Wyatt Thiry

Education:

BFA Metalsmithing, Blacksmithing: Wayne State University - Enrolled

Jewelry Design: Hoschule Pforzheim, Germany - Fall Semester 2023

Awards / Scholarships:

Albert and Peggy deSalle Endowed Scholarship - Fall 2023, Winter 2024

Wayne State Art Activity Award - Winter 2023, Winter 2024

Exhibition (solo):

Color Imprint Studies 1, corner of Warren and Trumbull, Detroit MI - May 9 through May 23, 2024 documentation

Exhibition (group):

WSU UNDERGRADUATE EXHIBITION 2024 – April 26 through May 10, 2024

Time Studio: An Exploration of Moving Images, Wayne State University – April 26, 2024

detroit contemporary: 2024 Spring Salon - April 13 through 28, 2024

Werkshchau, Hoschule Pforzheim - February 9 and 10, 2024

GENESIS: Wayne State Undergraduate Exhibition - April 20 through May 5, 2023

As I See Me, Carr Center Detroit – March 15 through April 22, 2022

Exhibition (as curator):

Chronopolitics: Temporality, Fear and Media: Heather Mawson, Russell Industrial Center – March 29 through April 13, 2024

Decoded Encounters of Sight: Rae Dobbins, Russell Industrial Center – February 23, 2024

Recorded Performances:

Electric_Kingdom_with_JAV: WCBN, 88.3 FM Ann Arbor - April 20, 2024 WCBN archive until May 4, 2024

Electric_Kingdom_with_JAV: WCBN, 88.3 FM Ann Arbor - February 23, 2024 WCBN archive until March 8, 2024

LIVE Exploration 36: S4LEM Tribute 1: Jared Talaga house show - February 23, 2023 digital recording by Brian McFarlane

Relevant Activity:

Private Music Educator: Saxophone, Jazz, Free Improvisation, Audio Design, Composition - 2019 through 2022

Lead Photographer: YMCA Camp Eberhart - Summer 2022 and 2023

Intro to Jewelry / Metalsmithing Demos and Studio Maintenance: Wayne State University - 2022 through 2024

2022 Metals Portfolio

2023 Metals Portfolio

Neighborhood, digital audio video, spring 2024

exploration 43 - disgusted combo 1, digital audio video, spring 2024

exploration 44 - curious excerpt 1, digital audio video, spring 2024

excerpt from general statement, winter-spring 2024:

When viewed with the widest conceptual scope, my work presents alternatives to both internal and external value systems, status quos, and inter-personal expectations.

...conceptual considerations do not describe a unified “meaning” of the work, but rather the context in which they exist. Attempting to define the work’s expression with words is futile. If I had the words to convey what I am expressing, then all my work would be books. Each piece, whether visual, audial, or tactile, is produced precisely because it was the only option.