B. 1974 Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Education

Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan, PhD 2011

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Master of Fine Arts 2002

University of Connecticut, Storrs, Bachelor of Fine Arts 1997

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, 1992-1994

Awards

Japanese Ministry of Education Scholarship to study at Tokyo University of the Arts

Fulbright Scholarship to study at the Academy of Fine Art, Krakow Poland 1998

Tyler's work has been featured in solo exhibits and juried shows at venues such as Yale University’s HaasArts Library, the International Biennial of Contemporary Prints-Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Liège, Belgium, the 2nd Bangkok Triennial International Print and Drawing Exhibition, and the Tokyo Wonderwall 2009 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan.

Tyler is currently a Grant Wood Fellow at the University of Iowa where he is developing a new body of artwork using skills and concepts learned in Japan but applying them to American subject matter. His imagery commemorates the unintended consequences and contradictory intentions that commonly appear in politics, protest movements, construction projects, and everyday life.