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BIO
Billy Dietz lives and works in San Antonio TX. In 2016 Deitz received his BFA in visual arts from the University of North Dakota, and in 2020 he earned his MFA in studio arts at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He has been included in publications such as Young Space Artists, Top Painters Top Paintings, La Tranchée Racine, and BlueBee Magazine. He was an alternate for a Fulbright research grant in Bulgaria. Dietz has been part of various exhibitions including the North Dakota Museum of Art, The Ewing Gallery at the University of Tennessee, Sugar Gallery in Arkansas, Bascom Center for the Arts in North Carolina, Foley Gallery in New York, ZG gallery in Chicago, Shockboxx in California, Studio Montclair in New Jersey, Bemis Center for Contemporary art in Nebraska, Brick Gallery in Texas, and Collar Works in New York.
STATEMENT
I create flashes of scenes from an unfinished story by merging themes and aesthetics from classical and contemporary art. I relate stories from the Christian and Greek mythology to our contemporary experience, such as by considering the invention of the internet analogous to the Prometheus myth or by personifying the Tree of Knowledge from the Genesis story in such a way that relates to our contemporary experience of digital connection. I merge the old and the new to better understand how technological developments define our culture and where they are taking us.
Graphite on paper, 15x9.5 inches, 2021.
SHIPPING IS NOT INCLUDED. PLEASE CONTACT INFO@COLLARWORKS.ORG FOR A SHIPPING ESTIMATE.
BIO
Billy Dietz lives and works in San Antonio TX. In 2016 Deitz received his BFA in visual arts from the University of North Dakota, and in 2020 he earned his MFA in studio arts at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He has been included in publications such as Young Space Artists, Top Painters Top Paintings, La Tranchée Racine, and BlueBee Magazine. He was an alternate for a Fulbright research grant in Bulgaria. Dietz has been part of various exhibitions including the North Dakota Museum of Art, The Ewing Gallery at the University of Tennessee, Sugar Gallery in Arkansas, Bascom Center for the Arts in North Carolina, Foley Gallery in New York, ZG gallery in Chicago, Shockboxx in California, Studio Montclair in New Jersey, Bemis Center for Contemporary art in Nebraska, Brick Gallery in Texas, and Collar Works in New York.
STATEMENT
I create flashes of scenes from an unfinished story by merging themes and aesthetics from classical and contemporary art. I relate stories from the Christian and Greek mythology to our contemporary experience, such as by considering the invention of the internet analogous to the Prometheus myth or by personifying the Tree of Knowledge from the Genesis story in such a way that relates to our contemporary experience of digital connection. I merge the old and the new to better understand how technological developments define our culture and where they are taking us.
Graphite on paper, 15x9.5 inches, 2021.
SHIPPING IS NOT INCLUDED. PLEASE CONTACT INFO@COLLARWORKS.ORG FOR A SHIPPING ESTIMATE.
BIO
Billy Dietz lives and works in San Antonio TX. In 2016 Deitz received his BFA in visual arts from the University of North Dakota, and in 2020 he earned his MFA in studio arts at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He has been included in publications such as Young Space Artists, Top Painters Top Paintings, La Tranchée Racine, and BlueBee Magazine. He was an alternate for a Fulbright research grant in Bulgaria. Dietz has been part of various exhibitions including the North Dakota Museum of Art, The Ewing Gallery at the University of Tennessee, Sugar Gallery in Arkansas, Bascom Center for the Arts in North Carolina, Foley Gallery in New York, ZG gallery in Chicago, Shockboxx in California, Studio Montclair in New Jersey, Bemis Center for Contemporary art in Nebraska, Brick Gallery in Texas, and Collar Works in New York.
STATEMENT
I create flashes of scenes from an unfinished story by merging themes and aesthetics from classical and contemporary art. I relate stories from the Christian and Greek mythology to our contemporary experience, such as by considering the invention of the internet analogous to the Prometheus myth or by personifying the Tree of Knowledge from the Genesis story in such a way that relates to our contemporary experience of digital connection. I merge the old and the new to better understand how technological developments define our culture and where they are taking us.