The Drawers - Bryan Ryley  Statement/Resume

 exhibitions in the drawers in the gallery commentaries artists catalogs contact

BORN:
1952 Lives & works in Vernon, British Columbia

EDUCATION:
1977 MFA (Honours), Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
1974 BFA (Honours), university of Victoria, Victoria British Columbia

RELATED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1976-77 Graduate seminar Leader, Contemporary Issues in American Art, Whitney Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
1979-80 Emma Lake Artists Workshops, University of Saskatchewan, Emma Lake, Saskatchewan

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2000 "New Work", Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1996 "Bury the Abstract Expressionists", Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, AB
1996  Vernon Public Art Gallery, Silver Star Mountain, Vernon, BC
1996 "Raven Drawings 'for Sylvia' ", Montgomery Fine Arts, Vancouver, BC
1996 "Weather & tools", Headbones Gallery, Vernon, British Columbia
1995 "Recent Paintings & Drawings", Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, AB
1993 "Recent Paintings. Xerox British Columbia Open", Predator Ridge Golf Resort, Vernon, British Columbia
1992  Kelowna Public Art Gallery, Kelowna, British Columbia
1992 "Legacy - Public Sculpture" Vernon, British Columbia
1992 "Creator of Awards", British Columbia Festival of Arts, Vernon, BC
1991 "Recent Sculpture and Drawings", Szombathy/Charlton, Vernon, BC
1990 "Recent Paintings & Drawings", Kanoui Forbes Gallery, New York
1989 "Stock Exchange", Lakewood Art Gallery, Vernon, BC
1988 “New Paintings", Grand Forks Public Art Gallery, Grand Forks, BC
1987 "Recent paintings & Drawings", Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, AB
1986 "Recent paintings & Drawings", Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, AB
1986 "Terrain", Kelowna Public Art Gallery, Kelowna, British Columbia
1985 "Recent paintings & Drawings", Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, AB1984 "Recent paintings & Drawings", 1985  Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, AB
1985 "Dog Town Common", Vernon Public Art gallery, Vernon, BC
1982 "Paintings & Drawings", Heffel Fine Art Inc., Vancouver, BC
1981 "Paintings & Drawings", Heffel Fine Art Inc., Vancouver, BC
1979 "Emma Lake Paintings", Kelowna Public art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
1978 "Field and Trajectories", Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
1977 "Shifting Fields", Canadian Consulate Gallery, New York

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
1997 "Works on Paper", Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1997 "Visuals from Audibles", Headbones Gallery, Vernon, BC
1996 "Approaching Abstraction", Art Gallery of South Okanagan, Penticton,BC
1996 "Stepping Stones: Inaugural Exhibition", Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
1995 "Small Matters", Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, British Columbia
1995 "Defining Feminism", Headbones Gallery, Vernon, British Columbia
1994 "Alumni International", Manhattan Gallery, Pratt Institute, New York
1994 Shafter Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
1993 "Ryley and Alcock: Recent Sculpture", Szombathy/Charlton, Vernon, BC
1993 "Drawings", Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1992 "New Acquisitions", Petro Canada Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1990 "Diversity", Vernon Public Art gallery, Vernon, British Columbia
1990 " Ryley and Suarez: Cartoons & Boxes", Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, British Columbia
1989 "Works on Paper", Edmonton Art gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
1982 "New Additions", Judith Sekowitz Fine Art, New York
1981 "Emma Lake Artist", Edmonton Art Gallery (Travelling), Edmonton, AB
1980 "Young Talent", Russell Sage Gallery, Troy, New York
1977 "5th International New York Invitational/Canadian Representative", United Nations, United Nations 1977 Plaza, New York
1977 “Ford Foundation Recipient Exhibition",Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY