Tyler Gibney (HVW8): A Better Tomorrow
Posted by Art Project Curator, 11/14/2008 12:54:24 AM
“The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he’s always doing both.”
-anonymous
Tyler Gibney was born in Calgary, Canada and attended Concordia University, from which he graduated with a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts, Major in Design. He then started working freelance with his own “high rollers/headache” company and working with the Voice of Montreal which would soon become Vice Magazine. After leaving Vice magazine he founded Heavyweight Production House in 1998 with Gene ‘Starship’ Pendon and Dan ‘DSTRBO’ Buller. As part of the Heavyweight Art Installation he toured worldwide and held exhibitions at galleries such as the Parco gallery in Tokyo, 2001, and at the Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art (MOCCA) in Toronto and the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico in 2002.
In 2004 Tyler relocated to Los Angeles to open Heavyweight Production House, Inc, which includes music and fine arts projects, a clothing line, and design services for commercial clients such as adidas, Gravis and MGM. He co-founded the HVW8 Art + Design Gallery in 2006, which is a studio and exhibition space for HVW8 and friends. In 2008 Tyler launched HVW8 records featuring the Hawthorne Headhunters. He currently lives in Los Angeles.