Biography & Curriculum Vitae
Stephanie J. Ryan,
b. 1967, Atlanta, GA.
Stephanie J. Ryan is a figurative/representational studio artist from St. Louis, MO, currently living in Fresno, CA. Ryan received a BFA in Printmaking from Washington University in St. Louis in 1991, and an MFA in Printmaking from the University of Arizona, Tucson in 1997. Ryan worked as a Serigrapher's Apprentice at Handprints (St. Louis), as a Studio Assistant in Drawing/Painting at Anderson Ranch Art Center (Snowmass, CO), as an adjunct instructor in figure drawing, drawing, and printmaking at the University of Arizona, Tucson, and Mesa Community College, AZ, and as a Professor of Printmaking at Truman State University. Stephanie J. Ryan currently serves as Professor of Art in Drawing and Painting at California State University, Fresno since 2000, where she teaches courses in Drawing, Figure Drawing, Painting, Graduate Seminars.
A prolific studio artist, Ryan's work has been exhibited in a variety of solo and group exhibitions, in regionnal, national and international venues (Glasgow, Paris, London). Her work is included in numerous private and public collections as well (Corcoran College of Art & Design, the Glasgow City Art Collection, Scotland, the Mesa Public Arts Portable Collection, Arizona, the St. Louis Center for Contemporary Arts, St. Louis, MO.)
Please contact Stephanie J. Ryan if you are interested in purchasing original works of art, in commissioning artwork (portraits or other commissions) or for personal instruction in drawing, figure drawing, collage, painting (oils, acrylics, mixed media) and printmaking.
Additional websites:
https://www.artfare.com/stephanie-ryan
http://www.saatchiart.com/stephaniejryan
https://www.figurativeartist.org/stephanie-j-ryan/
https://www.facebook.com/stephaniejryan.artist/
Curriculum Vitae
Education
1986- 1987
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1987 - 1990
BFA
Washington University School of Art, St. Louis, MO.
1994 - 1997
MFA
University of Arizona School of Art, Tucson, AZ.
Solo Exhibitions
2018
On Hysteria, Vernissage Gallery, Fresno, CA.
Stephanie J. Ryan: Artist-In-Residence, Clovis Community College Gallery, Clovis, CA.
2013
Stephanie J. Ryan, KJWEL Art Gallery, Fresno, CA.
2012
Family Gathering, Corridor 2122, Fresno, CA.
2010
From the Hinterlands, City College Art Space Gallery, Fresno, CA.
Family of Origin, Pete P. Peters Ellipse Gallery, California State University, Fresno, CA.
2009
Recent Work by Stephanie Ryan, Arts Visalia Gallery, Visalia, CA.
2007
Numinosum, Gallery 25, Fresno, CA.
2004
Polar Opposites, College of the Sequoias Art Gallery, Visalia, CA.
2003
The Difference between Mercury and Lead, Gallery 25. Fresno, CA.
2001
Transmutation & Insight, President’s Gallery, California State University-Fresno.
Grants
& Awards
2017
Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities Grant, College of Arts & Humanities, California State University, Fresno.
2016
Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities Grant, College of Arts & Humanities, California State University, Fresno.
2015
Merit Award, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont.
1st 2015 Showcase Winner (Category: Painting), Artslant Juried Showcase, www.artslant.com
Monte Dei Fiori Collective Award; Galerie Métanoïa, Paris.
Honorable Mention from, Draw, Drawing, Drawn National Juried Exhibition (curator: Leah Ollman), Vita Art Center, Ventura, CA.
5th 2014 Showcase Winner (Category: Painting), Artslant Juried Showcase, www.artslant.com
4th 2014 Showcase Winner (Category: Painting), Artslant Juried Showcase, www.artslant.com
2nd 2014 Showcase Winner (Category: Painting), Artslant Juried Showcase, www.artslant.com
1st 2014 Showcase Winner (Category: Painting), Artslant Juried Showcase, www.artslant.com
2013
New This Week 6-17-2013 Curated Collection(featured work chosen by curator: Rebecca Wilson), Saatchi Online Gallery, www.saatchionline.com
1998
Tucson/Pima Arts Council Visual Arts I Fellowship Award honorable mention. Tucson, AZ
1997
Anderson Ranch Assistantship. Anderson Ranch Arts Center. Snowmass, CO. Grant Awarded: Graduate College Final Project Fund, University of Arizona. Tucson, AZ.
