Bio / CV
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Contact: RyanVBrennan@gmail.com
Ryan V. Brennan (b. Cincinnati, Ohio 1982) has exhibited internationally in Germany, France and Taiwan and nationally (New York City, Chicago, Brooklyn, San Francisco, Miami, Richmond). Recently in 2011, he exhibited with the BMW Guggenheim Lab and had a solo museum show at Real Art Ways in Hartford, CT. He has shown in Scope New York 10, Scope Miami 09 and Scope Hamptons 07 as well as LA Art Fair 08/09. Ryan received the Jonathan Madrigano Fellowship for The Arts through the National Arts Club in 2010. He also was the recipient of a full fellowship to the Vermont Studio Center in 2006 and has been featured in a variety of publications including The New York Times, Beautiful Decay LA, Daily Serving, The Sunday Paper Atlanta, Biscayne Times Miami, and Savannah Morning News.
CV
Education
2005 B.F.A. Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2003 Savannah College of Art and Design Lacoste, France
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010-11 Close Your Eyes And Look As Far As You Can See, Real Art Ways Museum, Hartford, Connecticut
2010 Exponential Reflections of a Finite Forest, Chashama Arts, Window Installation across the street from the MoMA
2010 Beneath the Unraveling Horizon, National Arts Club, Jonathan Madrigano Fellowship for the Arts, New York
2010 Scope Art Fair, jackie paper, New York
2010 NowIshIsm, Part Time Studios, Philadelphia
2009 Close Your Eyes and Look as Far as You Can See, Work Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Day Dreams in the Age of Delightenment, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 21st Century A.D. The Delightenment, desot O row Gallery, Savannah, GA
2004 Suggestive Narrative Los Robles Gallery, Savannah, GA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 Love Night, BMW Guggenheim Lab, Curator Maria Nicanor, New York, NY
2011 Index Festival Showcase Satellite, General Public, Curator Kristin Trethewey, Berlin, Germany
2011 Activate Yourself DVD Rental Project, Taipei Museum of Contemporary Art, Curator Hongjohn Lin, Taiwan
2011 Electra, Spanish Cultural Center, Jodie Dinapoli and Ella Levitt, NYC
2011 Read the Rules Before You Use the Pool, “INDEX Festival of Media + Culture”, NYC, Kristin Trethewey
2010 Never Can Say Goodbye, No Longer Empty, Manon Slome, New York, NY
2010 Younger Than Moses, Benrimon Contemporary, New York, NY
2010 Mission Edition, Christina Ray Gallery, New York, NY
2009 Play With Fire Festival 2009, Harvestworks Digital Media Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
2009 The Last Supper 2009, Last Supper at 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY
2009 The Wassaic Project Summer Festival 2009, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
2009 LA Art Fair, Courtesy of Adler And Co Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Obsession 09, A Group Exhibition, Adler And Co Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 LA Art Fair, Courtesy of Adler And Co Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 Preview 08, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 SCOPE Miami, Courtesy of Witan Projects, Miami Beach, FL
2007 SALON SELECTIVES II, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
2007 Littlest Sister 07, Spinello Gallery, Miami, FL
2007 SCOPE Hamptons, courtesy of ADA Gallery, Hamptons, NY
2007 Loyola National Works on Paper Competition, Crown Center Gallery, Chicago
2006 Hot House, Project Flower Shop, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Small Works, Red Gallery, Savannah, GA
2006 Art of The Can, Juried Red Bull Show, Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2006 Miniature Madness, Duel show w/ Louise Frank, desot O row Gallery, Savannah, GA
2006 Divergence, Curator: Dan Quinn, Savannah, GA
2006 Pedal, Gray Area Gallery, Savannah, GA
2006 Starland Video Expo II, Mondonaro Theatre, Savannah College of Art and Design
2006 So Deep, desot O row Gallery, Savannah, GA
2005 National Juried Art Exhibition, Texas Visual Arts Association, Irving, TX
Awards
2010 National Arts Club, The Jonathan Madrigano Fellowship for the Arts
2006 Vermont Studio Center, Full Fellowship Award for a four-week Artist’s Residency
2005 Special Award, National Juried Art Exhibition, Texas Visual Arts Association
Selected Publications
2010 “Huffington Post.com, January 2010, Never Can Say Goodbye, Kerri MacDonald
2010 “New York Post”, January 2010, A Tower-ing Work of Art, Larry Getlen
2010 “Time Out NY”, The Art World Takes You Back to Tower Records, Tony blog
2010 “NY Times, Urban Eye, Music”, January 2010, Never Say Goodbye
2010 “Ready Made”, Reflection: Windows to Your Own Adventure, Interview, Caitlin Thornton
2010 “Varsity” (The Independent Cambridge University Student Newspaper), Review, Cottia Thorowgood, Lydia Crudge,
2009 “Daily Serving International Contemporary Art Forum” March 09, Interview, Sasha Lee
2009 “Daily Serving International Contemporary Art Forum” Feb. 09, Review, Sasha Lee
2008 “Beautiful Decay Magazine” Jan. 2008, Anthology, Website Interview, Sasha Lee
2007 “NY Times” July 1st. Travel Section, 36Hrs in Savannah, Shaila Dewan
2007 “Biscayne Times” December 2007, Fair Game, Victor Barrenechea
2007 “Pine Magazine” Portfolio Review, Holly Lang, www.pine-magazine.com
2006 “The Sunday Paper” You’ve Got Mail, Natalie Bennett, Atlanta
2006 “Pine Magazine” Artistic Pen Pals, Holly Lang, www.pine-magazine.com
2006 “Campus Chronicle” Correspondence Basis of Exhibition, Monique Bos
2006 “Savannah Morning News” An Honest Art John Stoehr
2005 “W Magazine” Southern Exposure, Brad Gooch
2004 “Savannah Morning News”, Intimate Portraits Alien and Familiar
Public Collections
Los Robles Home for the Humanities, Savannah, GA
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Corporate Collections
Law Firm of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, Charlotte, NC
Builderadius, Ashville, NC