Kathleen Ryan
b. Santa Monica, California 
Lives and works in New York

 

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

2022
Red Rose, Josh Lilley, London, UK

2021
Kathleen Ryan, Karma, New York, USA

2020
Bad Fruit, François Ghebaly, Los Angeles, USA

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

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

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

2016
Kathleen Ryan, Josh Lilley, London, UK

2010
Tasteful Improvements, workspace, Los Angeles, CA, USA


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

2020
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
Sculpture, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, USA
Pine Barrens, Tanya Bonakdar, New York, USA
Liquid Dreams, Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Outrageous Ornament: Extreme Jewelry in the 21st Century, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, USA 
Spieltrieb, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, USA
Vision Valley, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, USA
I Had the Landscape in my Arms, Josh Lilley Gallery, London, UK
Frieze Sculpture, Regent's Park, London, UK

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

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

2015
Frieze Sculpture Park, Regent's Park, London, UK
SOGTFO, Francois Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Jeff, Grice Bench, 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
2x2x2: Nevine Mahmoud & Kathleen Ryan, Favorite Goods, Los Angeles, USA
The White Album, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA
ck one daily, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
A Meerkat's Whistle, 3 Days Awake, Los Angeles, USA
Temecula, Helmuth Projects, San Diego, CA, USA
MFA #3, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
Corporeal Impulse, Vincent Price Art Museum, Monterey Park, CA, USA

2013
Screens, & Pens Press, Culver City, CA, USA
MFA 2014, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
Wall Painting, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA, USA

2012
Qualified by Light, Actual Size, Los Angeles, USA
Kottabos, curated by Marina Pinsky, Los Angeles, USA
The Planter Show, ForYourArt, 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:
Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, USA
Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durhan, North Carolina, USA
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA
Cc Foundation and Art Centre, Shanghai, China
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA
Arsenal Contemporary, Montreal, Canada


Awards:
Rosa Schapire Art Prize, Hamburger Kunsthalle
Dean’s Award, UCLA
D’Archy Hayman Scholarship, Los Angeles
Laura Anderson Scholarship, Los Angeles
UCLA Art Council Award, UCLA
Graduate Division Award, UCLA
University Fellowship, UCLA
Keck Scholarship, Pitzer College, Claremont, California