1991
Purchase Award: Focus on Printmaking Annual Juried Exhibition, Center of Contemporary Arts. St. Louis, MO.
1988
Secor Award. Washington University. St. Louis, Missouri.
1987
Henry Wuerpel Award. Washington University. St. Louis, MO.
Group, Juried, Invitational Exhibitions
2022
7x7.LA: Selected Artist & Writer Collaborations, Beyond Baroque Mike Kelly Gallery, Venice, CA(upcoming.)
2021
Strained Separations: Reflections on a Pandemic, SUNY Brockport Tower Gallery, Brockport, NY
2019
CSU Summer Arts Invitational Exhibition, CSU Chancellor's Gallery, CSU Long Beach, CA.
Only What Haunts, invitational interdisciplinary collaboration between one artist and one writer, for 7x7,
by Stephanie J. Ryan + Kathy Fish http://7x7.la/only-what-haunts/
2017
Figurative Introductions Invitational Exhibition, Kaneko Gallery, American River College, Sacramento, CA.
2016
Life. Death. Whatever. Invitational exhibition, Sutton House, London, England.
Chaos, National juried exhibition for Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA. https://issuu.com/arcgallery/docs/chaos_catalog_for_issuu .
2015
Monte Dei Fiori Collective Award Invitational Exhibition, Galerie Métanoïa, Paris, France.
EXPO 34, National Juried Exhibition (juror Adrienne Rooney), B.J. Spoke Gallery, Huntington, New York.
2014
A Single Grain of Rice International Juried Exhibition, Galerie Métanoïa, Paris, France.
One Year Anniversary Invitational Exhibition, M Street Arts Complex, Fresno, CA.
Draw, Drawing, Drawn National Juried Exhibition (curator: Leah Ollman), Vita Art Center,Ventura, CA.
Hôme Juried Exhibition (curator: Richard Turner), Orange County Center for Contemporary Art & Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association, Santa Ana, CA.
2013
Spectacle Invitational Exhibition, M Street Art Complex, Fresno, CA.
#Creatives Rising International Digital Exhibition, 26-19 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, NY.
Breath of Spring (juror: George Rivera), national competition & exhibition, Pacific Art League Main Gallery, Palo Alto, CA.
2012
Figures & Faces (juror: Hung Liu), national competition & exhibition, Pacific Art League Main Gallery, Palo Alto, CA.
Interpretations of the Portrait, Arts Visalia Art Center, Visalia, CA.
CSUF Faculty Exhibition, Conley Gallery, Fresno, CA.
2008
CSUF Faculty Exhibition, Conley Gallery, California State University, Fresno.
2007
Armenian Exchange; Gallery 25, Fresno, CA and Gallery 25, Gyumri, Armenia.
California Prints: An Invitational Exhibition, Arts Visalia Gallery, Visalia, CA.
2006
California State University System Print Invitational. Janet Turner Print Museum, Chico, CA.
Gallery 25 Group Exhibition. Gallery 25, Fresno, CA.
2005
Gallery 25 Group Drawing Exhibition. Gallery 25, Fresno, CA.
The Edge of Drawing Juried Exhibition, Conley Gallery, CSUF.
Three Portfolios Exhibition: Beat for Jesus, Domestic Policy & Women’s Self Image, National Print Exchange Portfolios Exhibition, Conley Gallery, California State University-Fresno.
Women’s Self Image Exhibition, Talley Gallery, Bemidji State University, Bemidji, MN.
Beat for Jesus Exchange/Exhibition, National Print Exchange Traveling Portfolio Exhibition: Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, D.C., W.H. Over Museum, Vermillion, SD, University of Louisiana Museum, Lafayette, LA.
CSUF Faculty Exhibition, Conley Gallery, California State University-Fresno.
2004
Gallery 25 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Gallery 25. Fresno, CA.
2003
The San Joaquin River Parkway Invitational Exhibition, Fresno Art Museum. Fresno, CA.
Gallery 25 Members Exhibition, Gallery 25, Fresno, CA.
