EDUCATION
2007 MFA, Painting, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY
2003 BFA, Painting, Arcadia University, Glenside, Pennsylvania
BA, Scientific / Pre-Medical Illustration, Arcadia University, Glenside, Pennsylvania
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (* denotes solo or two-person)
2010 * Fleisher Challenge Wind Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2009 Pratt MWP Arts Institute School of Art Gallery, Utica, New York (three-person)
Artist + Object, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, Pennsylvania
2008 * Viewing Distance, Germantown Art Gallery, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
Anonyme Zeichner 9, blutenweiss gallery, Berlin, Germany
Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, New Jersey
InLiquid Benefit v.8.0, Ice Box Projects Space, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2007 Emerging Artists, Benton/Nyce Gallery, Greenport, New York (three-person)
* Abbey Ryan, Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, New York, New York
Art & Craft Concepts, Noyes Museum, Oceanville, New Jersey
Anonyme Zeichner 6, blutenweiss gallery, Berlin, Germany
InLiquid Benefit v.7.0, Ice Box Projects Space, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Southworks 2007, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, Georgia
(Scientific) Aesthetics, Altered Esthetics Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mattice Exhibition, Dangenart Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
2006 The World, Hunter College Open Studios, New York, New York
Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, New York
2005 * Brodsky Gallery, Chauncey Conference Center, Princeton, New Jersey
Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, New Jersey
2004 * Polyptychs, F-Street Gallery, Spring Lake, New Jersey
* Like Mother, Like Daughter, Full Spectrum Gallery, Lakewood, New Jersey
Look At Me, Look At Me, Robert Canaga Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
2003 * Asbury Above, Artists Loft Tour, Asbury Park, New Jersey
* Synthetic Vision, BFA Exhibition, Arcadia University Art Gallery
2002 * Arabidopsis thaliana: Embryogenesis & Ovule Development, Arcadia University Art Gallery
Scientific llustration, The Schuylkill Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009 “Abbey Ryan” by Mark Frauenfelder. On BoingBoing.net. 2 June.
“Q&A with Painter Abbey Ryan” by Purnell Cropper. Arcadia University Bulletin. 21 April.
2008 “Ryan’s Painting a Day” Arcadia University Bulletin. 16 December.
“Abbey Ryan’s Painting” by Mark Frauenfelder. On BoingBoing.net. 6 October.
“Where Color Reigns” by Joyce Beckenstein. The Suffolk Times, Greenport, New York. 24 January.
2007 “Emerging Artists” by Liz Wood. The Suffolk Times, Greenport, New York. 3 May.
“Both Sides of the Brain” by Sage Dahlen. The Wake Magazine, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 1 March.
“(Scientific) Aesthetics” by Dan Haugen. The Northeast Beat, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 2 March.
GRANTS & AWARDS
2009 Winner, RayMar Art Competition 2008-09
2008 Fine Arts Award, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, New Jersey
2007 Nancie Mattice Award, Dangenart Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
2002 Ruth C. Grant Fine Arts Award, Arcadia University, Glenside, Pennsylvania
2001 Vira I. Heinz Endowment, Awarded for volunteer work/study at the Pohnpei Agricultureand Trade School (PATS) Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia
PROJECTS
2007–present Ryan Studio: “A Painting a Day”
