KATHLEEN RYAN
b. 1984 Santa Monica, California; Lives and works in New Jersey.

Education:
2014 MFA UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
2006 BA Pitzer College, Claremont, CA, USA

Solo Exhibitions:

2024
Spotlight: Kathleen Ryan, Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
KATHLEEN RYAN, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany

2023
Shell, Karma, New York, USA
Kathleen Ryan: Head and Heart, The Aldrich Contemporary Museum, Ridgefield, CT, USA
Beachcomber, François Ghebaly, Los Angeles, USA

2022
Red Rose, Josh Lilley, London, UK

2021
Kathleen Ryan, Karma, New York, USA

2020
Bad Fruit, François Ghebaly, Los Angeles, USA

2018
Kathleen Ryan, New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, UK
Cultivator, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA, USA

2018
Seven Sculptures at Sunset, Josh Lilley, London, UK
Man Made Moon, Cc Foundation, Shanghai, China

2017
Pink Hook Iron Eyes, Arsenal Contemporary, New York, USA
Bacchante, Theseus Temple at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
Weightless Again, Francois Ghebaly, Los Angeles, USA

2016
Kathleen Ryan, Josh Lilley, London, UK

2010
Tasteful Improvements, workspace, Los Angeles, USA

Group Exhibitions:

2024
Spirit in the Land, Cummer Museum, Jacksonville, FL, USA
Spirit in the Land, Pérez Art Museum, Miami, USA

2023
Tender Loving Care, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
Worlds Away: Art, Nature and Wellbeing, Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham, UK
Room by Room: Concepts, Themes, and Artists in The Rachofsky Collection, The Warehouse, Dallas, USA
La Cinquième Saison, Paris par Art Basel, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, France
Spirit in the Land, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Junkyard of Dreams, Bortolami Gallery, New York, USA

2022
Wild Strawberries, 125 Newbury, New York, USA
Strange Attractors, The Anthology of Interplanetary Folk Art, Vol. 3: Lost in Space, Apalazzo Gallery, Brescia, Italy
Women’s Work, Lyndhurst Mansion, Tarrytown, NY, USA
Summer Exhibition, The Royal Academy, London, UK
Fruiting Bodies, Tanya Bonakdar, New York, USA
A Través, James Cohan, New York, USA

2021
The Stomach and the Port, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK
Time Takes a Cigarette, Josh Lilley, London, UK
Bodywork: Discomfort and Existence, Massimo De Carlo, Milan, Italy

2020
Accelerate your escape, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
Wild Cinema, Cc Foundation, Shanghai, China

2019
Desert X 2019, Coachella Valley, CA, USA
Bad Peach, François Ghebaly, Los Angeles, USA
Alternate Realities - Selection of Works from the Collection, Arsenal Contemporary, Montreal, Canada
Stains on a Decade, Josh Lilley, London, UK
Motion & Motive, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Montreal, Canada

2018
Outrageous Ornament: Extreme Jewelry in the 21st Century, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, USA
Liquid Dreams, François Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Sculpture, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, USA
Pine Barrens, Tanya Bonakdar, New York, USA
Vision Valley, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, USA
I Had the Landscape in my Arms, Josh Lilley Gallery, London, UK
Spieltrieb, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, USA
Frieze Sculpture, Regent's Park, London, UK

2017
Webutuk Vuitton curated by Carlos Reyes, The Re Institute, Millerton, NY, USA
The Leftovers, Simon Lee Gallery, New York, USA
L’Été plus vaste que l’Empire, Wentrup Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Gates of Hell, Arturo Bandini, Los Angeles, USA

2016
Water Biscuit, Josh Lilley Gallery, London, UK
Flavr Savr*, The Pit, Glendale, CA, USA
Performing the Grid, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2015
Frieze Sculpture Park, Regent's Park, London, UK
Jeff, Grice Bench, Los Angeles, USA
SOGTFO, Francois Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
71st Scripps Ceramics Annual, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA, USA

2014
Artificial Complexion, Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, USA
Control Lapse, Josh Lilley Gallery, London, UK
ck one daily, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
MFA #3, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
2x2x2: Nevine Mahmoud & Kathleen Ryan, Favorite Goods, Los Angeles, USA
The White Album, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA
A Meerkat's Whistle, 3 Days Awake, Los Angeles, USA
Temecula, Helmuth Projects, San Diego, CA, USA
Corporeal Impulse, Vincent Price Art Museum, Monterey Park, CA, USA

2013
MFA Preview, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
Wall Painting, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA, USA
Screens, & Pens Press, Culver City, CA, USA

2012
Qualified by Light, Actual Size, Los Angeles, USA
The Planter Show, ForYourArt, Los Angeles, USA
Kottabos, curated by Marina Pinsky, Los Angeles, USA

2011
My head is falling out so I'm standing on my stomach, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA, USA
HAKKA, the Notary Public, New York, USA

2010
Hollowing, Infernoesque, Berlin, Germany

Public Collections:
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas, USA

Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA

Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California, USA

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, USA

Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA

Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, USA

Kistefos Museum, Jevnaker, Norway

Arsenal Contemporary, Montreal, Canada

Awards:
Rosa Schapire Art Prize, Hamburger Kunsthalle