Tom Gall - Cane by David Byer-Tyre Wood sword w/ cloth case: 40 x 5 inches.

Tom Gall - Cane (Detail) by David Byer-Tyre Wood sword w/ cloth case: 40 x 5 inches. (Click images for blowups.)

David D. Byer-Tyre was born in New Bern, North Carolina, and currently resides in South Farmingdale. He received his MFA at C. W. Post in 2001, with a concentration in sculpture. David earned his BFA in Sculpture from Georgia State University in 1998, and his BA in Drawing and Painting from St. Augustine College, Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1996. He is a professional artist and a college instructor.

David works in a broad range of media: drawing (graphite, inks, woodcuts, etching, lithography), painting (all media, frescos, mosaics, stain glass), sculpting (stone, wood, clay, all foams, plastic injection molds, vacuum forms, fiberglass, latex, lost wax castings), welding (brazing, meg, tig, arc), and mixed media.

Many of David's personal and artistic endeavors are motivated by his goal to develop innovative ways to contribute to the African-American community through art. He aspires to provide functional and meaningful works in response to the current needs and issues concerning race relations. 

"I have chosen to sculpt a depiction of the first African-American land owner in the Town of Oyster Bay, Tom Gall. I will create and donate a coin and a cane, both displaying a representation of this significant historical figure in the Oyster Bay community. These two objects (the coin and cane) are cultural symbols of value. The coin represents a consistent value that is understood by parties in exchange. The cane represents a temporal value, a respect for the struggle endured by the carrier."

Some of his commissions include a kinetic/tactile sculpture for the Atlanta Center for the Visual Impaired; a quilting installation project for the Women In Need (WIN, Inc.), an organization that provides housing for economically displaced families; a mechanical lobster for Red Lobster Inc., that will be mounted in Times Square, New York; and original tactile art for visually-impaired children for the Long Island Children's Museum in Uniondale. While at C.W. Post, he designed and coordinated the building of The Labyrinth, a 47-foot-diameter mosaic encircled by benches, that serves as a communal site for student gatherings; organized middle-school children to construct mosaic tile markers for the community garden at the Queen of the Rosary Convent in Amityville; and at East Carolina University, David initiated the relocation and renovation of the Ledonia Wright Cultural Center, for which he created seven original works of art for its permanent collection and was the first recipient of its service award. David also has works displayed on the campuses of St. Augustine College and Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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