Ryan Myers was born in 1978 in Long Island, New York. He received a BFA from Hartford Art School(2000). His work can be found in various galleries across the United States and Europe. He currently lives and works in New York’s Hudson Valley.
“Nostalgia is one of the fundamental building blocks that make up our sense of self, especially for the greater part of our later lives. I don’t seek to make paintings that could ever be mistaken for photos. Instead, I try to capture the displacement of memory. My work taps into that backward-looking instinct, the vague sense of something just out of our grasp.
The methods I apply in my work quite intentionally accentuate that lack of clarity, with shapes that repeat and echo, or allowing some of the under structuring of the work to peek through. If I’ve done what I set out to do then the viewer has been able to tell themselves a unique and personal story that started with my piece and ended somewhere within them.“
Publications:
Catapult Art Magazine V.15, 2012
DisColouring Book V.4, Retrogressive U.K. 2012
American Illustrators, Monsa Pub. 2010
Garden of Eye Candy, Ginko Press 2009
Plush You!, Northlight Books 2007
Exhibitions:
2020:
Era Contemporary Gallery, Philadelphia, PA The New Pre-Raphaelites Group Show
Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2020 Spotlight Showcase Group Show
33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL Shelter Group Show
2019:
Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL Secondary Meanings Group Show
2017:
Sally Centigrade, Denver, CO Revival Group Show
2016:
Sally Centigrade, Denver, CO Geometries Group Show
19Karen Contemporary Art, Mermaid Beach, Australia The Happy Show Group Show
The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Disremembering Solo Show
Metallo Gallery, Madrid, NM In Microscale Group Show
2015:
Penumbra Gallery, Alverca, Portugal Ghost Stories Group Show
Dream In Plastic, Beacon, NY The Key to Her Heart Was a Knife Group Show
Guts’n Glory, Rosendale, NY Peculiar Children’s Chorus Solo Show
La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Coaster Show Group Show
2014:
Distinction Gallery, Escondido, CA A Few Small Nips: A Frida Kahlo Tribute Group Show
The Dream Factory Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany All Roads Lead to Oz Group Show
Dream In Plastic, Beacon, NY Stereopticon Solo Show
La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Coaster Show Group Show
The Dream Factory Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany Hidden Kingdoms Group Show
Screaming Sky Gallery, Portland, OR Forgotten Futures Group Show
The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Morpheus Group Show
Metallo Gallery, Madrid, NM In Microscale Group Show
2013:
Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia, PA Small Wonders Group Show
Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, CA Painted Sound Group Show
Sev Ven Gallery, Huntington Beach, CA Step Right Up! Burlesque and Boardwalk Group Show
Liz Afif Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Inaugural Show Group Show
Sev Ven Gallery, Huntington Beach, CA Macabre Magnifique Group Show
Metallo Gallery, Madrid, NM In Microscale Group Show
Into The Woods Gallery, Dania Beach, FL Twisted Fairy Tales Group Show
Suede Studios, Los Angeles, CA I’ll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours Group Show
Tangent Gallery, Detroit, MI Ink. Group Show
Swoon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Nothing Gold Can Stay Group Show
423West Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Caja Group Show
Dream Factory Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany Impossible Things Before Breakfast Group Show
Cella Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Hounds of Love Charity Group Show
LTD Gallery, Seattle, WA Picture’s Worth A Thousand Words Group Show
WWA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Broken Beauty Red Siren Art Collective Group Show
Swoon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Get the Lead Out V Group Show
Pop Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Wild Rumpus Group Show
2012:
423 West Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Speak of the Devil and He Shall Appear Group Show
Auguste Clown Gallery, Melbourne, AUS Vanishing Points Group Show
Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, CA The Color Blue Group Show
Dream in Plastic, Beacon, NY Dandies and Lolitas Solo Show
Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA Play Therapy Solo Show
Funhouse Gallery, Detroit, MI Poisoned Apples Group Show
Kraine Gallery, New York, NY Animal Love Group Show
2011:
Pop Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Pop Love 2011 Group Show
Kraine Gallery, New York, NY The Art of Ryan Myers Solo Show
2009:
Art Basel, Miami, FL Multiversal Group Show
London Miles Gallery, London, UK Candy Coated Canvas Group Show
ArtStar Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Draw4 Group Show
C.A.V.E. Gallery Venice, CA Curious Oddysees Group Show
Toast Gallery, Paris, FR My Doll Group Show
Alternative Cafe Gallery,Seaside, CA Confections Group Show
2008:
True Hate Art Gallery, La Rochelle, FR Whaleless Group Show
Uberbot Winterpark, FL Let the Eat Pancakes: Hellboy Show Group Show
PinkGhost Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Giant Skills Group Show
ArtStar Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Occupational Hazards Solo Show
WindUp Gallery, Mesa, AZ My Monster Group Charity Show
AdHoc Gallery, NY Deep Pop Group Show
2007:
Alcove Gallery, Decatur, GA H.C. Wonko Show Group Show
Bear and Bird Gallery, Lauderhill, FL Small Stuff Group Show
WindUp Gallery, Mesa, AZ Something Wicked This Way Comes Group Show
WindUp Gallery, Mesa, AZ The Rising Inaugural Group Show
Bear and Bird Gallery, Lauderhill, FL Ballyhoo: The Sideshow Show Group Show
PinkGhost Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Bitter Sweets Solo Show
The Art of Framing San Diego, CA Curiosity Often Leads to Trouble: Alice in Wonderland Group Show
Bear and Bird Gallery, Lauderhill, FL For the Love of Munny Group Show
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