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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