KYLE STEED (b. 1982) Contemporary american artist
Steed’s practice is rooted in a pursuit of order. Informed by his background in design and coding, his paintings explore relationships between color, form, repetition and restraint. His visual language is one where structure and intuition continually converge.
His years living in Japan remain an enduring influence, evident in the economy of his compositions and the quiet balance between form and space. Central to his process is an act of reduction, removing what distracts until what remains feels inevitable. In this way, subtraction becomes a means of addition.
Neither wholly abstract nor figurative, Steed’s work occupies the space between the two. Systems give way to instinct and control makes room for discovery. He approaches painting as a collaboration with something not entirely known. A process of recognizing what arrives and responding with a resounding yes.
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