Independent Collectors

Chaotic Contemporary

Chicago based collector Troy Klyber, is a contemporary art collector that loves to engage in a bit of chaos.

Troy Klyber’s passion for collecting all started when he became exposed to contemporary art as intellectual property counsel for the Art Institute of Chicago, with the focus being on mainly collage and the creative remixing of preexisting content. Now, some ten years later, the scope of the collection has broadened to include works that explore the human capacity for creativity, knowledge, wonder, and finding order and beauty in a chaotic world and larger universe.

Here, Klyber shares work from his collection.

ALPHA LUBICZ DEAL, Bam!, 2009. Courtesy the artist
ALPHA LUBICZ DEAL, Bam!, 2009. Courtesy the artist
TONY FITZPATRICK, The December Moth, 2010. Courtesy the artist
TONY FITZPATRICK, The December Moth, 2010. Courtesy the artist
ALPHA LUBICZ DEAL, Little Mistake, 2010. Courtesy the artist
ALPHA LUBICZ DEAL, Little Mistake, 2010. Courtesy the artist
ALPHA LUBICZ DEAL, Mutual Decision, 2009. Courtesy the artist
ALPHA LUBICZ DEAL, Mutual Decision, 2009. Courtesy the artist
ALPHA LUBICZ DEAL, Untitled, 2013. Courtesy the artist
ALPHA LUBICZ DEAL, Untitled, 2013. Courtesy the artist
LANCE LETSCHER, Tidal Wave, 2014. Courtesy Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York
LANCE LETSCHER, Tidal Wave, 2014. Courtesy Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York
BRIAN DETTMER, Manual of Practical Anatomy Vol 3, 2007. Courtesy the artist
BRIAN DETTMER, Manual of Practical Anatomy Vol 3, 2007. Courtesy the artist
BRIAN DETTMER, Music of the World, 2009. Courtesy the artist
BRIAN DETTMER, Music of the World, 2009. Courtesy the artist
DUNCAN ROBERT ANDERSON, Portrait of my Brother, c. 2008. Courtesy the artist
DUNCAN ROBERT ANDERSON, Portrait of my Brother, c. 2008. Courtesy the artist
KATIE PATERSON, History of Darkness (207,435,598 ly), 36/∞, 2010. Courtesy the artist
KATIE PATERSON, History of Darkness (207,435,598 ly), 36/∞, 2010. Courtesy the artist
RANDY REGIER, Blazing Model Sun, 2011. Courtesy the artist
RANDY REGIER, Blazing Model Sun, 2011. Courtesy the artist
DUNCAN ROBERT ANDERSON, Isolated Fish Instinctively Hiding from Silhouettes of Birds Passing Overhead, 2014. Courtesy the artist
DUNCAN ROBERT ANDERSON, Isolated Fish Instinctively Hiding from Silhouettes of Birds Passing Overhead, 2014. Courtesy the artist
RENEE ROBBINS, Crescent Tidal Bloom, 2010. Courtesy the artist
RENEE ROBBINS, Crescent Tidal Bloom, 2010. Courtesy the artist
DUNCAN ROBERT ANDERSON, The Winter Bride (conversation at the Arctic Circle), 2015. Courtesy the artist
DUNCAN ROBERT ANDERSON, The Winter Bride (conversation at the Arctic Circle), 2015. Courtesy the artist
TONY FITZPATRICK, Bird for the Daughters of Juarez, 2011. Courtesy the artist
TONY FITZPATRICK, Bird for the Daughters of Juarez, 2011. Courtesy the artist
TONY FITZPATRICK, The Sky At Ohio #16 (The Night Compass), 2013. Courtesy the artist
TONY FITZPATRICK, The Sky At Ohio #16 (The Night Compass), 2013. Courtesy the artist
TONY FITZPATRICK, Lunch Drawing #71: Kid Ghost, 2014. Courtesy the artist
TONY FITZPATRICK, Lunch Drawing #71: Kid Ghost, 2014. Courtesy the artist
DUNCAN ROBERT ANDERSON, Jupiter’s Great Red Storm, Long Fueled by Adulatory Mimicry of Prairie Dust Clouds, Slowly Dissipating as Final Tremors of Bison Hooves Reach Outer Atmosphere Two Centuries Later, 2015. Courtesy the artist
DUNCAN ROBERT ANDERSON, Jupiter’s Great Red Storm, Long Fueled by Adulatory Mimicry of Prairie Dust Clouds, Slowly Dissipating as Final Tremors of Bison Hooves Reach Outer Atmosphere Two Centuries Later, 2015. Courtesy the artist
MARITTA TAPANAINEN, Ilo Ilta, 2009. Courtesy of the artist and Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles
MARITTA TAPANAINEN, Ilo Ilta, 2009. Courtesy of the artist and Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles
MARK REYNOLDS, Minor Third Series Harmonics, 8.22.11, 2011. Courtesy the artist and Pierogi Gallery, New York
MARK REYNOLDS, Minor Third Series Harmonics, 8.22.11, 2011. Courtesy the artist and Pierogi Gallery, New York
DUNCAN ROBERT ANDERSON, Jupiter’s Great Red Storm, Long Fueled by Adulatory Mimicry of Prairie Dust Clouds, Slowly Dissipating as Final Tremors of Bison Hooves Reach Outer Atmosphere Two Centuries Later, 2015. Courtesy the artist
DUNCAN ROBERT ANDERSON, Jupiter’s Great Red Storm, Long Fueled by Adulatory Mimicry of Prairie Dust Clouds, Slowly Dissipating as Final Tremors of Bison Hooves Reach Outer Atmosphere Two Centuries Later, 2015. Courtesy the artist
JASON SALAVON, 100 Special Moments (Newlyweds), 2004. Courtesy the artist
JASON SALAVON, 100 Special Moments (Newlyweds), 2004. Courtesy the artist
AI KIJIMA, Erehwon 23, 2006. Courtesy the artist
AI KIJIMA, Erehwon 23, 2006. Courtesy the artist
BRIAN DETTMER, Literal Inner Micro Love, 2007. Courtesy the artist
BRIAN DETTMER, Literal Inner Micro Love, 2007. Courtesy the artist