David Nyzio (born 1958) is an American artist whose work bridges the gap between art and science.[1]
He was born in Massachusetts, received a BFA from Southeastern Massachusetts University (North Dartmouth, Massachusetts) in 1982 and received an MFA from Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, New York) in 1986.[2] The artist lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Nyzio is best known for his use of plants, especially the blue-green algae cyanobacteria Oscillatoria.[3] Adventures in Articulation I, in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art, is a self-portrait rendered in algae. To create this work, the artist suspended a glass negative over a tank of water containing algae and a sheet of paper. An overhead light caused the algae to grow on the paper only where the light could pass through the negative.[4]