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Statement

My work is an examination of human behavior in the face of fear and the unknown, and the ways in which it manifests itself through societal structures and practices.
I source the images in my paintings from all areas of mass media photography, from the past to the present, and "collage" them together to create new narratives that investigate and scrutinize the darker aspects of these behavioral patterns in greater depth.

Selected Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions

2011
Sky High Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2010
Leslie's ArtGallery, Bridel, Luxembourg
2008
Cerasoli Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Paper Boat Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2007
Tinlark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2020
The Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA (juried by Jeffrey De Blois & Rebecca Lowery)
2012
KK Outlet, London, England
2011
The Cheaper Show, Vancouver, Canada
101/Exhibit Gallery, Miami, FL
The Lab, San Francisco, CA
Gallery Hijinks, San Francisco, CA
2010
Oliver Art Center, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Gallery Hijinks, San Francisco, CA
Tinlark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA
Leslie's ArtGallery, Bridel, Luxembourg
Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008
Aqua Art Miami, Aqua Hotel, Miami, FL
Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH
Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA
Gallery Homeland, Portland, OR
Cerasoli Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Gallery Donn Roca, Odense, Denmark
Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA
Affair @ the Jupiter Hotel, Portland, OR
SQFT Gallery, Nashville, TN
Hinterconti, Hamburg, Germany
Tinlark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Third Drawer Down Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
EgoPark Gallery, Oakland, CA
OnSix Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Auto3321 Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
Tinhorn Public Works Gallery, San Francisco, CA
21 Grand, Oakland, CA

Selected Press/Publications

2017
Listen Read Watch, Erin Bealmear, "Catherine Ryan", May 6
2015
Paint Pulse Magazine, "Issue #1", p.34-35
Public Art Magazine, "Cover Artist 100", January Vol.100, p.84
2012
New American Paintings, "Pacific Coast Edition #103", p. 114-117 (Juried by Monica Ramirez-Montagut)
TENWORDSANDONESHOT, Vol. 2
Public Art Magazine, "Cover Artist", February Vol.065, Cover & p. 104-105
In the Make, Nikki Grattan & Klea McKenna, "Catherine Ryan"
Girlcore Magazine, "2012 Book", p. 3-4
2011
Beautiful/Decay, Amir Fallah, "Catherine Ryan's Mystery", September 26
The Cheaper Show Book, "The Cheaper Show 10"
Empty Magazine, "Issue #20", April, p. 92-93
2010
New American Paintings, "Pacific Coast Edition #91", p. 174-177 & back cover
Booooooom!, Jeff Hamada, "Paintings by Catherine Ryan", September 29
My Love For You, Meighan O'Toole, "Studio Visit"
KQED, Kristin Farr & Emmanual Hapsis, "Studio Invasion", September 27
2009
Booooooom!, Jeff Hamada, "Paintings by Catherine Ryan", May 12
NY Arts Magazine, Colleen Grennan, "Traversing Wilderness", January-February
2008
Flavorpill, Shana Nys Dambrot, "Evan B. Harris: Maritime & Mythology and Catherine Ryan", #302, December 9-15
New American Paintings, "Pacific Coast Edition #79", p. 136-139, (Juried by Rita Gonzalez)
2007
Downy Bird Art Kingdom, Matthew Bowers, p. 93-96
Chillzine, Issue #2, June, p. 15-16
2006
ArtBusiness.com, Anuradha Vikram, "Ego Park: Beast Epic", December 1
Southwest Art, Bonnie Gangelhoff,"21 Under 31", September, p. 122
Flavorpill, Bryanna M. Smith, "Catherine Ryan: Being There", #209, May 2
San Francisco Chronicle Sunday Datebook, "Being There", (reproduction), April 30, p. 56
San Francisco Examiner Weekend Edition, Tiffany Martini, Adrienne Gagnon, "Great Art in Our City", October 1-2, p. 19
2003
100 Artists of the West Coast, Douglas Bullis, p.122-123

Projects

2012
Hendrick's Gin, "Artist's Box", Philadelphia, PA
2011
dabball, iOS Art Gallery/Game, Portland, OR
2010
The Working Proof, "Man with Two Bears", Limited Edition Print, New York, NY
2006
Third Drawer Down, "Birthday #10", Limited Edition Tea Towel, Melbourne, Australia

Education

BFA - California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA