Kathryn Ryan

Born 1965
Lives and works in Warrnambool, VIC

Artist's CV

Represented by nanda\hobbs

Kathryn Ryan's practice is captivated by the state of the ‘in between’. Thriving by exploring co-existing opposites. Never taking form from what can be conceived as truely tangible; navigating what to reveal and conceal. Her subject becomes the husk, the silhouette, the ghost of a suggested entity. Its for this reason her paintings become an allegory of painting itself.

Having spent a number of years living in the UAE, Ryan has returned to her South-West Victorian farm roots- the landscape of her youth. Her very deep intimacy with place determines the viewer’s status to that of voyeur, peering into a personal realm of tense quietness, calm yet agitated stillness. 

Her landscapes invite us to utilise descriptive terminology that is emotively humanised, geared to help us comprehend. Juxtapositions of strength and fragility, the familiar and the strange allow for a more sustained and intimate connection to the landscape that echos her treatment of shadow and light- which is simultaneously bold and subtle, precise and ambiguous.

\ Artworks

Beyond I

2023 \ Oil on linen, framed \ 84 x 107cm

Beyond II

2023 \ Oil on linen, framed \ 107 x 84cm

Drift

2023 \ Oil on linen \ 137 x 183cm

The Island

2023 \ Oil on linen \ 102 x 198cm

\ News

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\ Exhibitions featuring Kathryn Ryan

ONCE UPON A MIDNIGHT DREARY

Group Exhibition

13 July — 20 July 2024

Kathryn Ryan

STILL POINT

28 September — 14 October 2023

9 x 5"

Group Exhibition

22 January — 6 February 2021

Kathryn Ryan

The Way Home

23 May — 8 June 2019

Summer Show

Group Exhibition

5 December — 22 December 2018

Contact Us

to find out more about Kathryn Ryan.

12 - 14 Meagher Street Chippendale, NSW 2008
Opening Hours
Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm Saturday, 11am - 4pm Closed Public Holidays (and Easter Saturday)