about Tyler Gibney

“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

Originally from Calgary, Alberta, Tyler Gibney started his art + design career in Montreal as a BFA student, Major in Design from Concordia University. While in school Tyler started working freelance with his own “high rollers/headache” company and with the Voice of Montreal, which would soon become Vice Magazine.

After leaving Vice, Tyler founded Heavyweight Production House in 1998 with Gene ‘Starship’ Pendon and Dan ‘DSTRBO’ Buller. As part of the Heavyweight Art Installation, Tyler toured worldwide holding exhibitions at galleries such as the Parco gallery in Tokyo, 2001, 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 (such as HVW8 Presents: Music Is My Art” with Ubiquity records, 2005), a clothing line and design services for commercial clients such as adidas, Gravis and MGM. All activities are now housed under the HVW8 Art + Design Gallery, which Tyler co-founded in 2006 as a studio and exhibition space for HVW8 and friends. The gallery’s current mandate is supporting avant-garde graphic design artists, such as the works of Dutch designer/illustrator Parra and American designers Brent Rollins and Kevin Lyons. In 2008, Tyler launched HVW8 records with Addison Liu featuring the Hawthorne Headhunters, Red and Master Blazter.Tyler currently lives in Los Angeles.

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