David Byrd • Catalogue Raisonné
Catalogue entry
P40
Awoken Person
1984
Oil on canvas
24 x 31 in. (61 x 78.7 cm)
Signed and dated lower right pencil: BYRD
Private collection
Photo: Tom Gorman; © 2013
Provenance
David Byrd Estate
White Columns Gallery
Private collection
Exhibitions
Edgewood College Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin, David Byrd: War Is Always With Us, August 20–October 18, 2015. Traveled to: St. Catherine University, Catherine G. Murphy Gallery, St Paul, Minnesota, November 7–December 20, 2015.
Zieher Smith and Horton, New York, David Byrd and Peter Gallo, The Doctors and the Patients, November 17–December 19, 2015.
St. Catherine University, Catherine G. Murphy Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota, David Byrd: War Is Always With Us, November 7–December 20, 2015.
Franklin Stage Company, Franklin, New York, The Dramatic Gesture: Paintings of David Byrd, July 1–31, 2017.
Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, Patient Pondering, September 13–November 10, 2018.
White Columns, 91 Horatio St, New York, David Byrd, January 17–March 9, 2019.
Literature
"Violence, madness, breath' in gallery movement meditation." (St. Paul, Minnesota)December 10, 2015.
Feigen, Lev. "A Psych Ward-Inspired Trove of Outsider Art Finally Sees the Light." Hyperallergic, November 1, 2018.
Higgs, Matthew, Andrea Hull. "Interview: Videographer Andrea Hull speaks with Matthew Higgs, director of White Columns." In David Byrd Catalogue Raisonné, by Jody Isaacson and Jessica Farrell. Sidney Center, NY: David Byrd Estate, 2024.
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Record last updated July 15, 2024. Please note the catalogue is an evolving project and continually updated with new information that best reflects David Byrd's legacy.
Citation: Isaacson, Jody and Jessica Farrell. "Awoken Person, 1984 (P40)." In David Byrd Catalogue Raisonné. Sidney Center, NY: David Byrd Estate. www.davidbyrdcatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=38 (accessed on September 29, 2026).