A shirtless young man with short hair and a chain necklace, winking and holding an art project. The project appears to be a large sculpture resembling an animal face with a cartoonish expression, adorned with various tattoo-style drawings.

Bio

Tyler McCoy is an American artist raised in Crown Point, Indiana, and attended Purdue University in 2022, where he began studying Art Education and Art History. He received a Bachelor’s degree in both Studio Arts & Technology as well as Art History.

He continues contributing to the contemporary art world through his ceramic and photography work in ways that reflect his evolving perspective and sense of humor, striving to make work that resonates with the world around him. Confronting our own personal vulnerabilities in an invasive yet intimate approach to art, balancing both the grotesque and the humorous. 


exhibitions

2022-2023 Purdue University Public Gallery Art Education Exhibition

2024 Purdue University Public Gallery Juried Art Education Exhibition 

2024 Lens Scratch Online Dinner Exhibition

2025 3rd place prize for ceramics in the Juried Undergraduate Art and Design show 

2025 3rd place prize for Photography in the Juried Undergraduate Art and Design show 

2025 Artwork in Sebastopol, California Center for the Arts Contemporary Photography Exhibition