Installation view, Brian Byun, Fence Face at Kate Werble Gallery, New York. Photo credit: Adam Reich.

Fence Face, a solo exhibition by Brian Byun

Brian Byun’s first solo exhibition, Fence Face, inaugurates Kate Werble’s new gallery space in Soho, (New York, NY).

Byun’s nine brilliant paintings are symmetrical in form, built intuitively from layers of acrylic washes and colored pencil on canvas. His use of complimentary colors highlights the intensity of the geometric compositions and the overall effect of a harmonious balance of color within each painting.

Installation view, Brian Byun, Fence Face at Kate Werble Gallery, New York. Photo credit: Adam Reich.

Brian Byun (b. 1990, Seoul, South Korea), received his BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2013 and his MFA from Hunter College in 2019. He studied painting initially at Brookhaven Community College in Dallas, Texas and then went on to Chicago, IL. After graduating from the SAIC, Byun moved to NYC to attend the MFA program in painting at Hunter College. While at Hunter, Byun began working at as an artist’s assistant with Takashi Murakami’s painting studio in Long Island City. He currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.