Tyler K. Smith: Brainz ‘N Boltz

New York artist Tyler K. Smith draws upon a storied career spanning art, illustration, theatre, television, and film to create a world of fantastical creatures and futuristic machines. Combining traditional formalist concerns with the visual language of comic books and science fiction, Smith draws, paints, and constructs armies of lifeforms reveling in technology and racing through a smog-choked world. Smith’s knowledge of the internal logic of bodies and machines allows him to blend the organic and the mechanical seamlessly, resulting in dynamic and powerful gestural statements that celebrate dramatic action and embody extreme speed.