Hershey, PA
About Jeff Bye:
Jeff is originally from Long Meadow, Massachusetts. From an early age, he showed a talent for rendering still lives and landscapes. Because visual communication always interested him, he decided to pursue art after graduating high school.
Jeff entered the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) for his undergraduate studies, where he discovered his passion for the human figure. Jeff spent a year in Rome, Italy through RISD's European Honors program where he studied classical art and architecture.
After RISD, Jeff continued with his graduate studies at the New York Academy of Figurative Art. His formal education exposed him further to the works of artists like Henri Matisse, Pierre Bonnard and Lucian Freud, whose styles influence his work to this day. Also while in New York, he was able to focus his attention further with the figure while taking advantage of New York's vast cultural resources.
Jeff currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. He is part of galleries in NY, Boston, & Maine. His works have been exhibited nationally and internationally and is part of collections all over the world.
Selected exhibitions
- Lyden Gallery - Group Show Elizabethtown,PA, 2013
- Red Raven - Featured Artist/Lancaster, PA, 2012
- The Drawing Room - Group Show/Greenwich, CT, 2012
- Greenhut Galleries - Solo Show /Portland, ME, 2012
- MDH Fine Art - Solo Show/New York, NY, 2010
Education
- New York Academy of Art, MFA/ Painting - New York, NY,1996
- Rhode Island School of Design, BFA/ Illustration - Providence, RI,1994
Press Accolades
- Studio Visit Magazine - Summer Edition June 2010
- NESEN Sports - Shows Fenway July 2010
- Main Home & Design - 60 Most Collectable Spring 2010