David Tycho

David Tycho was born in Vancouver, Canada, and later attended the University of British Columbia, where he studied painting under renowned Canadian artist Gordon Smith. After working through a number of traditional and contemporary styles, David arrived at his personal interpretation of figurative expressionism, which remained his focus until moving to Asia in 1984.

During a three-year stay in Japan, Tycho was introduced to Shodo, a Japanese style of expressive calligraphic painting. At the same time, he was also inspired by the abstract works of Robert Motherwell, Franz Kline and Willem de Kooning, and David began to explore abstraction for himself. This remained his focus for the next 20 years.

A return trip to Japan in 2011 inspired David to alter his approach to painting, and the subsequent work became more representational in nature, containing a number of recognizable Japanese themes and motifs.

Over the past decade, Tycho has been exploring a variety of subject matter: from natural and urban landscapes, to the human figure, to pure and total abstraction.

He has also begun to experiment with digital mixed-media images printed on aluminum. David has exhibited his work in New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Napa Valley, Seattle, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Milan, Brussels, Geneva, Singapore and Manila, and his paintings and digital prints are collected worldwide.

In addition to being a visual artist, Tycho is an often-published writer of articles on art, social issues and travel, and he is the winner of a Canadian Literary Award.