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DEPE Space: Graem Whyte Interview
Graem Whyte is a sculptor born and raised in metro Detroit, currently based in Hamtramck, Michigan. His career started in the field of architecture, later shifted to fine art, and now hybridizes both disciplines. In 2004, Whyte created the one night only weekly art showcase This Week In Art at Motor City Brewing Works, which continues to the present. In 2007 Whyte and his wife, Faina Lerman, founded the experimental art venue Popps Packing in Hamtramck. Currently, Whyte is working on Squash House, the conversion of an abandoned house in Detroit into a squash court and community squash garden, and is in the development stages of Popps Emporium, an experimental storefront, community gallery, and social club utilizing barter and time-based exchange. His work utilizes a wide array of materials and often fuses architecture, mythology, and patterns of mathematics and nature with a wry sense of humor.
Active as a sculptor of Contemporary art since 1998.