Kathleen Ryan
b. 1984, United States
Kathleen Ryan (b. 1984, Santa Monica, USA) creates sculptures in the palette of the American vernacular, drawings on trinkets, hobbies and leisure; the glory and rudimentary phenomena of nature; and the playground-cum-junkyard of abundance at that country’s heart. A graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, Ryan has held institutional solo exhibitions at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; the New Art Gallery, Walsall, UK; the MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, USA; and the Cc Foundation & Art Centre, Shanghai. Her work was exhibited in the 2021 Liverpool Biennale, and is held in public collections including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, and the Nasher Sculpture Centre, Dallas. She will hold a solo exhibition at the Hamburg Kunsthalle in 2023.
Kathleen Ryan lives and works in New York.