Kari Byron

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Kari Byron

Kari Byron
Born December 18, 1974 (age 32)
Flag of United States California, United States
Occupation MythBusters (build team)
Spouse Paul Urich
Website karibyron.com

Kari Elizabeth Byron (born December 18, 1974) is a San Francisco-based artist and television personality, best known for her position as assistant on the Discovery Channel show MythBusters

Byron graduated from Los Gatos High School and went on to study film and sculpture at San Francisco State University, graduating Magna Cum Laude in May 1998 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Film and Sculpture. Kari spent the following year backpacking - mostly in South Asia, including the Himalayas - and was also involved in a number of art projects. She also worked as a secret Martini shopper for a liquor company[1], and did various other jobs.

Kari is best known for her appearances on the Discovery Channel show MythBusters, where she assists Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman with projects about the myths they bust, as well as testing myths with fellow build team members Tory Belleci and Grant Imahara. She became involved in the show after persistently showing up at Hyneman's M5 Industries workshop in a desire to get hired at his company. On her first day as a paid employee, she was asked by Jamie and MythBusters producer Peter Rees to help out with the "vacuum plane toilet" myth. She was given a more prominent role in the show starting with its second season. Not having had a long history in show business, at first she found it hard to act naturally with this more visible position but gradually became more used to it.[2]

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. Kari showcases some of her art on her personal website[1], and photography from her public exhibit debut Stray Doll in September 2004 is available at Anno Domini.[2] 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. ”

She is a steadfast vegetarian (her visible disgust at the uses of animal meat used on the show is often put to comedic effect). As seen on the "vacuum plane toilet" myth, Kari has a tattoo on the front of her right hip, and also has a pierced tongue.

She has made guest appearances on The Late Show with David Letterman

Byron, along with the other build team members, was a guest of the Gen Con gaming convention in Indianapolis, Indiana, as well as the multi-genre Dragon Con in Atlanta, Georgia in 2006. In February 2007 she was a guest at the Portland Rod & Custom Show in Portland, Oregon and in March 2007 she was a guest at I-CON in Long Island, New York

Byron is considered a geek sex symbol as noted in a four-page spread of Byron posing with science equipment appearing in the June 2006 United States edition of lad magazine FHM. A Wired Magazine reader's poll named her the People's Choice Sexy Geek of 2006. [3].

  1. ^ http://www21.sbs.com.au/mythbusters/presenters/
  2. ^ http://www.joe-mammy.com/pages/features/kari-byron/kari-byron.htm
  3. ^ http://blog.wired.com/wiredphotos10/2006/12/peoples_choice_.html

MythBusters
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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
DATE OF DEATH
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