Andy Graydon
The work of American artist Andy Graydon (b. 1971, Maui, Hawaii) explores
experiences of absence and displacement, such as those encountered in travel, in writing
and in recording. This work across media has been exhibited, screened, performed and
published internationally, including shows at the New Museum, Art in General, and
Participant Inc. (all New York); Berlinische Galerie, Berlin; the Frye Art Museum,
Seattle; Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, MA; the Carpenter Center for
the Visual Arts, MA; Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City; Honolulu
Museum of Art, Hawaii; the Hong Kong & Shenzhen Biennale of
Urbanism/Architecture; Galerie Stadtpark, Krems, Austria; WRO Media Arts Bienniale,
Wroclaw, Poland; and PROGRAM Initiative for Art and Architecture Collaborations,
Berlin. Awards include a Rhizome Commission and grants from the Princess Grace
Foundation, the Laila Twigg-Smith Art Fund and the Experimental Television Center.
Graydon has been artist in residence at the MacDowell Colony, New Hampshire; NKD
Norwegian Artists’ Center, Norway; AIR Niederösterreich, Austria; Q-O2, Belgium;
and the Center for Computer Music, Brooklyn College. Graydon received his MFA in
Radio, Television, and Film from Northwestern University, and is currently based in
Cambridge, Massachusetts and Maui, Hawaii.