Peter Gynd
Houston, Texas
Peter Gynd is an artist who grew up amongst the coastal rainforests of western Canada and is known for paintings influenced by his experiences in nature.
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Peter Gynd is an artist originally from Vancouver, Canada, and is known for his expressive oil paintings characterized as “single stroke landscapes”.
He studied Old Masters oil painting and classical sculpture before getting a BFA in Glassblowing in Calgary, Canada, and an MFA in Painting in New York City.
He has travelled the world to study art and has taught oil painting in Italy, Canada, Mexico and the United States.
In addition to making art, Peter Gynd is known for his curatorial projects, including a permanent exhibition at the Foundation Center (now Candid) in New York; critically reviewed presentations at the SPRING/BREAK Art Fair (NY & LA); and countless exhibitions by internationally known artists and rising stars while the director of Lesley Heller Gallery in New York (2016–2020).
Gynd’s paintings have been shown around North America, including solo shows at the SPRING/BREAK Art Fair in New York & L.A., Space 776 in New York, and the qathet Art Centre in British Columbia, Canada.
He has been a guest speaker at the Pratt Institute, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Long Island City University - Post, along with leading professional development workshops at NYFA, The Art Students League, Artadia, and Ninth Street Collective.