Michael Ryan
Instagram: mic_ol_ryan
Website: http://michaeljryan.com
Bio: "Born in 1972 in Roanoke VA Lives and works in Davis, CA 1994 BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA 2007 MFA from San Francisco State University Teaches Painting and Drawing at University of California Davis & Skyline College "
Statement: Ryan’s practice engages the expansive range of manufacturing by-products and packaging, and how these vessels and cavities inform and transform our natural and architectural environments. Working with a mixture of traditional media as well as architectural building materials, Ryan concocts compositions and forms contextualizing the spaces and environments we inhabit through the residue of ritual. Sculpted objects echo the historical artifacts fused with excavations of geological surveying. Imagery challenges the scope of depth perception through a mixture of trompe l'oeil and children’s pop-up books.