2002
The Mound Project—Stephanie Ryan and Anne Scheid, Gallery 25, Fresno, CA.
Next Wave II: Fresno Artists of the New Era (Decennial Invitational Exhibition), Fresno Art Museum. Fresno, CA.
Stephanie Ryan: Recent Work, H Street Studios. Fresno, CA.
Women’s Artwork Silent Auction for Vagina Monologues, CSUF Women’s Alliance, Fresno, CA.
2001
Figurative Works Juried Exhibition, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL.
CSUF Faculty Exhibition, Conley Art Gallery, California State University-Fresno.
Glasgow/Mesa International Mono-Screenprint Invitational Exhibition, Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow, Scotland and the Arts and Cultural Division Gallery in Mesa, AZ.
2000
LaGrange National XXI Biennial Exhibition. Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA.
Artlink Art Detour, Open Studio and Group Exhibition, 15 E. Jackson Street, Phoenix, AZ.
The Figure; Truthful-Vulnerable-Erotic, Studio 4 West, Piermont, New York.
1999
Faculty Exhibition, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ.
1998
Sunday at the Shemer, Silent Auction. Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ.
Faculty Exhibition, University Art Gallery, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO.
Mimesis IV Exhibition (juried). Central Arts Collective, Tucson, AZ
Tucson/Pima Arts Council Visual Arts I Fellowship Award Exhibition, T/PAC Gallery, Tucson, AZ.
Women in Art, Invitational Fundraiser, University Medical Center, Tucson, AZ.
ASU/UA Invitational Portfolio Exchange Exhibition, Arizona State University, Tempe and University of Arizona, Tucson.
1997
Small Prints/Books in U.S.A., Australia, and New Zealand: Traveling exhibition, featured in fourteen U.S. venues, seven Australian venues, and four New Zealand venues.
Sunday at the Shemer, silent auction. Shemer Art Center. Phoenix, AZ.
Women's Self-Images National Invitational Portfolio Exchange Exhibition. Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL and Central Lakes Gallery, Central Lakes College, Brainerd, MN.
Angels in Arizona Juried Exhibition. Shemer Art Center. Phoenix, AZ.
Graduated. International Art Center, Tucson, AZ.
MFA Exhibition, University of Arizona Museum, Tucson, AZ.
MFA Virtual Exhibition, http://www.u.arizona.edu/ic/art
Pulp Friction, national juried exhibition. Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ.
1996
Mimesis II. Central Arts Collective. Tucson, AZ.
1995
Sleepless: Stephanie Ryan and Sol Zimmerman, Gross Gallery, University of Arizona-Tucson.
Northern Arizona University Print Invitational, NAU Art Museum. Flagstaff, AZ.
6th Annual Juried Exhibition, Dinnerware Artists' Cooperative Gallery, Tucson, AZ.
15th Annual National Print Competition, Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN.
Mimesis (juried). Central Arts Collective, Tucson, Arizona.
Works on Paper (juried). Hilltop Gallery, Nogales, AZ
Transferred States: University of Arizona, Rhode Island School of Design, & City College New York.
1994
Encompassing Women (juried), Central Arts Collective, Tucson, AZ.
1992
Printmaking Further (juried), Center of Contemporary Arts, St. Louis, MO.
Works on Paper, Shelton's, St. Louis, MO.
1991
Focus on Printmaking (juried), Center of Contemporary Arts, St. Louis, MO.
1990
BFA Printmaking/Painting Exhibition. Bixby Gallery, WashingtonUniversity, St.Louis, MO.
Recent Works: Stephanie Ryan and Jeffrey Sherrill. Brady Commons Gallery, University of Missouri at Columbia, MO.
Collections
SUNY Brockport Tower Gallery Collection (upcoming)
Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, D.C.
Glasgow City Art Collection, Glasgow, Scotland.
Mesa Public Arts Portable Art Collection, Mesa, AZ.
Southern Graphics Council Print Archive.
University of Texas-Austin Print Archives, Austin, TX.
Lillie M. Kleven Print Collection, Bemidji State University, Bemidji, MN.
Center of Contemporary Arts, St. Louis, Missouri.
Mark Twain Bank, St. Louis, Missouri.