About
D. Victor Pytko
Born in Hoosick Falls, NY
Lives & works in Detroit, Mich.
Email: victorpyyko@att.net
Phone: 313-268-1053
Pytko is a life-long, award-winning artist, former newspaper editor, retired communications consultant and currently a filmmaker. His portfolio primarily includes abstracts, landscapes and assemblies. He continues to make art but his passion for storytelling and image making has involved him in numerous filmmaking projects. He is an actor, screenplay writer, director, still and video cameraman, film editor and producer. Several of his film projects have been art-based, including "Death of the World's Last Artist," "Core of Perfection," and "Girl in the Doritos Earring."
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Education
Indiana University, Canton (Ohio) Art Institute, Toldeo (Ohio) Art Institute, Ann Arbor (Mich.) Art Association and Birmingham Bloomfield (Mich.) Art Center.
Awards
2013 Finalist MiGreatArtist, Oakland County, Mich.
https://www.oakgov.com/advantageoakland/programs/migreatartist/Pages/winners.aspx
2008 “Our Town” Community House, Birmingham, MI, silver award
2007 Portrait Show, Lake Orion Art Association, third place
2005 24th Festival of the Arts 2005, Birmingham, MI, first place and honorable mention
2005 Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association All Media Show, “36 x 36 Eva Briggs Estate” award
2004 “Our Town,” Community House, Birmingham, MI, juror’s award
2004 Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association All Media Show, “36 x 36 Eva Briggs Estate” award
Residencies
2010 Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
2009 Friends of the Wm. E. Scripp's Estate
2008 Glen Arbor Art Center