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Tyree Guyton (born August 24, 1955) is an artist from Detroit, Michigan. He is married to Jenenne Whitfield and continues to live in Detroit. Before becoming an artist, Guyton worked as a firefighter and an autoworker and served in the U.S. Army.
- Jenenne Whitfield
- August 24, 1955 (age 68), Detroit, MI
Tyree Guyton is an American Neo-Expressionist artist who is a proponent of Graffiti art and Urban Environmental art. He has waged a personal war on urban blight on Detroit's East Side, transforming his childhood neighborhood into a living indoor/outdoor art museum.
Detroit based artist. About; Philosophy; Work. Studio; Installation; Commissioned
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Tyree Guyton was one of ten children, born to George Guyton and Betty Solomon Guyton. He was raised on Heidelberg Street in east Detroit by his mother and elder siblings. He recalled that his neighborhood had been "really beautiful, with well-kept houses on all the lots and happy kids playing in the street". But that changed abruptly in 1967 when r...
Back in Detroit in 1986, Guyton found Heidelberg Street (as with many parts of the of the city) much changed, due largely to a sharp upturn in drug-related crime. He decided to use art to improve the area which he did by creating a massive installation, reminiscent of the "Visionary Environments" (that is, large-scale immersive, architectural insta...
By 1996 Guyton's reputation was starting to gain international recognition through a photographic exhibition that toured Europe. His rising profile saw him receive his first significant grant from the City of Detroit Cultural Affairs Department in 1997. The money was used to develop a Café and Welcoming Center in Heidelberg. Although he still faced...
While it is not strictly accurate to refer to Tyree Guyton as an "Outsider Artist", his work, particularly his career spanning Heidelberg Project, is strongly reminiscent of "Visionary Environments" created by Outsider artists like Leonard Knight, Nek Chand, and Simon Rodia. At the same time Guyton's work falls within the category of Activist art a...
Tyree Guyton is a Detroit-based artist who transforms abandoned houses and lots with colorful polka dots and found objects. Learn about his life, art, and the Heidelberg Project, a living art gallery that challenges assumptions and inspires hope.
- American
- August 24, 1955
- Detroit, Michigan
Mar 8, 2007 · Tyree Guyton is a public artist and the founder of the Heidelberg Project, a community art installation in Detroit. Learn about his life, art, influences, awards and interviews on The HistoryMakers website.
May 9, 2019 · The artist gained international acclaim making sculptures out of the wreckage in his neighborhood. Now he must effectively destroy his work in order to save it. Tyree Guyton, artist and founder...
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Tyree Guyton is an artist and social activist who created the Heidelberg Project, a landmark of art and community in Detroit. Learn about his life, work, awards, and philosophy on this web page.
