Paul Ryan The Island 2014

David Keeling

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T H E I SL A ND

PAUL RYAN THE ISLAND 05 SEPTEMBER TO 26 SEPTEMBER 2014 BETT GALLERY

Fieldsy, Green Jacket 2014 oil on linen 102 x 102cm $9,000

Colonial Boy, The Island 2014 oil on linen 102 x 102cm $9,000

Hobart Cannibal and Hound 2013 oil on linen 122 x 91cm $9,500

Welcome to the Island 2014 oil on linen diptych: 81 x 142cm $9,500

The Island 2014 oil on linen 122 x 91cm $9,500

Farewell to the Island 2014 oil on linen diptych: 81 x 143cm $12,000

PAUL RYAN 1964

Born Auckland New Zealand, lives and works in Sydney

Education 1989

Bachelor of creative arts, University of Wollongong

Solo Exhibitions 2014

Colonial Boys, Bett Gallery, Hobart

2010

No country for dreaming, Wollongong City Gallery Michael Reid, Murrundi

2009

Clifton School of Arts, New South Wales

2008

Rex Irwin, art dealer, Sydney

2006

Rex Irwin art dealer, Sydney

2005

Dickerson Gallery, Sydney

2004

Dickerson Gallery, Sydney

2003

Dickerson Gallery, Sydney

2003

Dickerson Gallery Melbourne

2002

Dickerson Gallery, Sydney

2002

Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne

2001

Dickerson Gallery, Sydney

2000

Queen Sreet Fine Art, Sydney

1997

Gallery 482, Sydney

1996

Project, Wollongong

1990

DC Art, Sydney

1989

DC Ar, Sydney 1988 Galaxy Gallery, Balmain

Group Exhibitions 2013

Green Cathedral, Wollongong City Gallery On The Table, Olsen Irwin, Sydney

2011

BIG/small, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney

2009

Heads, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney

2008

Food For Thought, NG Gallery, Chippendale 2007 The Sea, Rex irwin Art Dealer, Sydney Land, Sea, Sky, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne

2007 – 08 Cuisine and Country, Touring exhibition of regional galleries 2006

The Idea of the Animal, RMIT

1990 – 2008

Important Works on Paper, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney

Selected Prizes 2013

Winner,The Bay of Fires art prize, Bay of Fires TAS Finalist, Sulman Prize, AGNSW Finalist, Fleurieu Landscape Prize, McLaren Vale SA Finalist, Mosman Prize, Sydney Finalist, Tattersals Art Prize, Brisbane Finalist ,Blake Prize, Sydney Finalist ,Fishers Ghost Art Prize, Campbeltown Semi-finalist ,Doug Moran Portrait Prize

2012

Winner, Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Finalist, The Archibald Prize, AGNSW Finalist, The Sulman Prize, AGNSW Finalist ,The Rick Amor Drawing Prize, Ballarat Finalist ,The Redlands Prize, NAS gallery Sydney Finalist ,The Gallipoli Prize, Gallipoli Memorial Club Finalist ,The Alice Prize, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs Semi-finalist ,The Doug Moran Portrait Prize, State Library NSW Finalist ,The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, Adelaide Museum Finalist ,The Kogarah Art Prize, Kogarah NSW Commended,The Waverly Art Prize, Waverly NSW

2011

Finalist,The Wynne Prize AGNSW Finalist, The Tattersall’s Prize, Brisbane Finalist,Fishers Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown Finalist,Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery Honourable Mention,Paddington Art Prize, Paddington Finalist, Kedumba Prize,Wentworth Falls Finalist,Doug Moran Portrait Prize, Sydney Finalist,NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize, Sydney

2010

Winner,The Paddington Prize, Sydney Winner,The Norvil Prize, Murrurundi Finalist, The Archibald Prize, AGNSW Finalist,Fishers Ghost Prize, Campbelltown Regional Gallery Finalist, Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery Finalist,Tattersall’s Prize, Brisbane

2009

Finalist,The Archibald prize, AGNSW Finalist,The Wynne prize, AGNSW Finalist,he Sulman prize, AGNSW Commended,Tattersall’s prize, Brisbane Finalist ,Fishers ghost prize, Campbelltown Regional Gallery Finalist, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, State Library NSW

2008

Finalist,Archibald prize, AGNSW Finalist,Woollahra small sculpture prize, Woollahra Finalist, Bowral sculpture prize, Bowral Finalist, NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize, Sydney

2007

Finalist, Archibald prize AGNSW Finalist,Wynne prize AGNSW Commended, Mosman Prize, Mosman Art Gallery Commended,Tattersall’s Prize, Brisbane Finalist,Paddington Art Prize, Sydney

2006

Finalist, The Archibald Prize, AGNSW Finalist,The Wynne prize, AGNSW Finalist,The Sulman prize, AGNSW Finalist, Art on the Rocks, Sydney

2005

Finalist,The Archibald prize, AGNSW Finalist,The Sulman prize, AGNSW Finalist,The Mosman prize, Mosman Art Gallery Finalist,Art on the Rocks, Sydney

2004

Finalist, The Archibald prize, AGNSW Winner, Northern Exposure Prize, Thirroul Winner, Mount Kembla Prize, MT Kembla Finalist,Fleurieu Lanscape Prize, McLaren Vale SA Finalist, Mosman Prize, Mosman Art Gallery Finalist,Art on the rocks, Sydney

2003

Finalist,Salon de refuses, SH Ervin gallery Finalist, Art on the Rocks, Sydney Finalist, Mosman prize, Mosman Art Gallery Winner,John Copes Prize, Bowral Winner,St Mary’s School Prize, Wollongong

2002

Winner,Thirroul Prize, Thirroul Finalist, Archibald Prize, AGNSW Commended, Norvil Prize, Murrurundi Finalist,Mornington Peninsular Works on Paper, Vic

2001

Finalist,Salon de Refuses, SH Ervin Gallery 1993 Finalist – The Archibald prize, AGNSW

1989

Finalist,The Sulman prize,AGNSW

Collections Wollongong regional art gallery Wollongong University collection Artbank National and international private collections Selected Bibliography Butler, Joshua, Illawarra’s Anh Do and Paul Ryan both Archibald Prize, Illawarra Mercury, 15 July 2014 Burton, Rosamund, Two of Us, The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 October, 2013