Catherine Ryan's drawings investigate the relationships that exist between humans and the natural world, and the tension created when wild creatures are viewed in close proximity with mankind.
Catherine Ryan's dark observations on life (and death) utilize animals as symbols, while at the same time raising questions about man's role as predator and consumer.
born 1978 in Livingston, New Jersey
lives and works in San Francisco
founding member of the
Thin Ice collective
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2000
California College of the Arts
San Francisco
Exhibitions, Publications, Awards
| 2010 | Gawker Artists, New York, NY | "Curators Pick" |
| 2010 | The Working Proof, New York, NY | Limited Edition Print "Man with two Bears" |
| 2010 | Paper Boat Gallery, Milwaukee, WI | Solo exhibition |
| 2009 | Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA | Group exhibition |
| 2009 | Ruby-Mag, Issue #41 | Featured artist |
| 2009 | Leslie's Artgallery, Bridel, Luxembourg | Group show "NEW FIGURATIVE CONTEMPORARY ART" |
| 2009 | Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco, CA | Group exhibition "Mixed Metaphors and Obsessive Compulsive Behavior" |
| 2008 | Blurb, ArtBook of Leslie's Artgallery | Featured Artist |
| 2008 | Cerasoli Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | Solo exhibition |
| 2008 | Paper Boat Gallery, Milwaukee, WI | Solo exhibition |
| 2008 | Aqua Hotel, Miami, FL | Group show "Aqua Art Miami" |
| 2008 | Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH | Group exhibition "The Allegory of the Mountain" |
| 2008 | Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA | Group exhibition "Vacancy : Dead Spaces" |
| 2008 | Gallery Homeland, Portland, OR | Group exhibition |
| 2008 | Cerasoli Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | Group exhibition |
| 2008 | The House of Tate Online Art Magazine | Featured Artist; Issue 9 |
| 2007/2008 | Gallery Don Rocca, Odense, Denmark | Group exhibition "X-MAS Show #1" |
| 2007 | Red Dot Art Fair, Miami Beach, FL | Group exhibition |
| 2007 | Roberts & Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | Group exhibition |
| 2007 | OnSix Gallery, San Francisco, CA | Group exhibition |
| 2007 | The Affair @ The Jupiter Hotel, Portland, CA | Group exhibition |
| 2007 | SQFT Gallery, Nashville, TN | Group exhibition |
| 2007 | Hinterconti, Hamburg, Germany | Group exhibition "There is No Light without Darkness" |
| 2007 | Hide Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA | Group exhibition "Beast Epic" |
| 2007 | Weblog Foggy Grizzly | interview by Claudio Parentela |
| 2007 | Tinlark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | Solo exhibition "RE : Views" |
| 2007 | Tinlark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | Group exhibition "Mind Full" |
| 2006 | Papertiger.Media, Vol 2, #29 | interview "Anything I like" |
| 2006 | HANG Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA | Solo exhibition "Being There" |
| 2006 | Third Drawer Down Gallery, Melbourne, Australia | Inaugural Exhibition |
| 2006 | EgoPark Gallery, Oakland, CA | Group exhibition "Beast Epic" |
| 2006 | OnSix Gallery, San Francisco, CA | Group exhibition "Labyrinth" |
| 2006 | Auto3321 Art Gallery, Oakland, CA | Group exhibition "Collecting" |
| 2006 | Tinhorn Public Works Gallery, San Francisco, CA | Group exhibition "Facing West" |
| 2006 | Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA | Group exhibition "Community Virology" |
| 2006 | 21 Grand Gallery, Oakland, CA | Group exhibition "RE : Figure" |
| 2006 | New York, NY | AAF Contemporary Art Fair |
| 2005 | Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Ireland | Artist in Residence |
| 2005 | The Lab, San Francisco, CA | Group exhibition "The Postcard Show" |
| 2005 | New York, NY | AAF Contemporary Art Fair |
| 2005 | SFMart Gallery, San Francisco, CA | Group exhibition "13 Artists" |
| 2005 | HANG Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA | Group exhibition "Figuratively Speaking" |
| 2004 | Femina Potens Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA | Solo exhibition "Icon-O-Size" |
| 2004 | HANG Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA | Group exhibition "Generation ?" |
| 2004 | Creative Electric Studios, Minneapolis, MN | Group exhibition "RE : Connect" |
| 2004 | Balazo Gallery, San Francisco, CA | Group exhibition |
| 2003 | Douglas Bullis : 100 Artists of the West Coast | presentation pp. 112-123 |
| 2003 | Get Underground | Featured artist |
| 2003 | HANG Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA | Solo Exhibition "Home Movies" |
| 2003 | Liminal Gallery, Oakland | Group exhibition "The 1/4 mile" |
| 2002 | HANG Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA | Group exhibition "Four in the foreground" |
| 2000 | Tecoah and Thomas Bruce Galleries | Group exhibition "Alumni Juried" |
| 1996 | California College of the Arts, San Francisco | Creative Achievement Award |
| 1996 | Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY | Presidential Merit Scholarship |