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Brian Cypher
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EXHIBITIONS
Art on Paper N.Y.: March 7-10, 2019. Brian Cypher & Sarah Norsworthy
Thicket: March 9th-April 7th, 2018. Brian Cypher, Rachel Maxi, Sarah Norsworthy, Tyler Keeton Robbins.
Everybody Knows: September 8 – October 7, 2017, Brian Cypher & Damien Hoar de Galvan. 
Glue: September 9 - October 15, 2016, Group show
Yellow: May 7 – June 4, 2016, Group show with: Gillian Theobald, Warren Dykeman, Robert Hardgrave, Brian Beck, Carole d’Inverno, Heather Wilcoxon, Helen O’Leary
Hinterland: August,  2015, Solo exhibition
Drawn to Scale: Brian Cypher, Sue Danielson, Warren Dykeman, Emily Gherard and Robert Hardgrave


Brian Cypher is a self-taught artist living and working in the Skagit Valley. Shortly after moving to Anacortes when he was 15, he established an art studio and began painting. Since then Cypher has shown his work throughout the United States and Europe. His artwork is based in formal abstraction that pulls from a multitude of sources including automatic drawing, observing nature and Abstract Expressionism. He finds his imagery through the process of drawing, material investigation and an open-ended approach to allow for a constant flow of ideas, tangents, and detours to occur in the work. Cypher works primarily with drawing, painting and printmaking. His work was recently added to the permanent collection of Microsoft.


The Ghost Tree, Oil and acylic on panel, 22 x 28 in. Bound Binary, 2017, Acrylic, oil and canvas on canvas, 60 x 48 in. Everybody Knows: Brian Cypher & Damien Hoar de Galvan - September, 2017    Mass Melt, 2017, Acrylic on panel, 48 x 60 in. Everybody Knows: Brian Cypher & Damien Hoar de Galvan - September, 2017  Mother Ocean, 2017, Acrylic on panel, 48 x 60 in. Everybody Knows: Brian Cypher & Damien Hoar de Galvan - September, 2017  Everybody Knows: Brian Cypher & Damien Hoar de Galvan - Sept., 2017 Brian Cypher, Nine Spots, 2016, Spray paint and oil stick on panel, 16 x 20 in. (Sold) Grid Tree, 2017, Acrylic on panel, 24 x 30 in Everybody Knows: Brian Cypher & Damien Hoar de Galvan - September, 2017  Sprawl, 2016, Fabric on stretched canvas, 96 x 108 in. 2016, Fabric on stretched canvas, 96 x 108 in. Balancing Brain, 2016, Acrylic and canvas on canvas, 84 x 96 in. Absent Islands, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 11 x 14 in. Thought Walker, 2017, Oil and oil stick on panel, 16 x 20 in. Cold Quietude, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 20 x 16 in. Yellow Reflection, 2014, Acrylic and oil stick on canvas, 16 x 20 in. Brian Cypher, Untitled, 2014, Oil on panel, 20 x 16 in. Gamut Web, 2014, Oil stick and spray paint on panel, 20 x 16 in. Glowing Red Jewel, 2014, Spray paint and oil stick on panel, 16 x 20 in. Chief Joseph, 2012, Spray paint and oil stick on canvas, 20 x 16 in. Inner Mirror, 2014, Oil stick on panel, 20 x 16 in. Red Sea, 2016, Spray paint and oil stick on panel, 16 x 20 in. Window Plant, 2016, Oil stick on panel, 20 x 16 in. Found Facet, 2013, Spray paint and oil stick on canvas, 30 x 24 in. $3,200 Over The Horizon Radar, 2013, Oil on panel, 12 x 10 in. Brain Duality, 2013, Oil on panel, 10 x 12 in. Blue Tube, 2012, Acrylic on paper, 17 x 14 in. (Sold)