Kari Byron Information
On MythBusters, Byron and fellow "Build Team" members Tory Belleci and Grant Imahara assist the hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman in testing the plausibility of various myths and also host their own segments. She became involved in the show after persistently showing up at Hyneman's M5 Industries workshop in a desire to get hired by his company. On her first day as a paid employee, she was asked by Hyneman and MythBusters producer Peter Rees to help out with the "vacuum plane toilet" myth, and was asked to model her buttocks for a cast. She and the other "Build Team" members were given a more prominent role beginning with the show's second season. Not having had a long history in show business, Byron at first found it difficult to act naturally with this more visible position but gradually became more accustomed to it.[4]
During the second half of the 2009 season, Byron was on parental leave from the show. She was temporarily replaced by Jessi Combs.[5]
Kari now also has her own show Head Rush on the Science Channel, geared towards science education and teens. She has also appeared in several episodes of the Bikini News Podcast.
Artist
Art and sculpting are important aspects of her life, and she has claimed that she creates some form of art every day, stating, "I would go crazy if I didn't". Some of her preferred sculpting materials are polymer clay, various found objects, acrylic gouache, wood and metals. Byron showcases some of her art on her personal website,[6] and photography from her public exhibit debut Stray Doll in September 2004 is available at Anno Domini.[7] She believes being an artist is a hard career to choose, but has found inspiration in artists such as various SECCA award winners in the past. Preferring to make her audience think, she has had the following to say about her art:
I do portraits or I make sculptures exploring my cynical view of contemporary issues. Artists that over-explain their art always take away from my experience as a viewer. I try to let my viewer make their own message. Art becomes more personal if you let yourself become involved. I will always explain my motivations and themes if someone asks but I prefer to hear theirs.
Following the success of MythBusters, she still makes sculptures, but she no longer displays them in exhibitions. She felt exposing her inner self through art exhibitions could conflict with the success of MythBusters, with visitors approaching her being more interested in talking about the show than her art. She has also expressed actually enjoying the freedom of working only for herself in this way.[8]
Kari Byron at Gen Con Indy 2006Personal life
Byron graduated from Los Gatos High School in Los Gatos, California and studied film and sculpture at San Francisco State University, graduating magna cum laude in May 1998 with a B.A. degree in film and sculpture.[6] Byron spent the following year backpacking, primarily in South Asia, including the Himalayas, and was also involved in a number of art projects.[9]
Byron is a pescetarian, a fact referred to on occasion on MythBusters where she has been visibly uncomfortable when experiments have called for the use of animal remains.[10] For a long time, she simply referred to herself as a vegetarian to avoid confusion, but later explained during an interview on the Suicide Girls website that she does in fact eat fish.[11] During the 2010 episode "Flu Fiction", she revealed that she has mysophobia, a fear of germs.
Byron says she's been an atheist since childhood.[11] She is married to artist Paul Urich.[3] The couple has a daughter who was born on June 28, 2009.[12]
Notes
- ^ "'MythBusters' Beauty Kari Byron Talks New Series 'Head Rush'". Tvsquad.com. August 23, 2010. http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/08/23/kari-byron-interview-head-rush/. Retrieved 2010-08-24.
- ^ "Kari Byron of ‘Mythbusters’ Hosts ‘Head Rush’ on Science Channel Beginning August 23". Tvbythenumbers.com. June 29, 2010. http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/06/29/kari-byron-of-mythbusters-hosts-head-rush-on-science-channel-beginning-august-23/55652. Retrieved 2010-08-24.
- ^ a b GOH, MELODY (May 25, 2008). "Three’s company". The Star. http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/25/tvnradio/21347698&sec=tvnradio. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
- ^ Mammy, Joe. "The Joe-Mammy.com interview with Kari Byron". Joe-Mammy.com. http://www.joe-mammy.com/pages/features/kari-byron/kari-byron.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
- ^ "Discovery Channel tweet announcing Jessi's addition to the show". July 31, 2009. http://twitter.com/Discovery/status/3058886718. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
- ^ a b "Kari Byron". http://www.karibyron.com/. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
- ^ "Kari Byron, Stray Doll exhibit > September 3–23, 2004". Anno Domini. http://www.galleryad.com/past_exhibits/karibyron04/. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
- ^ Mammy, Joe. "Kari Byron returns to Joe-Mammy.com". Joe-Mammy.com. http://www.joe-mammy.com/pages/features/kari-byron-2/kari-byron-2.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
- ^ "SBS: Mythbusters: Kari Byron". Special Broadcasting Service. http://www.sbs.com.au/shows/mythbusters/cast/detail/id/437. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
- ^ (flv) Vegetarian Nightmare. Discovery Channel. April 13, 2006. http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbusters-vegetarian-nightmare.html. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
- ^ a b Suicide Girls (March 30, 2011). "Interviews > Kari Byron". http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Kari%20Byron/. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
- ^ Discovery Channel US (June 29, 2009). "How about some GREAT NEWS?". http://twitter.com/Discovery/status/2392478497. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
External links
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Kari Byron |
- Official website
- Kari Byron – Host of Head Rush, Mythbusters – speaks with OneDublin.org
- Kari Byron Interview And Pictures - The Global Townhall
- Kari Byron's Discovery Channel bio
- Kari Byron at the Internet Movie Database
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| Name | Byron, Kari Elizabeth |
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| Short description | San Francisco artist, MythBusters build team member |
| Date of birth | December 18, 1974 |
| Place of birth | California, United States |
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Categories: 1974 births | Living people | American television personalities | American artists | American atheists | People from San Francisco, California | San Francisco State University alumni
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