Press

“Balloon sculptor twists together physics and art” – CBC News, May 16, 2012
“Beck’s beer has never looked better” by Elly Fishman – Chicago Reader, May 7, 2012
“Chicago artwork on Beck’s beer label” by Georgia Garvey - RedEye, May 7, 2012
“The Collabowriters” - Good Day Sacramento, May 6, 2012
“Top Picks: Novel Idea” – CTV News, May 3, 2012
“Literatura 2.0″ - Revista Galileu, May 3, 2012
“Would You Read a Crowdsourced Novel?” by Heba Hasan – TIME, April 29, 2012
“Crowdsourced Novel Gets Written by the Internet” by Emma Hutchings – PSFK, April 26, 2012
“Would You Read a Novel Written by the Internet?” by Emily Temple – Flavorwire, April 24, 2012
“Willy Chyr Invites the Internet to Contribute to Novel, One Sentence at a Time” by Maryann Yin – GalleyCat, April 24, 2012
“Balloon Artist Demonstrates Link between Inflation and Happiness” by Dorian Rolston - Good News Toronto, November 19, 2011
“Willy Chyr” – Artist A Day, November 6, 2011
“Midwestern Voices and Visions” (PDF) – Alliance of Artists Communities, Fall 2011
“Anorak Hero – Willy Chyr” (PDF) – Anorak Vol. 17, Winter 2010
“Willy Chyr” (PDF) – It’s Nice That issue #4, October, 2010
“Big Omaha: From animals to installations, balloon artist Willy Chyr” by Danny Schreiber – Silicon Prairie News, June 3, 2010
“Meet Mr. Balloon Artist” – Televised Featured on WGN-TV’s Chicago Best, May 19, 2010
“Willy Chyr – Artista de los Globos y la Luz” (PDF) by Mari Carmen Nuño – ELLE (Mexico), June 2010
“Willy Chyr: Balloon Sculptor” by Anna Pesquidous – Platform, April 30, 2010
“Evolution in the Balloon Animal Kingdom” by Kyle VanHemert – Gizmodo, March 20, 2010
“Willy Chyr” by Will Hudson – It’s Nice That, March 18, 2010
“Balloon Artist” – Televised Feature on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight, August 11, 2009
“Arts Extravaganza” by Lloyd DeGrane – The University of Chicago Magazine, July-Aug 2009
“Fourth-year student takes balloon art to a higher level” by Susie Allen – University of Chicago Homepage Feature, June 2009
“Fourth-year installs balloon sculpture in BSLC” by Stacey Kirkpatrick – The Chicago Maroon, June 2, 2009
“Fota Op” by Anthony Ruth – The Core: College Magazine of the University of Chicago, Spring/Summer 2009