b. 1964, Ireland
Anne Ryan is a contemporary artist who creates figurative paintings and sculptures drawing on observations from everyday life. Charged with energy and attitude, her colourful works are always in motion – they dance, writhe, and mosh. Ryan loves music, the movies and mythologies, and these cultural references fuel her work. Born in Limerick, Ireland in 1964, Ryan lives and works in London and Kent. She studied at Limerick School of Art and Birmingham University and was Abbey Fellow in Painting at the British School at Rome in 2016. Solo exhibitions include Earthly Delites, Hastings Contemporary, 2020; Euoī, Euoī, Euoī, Ribot Gallery, Milan, 2019; A Barbarian at the Gate, greengrassi, London, 2017 and The Cowboy Paintings, Turps Gallery, London, 2017. She will be exhibiting at Turner Contemporary, Margate, in November 2021.