"Exhibiting You" - Author
John Michael
John Michael Byrd is an alumnus of Louisiana State University with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing with a minor in Art History. He is primarily a painting based artist, but also works in video, performance, and installation. Byrd’s work is about defiance, incubation and the malleability of the human body. John Michael has been featured in numerous regional and national shows and competitions. Also, he has been awarded several grants and scholarships including the J. Kenneth Edmiston Memorial Scholarship and the Carl M. Thorp Memorial Art Scholarship.
I showcase my artwork on a continual basis and am always striving to show different people of all walks of life as human and not as monsters.