About Vanessa Ryan
vryan333@gmail.com 310-612-4580
BIOGRAPHY: Vanessa Ryan was born in Los Angeles, California. She has exhibited her art on the West and East Coasts.
EDUCATION:
BACHELOR OF ARTS, UCLA
MASTER OF FINE ARTS, UCI
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2019 Group Show, Simpson-Brown Art Consultants, Orange, California
2013 Solo Show, Simpson-Brown Art Consultants, Orange, California
2011 Orange! Group Show, Elisa Contemporary Art, Riverdale, NY
2010 Group Show, Elisa Contemporary Art, Riverdale, NY
2009 Solo Show, Simpson-Brown Art Consultants, Orange, California
2006 Group Show, JMS Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2005 Solo Show, Simpson-Brown Art Consultants, Orange, California
2004 Group Show, World Trade Center, Long Beach, California
2002 Group Show, McCarthy Fine Arts, Newport Beach, California
2000 Solo Show, “Contemporary Exhibitions in Corporate Spaces,”
Seattle, Washington
1997 Solo Show, Denise Roberge Gallery, Palm Desert, California
1995 Group Show, Valerie Miller Gallery, Palm Springs, California
1994 Three-Person Show, Convergence Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1993 Solo Show, Chapman College, Orange, California
Group Show, Spirit Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Monoprints, College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1992 Group Show, Diane Nelson Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
Selected Collections:
Downey Museum of Art, Downey, California
Masushin Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Clarion Hotels: San Francisco, California; Las Vegas Nevada
National Association of Securities Dealers, Los Angeles, California
Artist Statement:
Vanessa Ryan, an abstract artist with a painterly background, uses acrylics to achieve her vibrant visions. She layers colors with a traditional approach of brushes and paint, infusing her canvases with kinetic exuberance and imperfect, yet intentional, intersections of underpainted lines. Her artworks pulse with optimism, inviting onlookers to peer through layers of expression to uncover emotional depth and the mysteries she weaves into each piece.