Bryan Ryley
Education: Master of Fine Arts (Honours), 1977
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), 1974
University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
Graduate Program (Seminar Leader), 1976/77
Contemporary Issues in American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York , New York
Participant, Emma Lake Workshops, 1979/80/81
University of Saskatchewan, Emma Lake, Saskatchewan
Exhibitions: Solo (selected)
2003RED, WHITE & BLUE
Ballard Lederer Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2001Illumine: Paintings and Sculpture
Ballard Lederer Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2001Recent Paintings
Headbones Gallery, Vernon, BC
2000Grids: Recent Works
Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary , Alberta
1998Heaven and Earth: New Paintings & Drawings
Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC
Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1996Bury the Abstract Expressionists
Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC
Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1996Raven Drawings - for ‘Sylvia’
Montgomery Fine Arts, Vancouver, BC
1996Weather and Tools
Headbones Gallery, Vernon, BC
1995/94Recent Paintings and Drawings
Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1993Targets
Xerox BC Open, Predator Ridge Golf Resort, Vernon, BC
1993Rambling Eye: Drawings 1985-1992
Kelowna Public Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
Exhibitions: Group (selected)
2003AAF - Paul Kuhn Gallery
New York, New York
2003Defining Abstraction
Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC
2001/02TRANSlinear: Contemporary Painting in Canada
Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
2001Creative Voice
Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, BC
2001New Abstraction
Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2000Collections
Jan Ballard Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2000Four - Hartman, Molinari, Rogers, Ryley
Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1999New Paper Works
Jan Ballard Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1999Headbones Inaugural
Headbones Gallery, Vernon, BC
1998/96Satyrykon
Legnica, Poland
1998Selections from the Permanent Collection
Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
1998Approaching Abstraction
Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, BC
1997Works on Paper
Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1997Visuals from Audibles
Headbones Gallery, Vernon, BC
1996/97/99North Okanagan Juried Exhibition
Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC
1996Stepping Stones: Inaugural Exhibition
Kelowna Public Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
1995/96/97Small Matters
98Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC
1995Defining Feminism
Headbones Gallery, Vernon, BC
1994/93Alumni International
Manhattan Gallery, Pratt Institute, New York, NY
Shafter Gallery, Pratt Institute, New York, NY
1993Drawings
Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
Awards / Honours:
2002Grant In Aid - MERTZ Project
Okanagan University College, Kelowna, BC
2001Grant In Aid - THINK Project
Okanagan University College, Kelowna, BC
2000IBM Canada - Sculpture Commission
Vancouver, BC
1992‘Legacy’ - Public Sculture Commission
City of Vernon, Vernon, BC
1992BC Festival of the Arts - Awards Commission
Government of British Columbia, Victoria, BC
1992/91/90Purchase Awards
89/88Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
1988/87Project Cost Grants
Canada Council, Ottawa, Ontario
1977Ford Foundation Award
Ford Foundation, New York, NY
1977/76Teaching Assistantship
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1977/76/75 Rotary International Graduate Fellowship
Rotary International, Evanston, Illinois
C0llections:
IBM Canada, Vancouver, BC; Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY; Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario; British Columbia Arts Policy Collection, Victoria, BC;
Kelowna Public Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC; Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, BC; Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC; PetroCanada Collection, Calgary, Alberta; Shell Canada, Calgary, Alberta; Royal Legage Investments, Calgary, Alberta; CI&C Bank, Edmonton, Alberta; Hiram Walker, Toronto, Ontario; TransAlta, Calgary, Alberta
Private collections in Canada, United States, Europe, Australia