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Education
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BFA;
Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA.
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| 1977-1978 |
Tyler
School of Art, Rome, Italy.
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Solo
Exhibitions
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| 2000 |
"walk.about-self;
selected drawings 1996 - 2000 by Michael x Ryan", NFA
Space, Chicago, IL.
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| 1993 |
"Michael
Ryan; Ajsfi-Self, Selected Drawings: 1988-1993", Roger
Ramsay Gallery, Chicago, IL.
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| 1992 |
"Michael
Ryan ; Self" Robbin Lockett Gallery, Chicago, IL.
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| 1989 |
"Michael
Ryan; Ajsfi", Robbin Lockett Gallery, Chicago, IL.
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| 1987 |
"Michael
Ryan; mulberry tree/catalpa tree", Robbin Lockett Gallery,
Chicago, IL.
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| 1982 |
"Michael
Ryan", Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL.
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Selected
Group Exhibitions
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| 2005 |
“Perfect: a group exhibition” traveling:
Fermilab Art Gallery, Batavia, IL; Art Museum of the
University of Memphis, Memphis, TN; Contemporary Art
Center, New Orleans, LA; Urban Institute for Contemporary
Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
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| 2004 |
“City
in Transit”, 1926 Exhibition Studies Space, The School
of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
“Artboat”, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
"Perfect", Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL.
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| 2003 |
"Retrospectives",
Gallery 312, Chicago, IL .
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| 2002 |
"Contemporary
Drawing", Fine Arts Center Gallery, Northeastern Illinois
University, Chicago, IL.
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| 2000 |
"The
Mark Applied", Northwestern Mutual Life Gallery, Cardinal
Stritch University, Milwaukee, WI
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| 1999 |
"I",
an Installation by Jim Elniski and Michael Ryan, NFA Space,
Chicago, IL.
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| 1995 |
"Natural
Abstraction", North Park College, Chicago, IL.
"Artists
Chose Artists", Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL.
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| 1996 |
"Rome
Selections", Tyler Gallery, Temple University, Philadelphia,
PA.
"Sacred
and Profane", NFA Space, Chicago, IL.
"Just Good Art", Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL.
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| 1995 |
"Natural
Abstraction", North Park College, Chicago, IL.
"Artists
Chose Artists", Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL.
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| 1993 |
"The
Ren Ben '93", Sotheby's, Chicago, IL.
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| 1990 |
"Chicago
Art Today", Colorado Springs Gallery of Art, University
of Colorado, Colorado Springs,
CO.
"Drawings",
Paula Allen Gallery, New York, NY.
"Midwest
Invitational Drawing Exhibition", The McLean County
Arts Center, Bloomington, IL.
"Nature/Nature",
Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago,
IL.
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| 1988 |
"Drawings",
Robbin Lockett Gallery, Chicago, IL.
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| 1986 |
"Art
for Young Collectors Sale - A Thirty-Nine Year Tradition",
The Renaissance Society at the University
of Chicago, Chicago, IL .
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| 1985 |
"Collection
Artists Select", Inaugural Exhibition, State of Illinois
Gallery, Chicago,
IL.
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| 1984 |
"Three
Artists from Chicago: Bill Cass, Jane Hileman, Michael
Ryan", Falkirk Cultural
Center, San Rafael, CA and Memorial Union Gallery, University
of California, Davis, CA
"Formal Abstraction", N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL .
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| 1983 |
"Emerging",
The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago,
Chicago, IL.
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| 1982 |
"Group
Drawing Invitational", Lake Forest College, Lake Forest,
IL .
"Lisa Ginzel, Michael Ryan", American River College, Sacramento,
CA.
"Lisa Ginzel, Michael Ryan, Carmella Saraceno", PS 122,
New York, NY.
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| 1981 |
"Editions
of 10", Barat College, Lake Forest, IL.
"79th Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity: Prints
and Multiples", The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago,
IL.
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| 1979 |
"Group
Show", Race Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
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Awards
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| 2005 |
Faculty Residency in Krems, Austria,
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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| 1997 |
Distinguished
Faculty Award, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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| 1984 |
Artist's Fellowship,
Illinois Arts Council.
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Bibliography
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| 2004 |
Ward, Jeff. “ArtBoat”, Panel House (Web
Magazine), May 27
Brunetti, John. “Perfect: a group exhibition”, Dialogue,
May-June, p. 22
Hawkins, Margaret. “Perfect”, Chicago Sun-Times, March
5
Stone, Lauren. “Chicago gallery displays ordinary as
extraordinary”, The Daily Northwestern February 2
Workman, Michael. “Perfect”, Chicago Cultural Center,
Chicago, IL (Catalogue Essay)
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| 2000 |
Hixson, Kathryn
"Michael x. Ryan", New Art Examiner, February, pp. 49.
Yood,
James.
"Michael x. Ryan; walk.about-self", Dialogue, November/December,
pp.
48-49.
Bulka,
Michael. "Michael x. Ryan; Welcome to my world", NEWCITY,
September
28, p. 23.
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| 1993 |
Schleifer,
Kristen Brooke. "Michael Ryan", New Art Examiner, Summer,
pp. 35-36.
Artner, Alan. "Beholders
Eye: Michael Ryan makes realistic images his own", Chicago
Tribune, March 18,
Section 5, p. 11.
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| 1992 |
Artner, Alan. "Ryan
Drawings Prove Protean, Handsome", Chicago Tribune,
July
17, Section 7, p. 72.
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| 1990 |
Postiglione,
Corey. "Review: Nature/Nature", Dialogue, May/June, p.
26.
Porges,
Timothy. "Chicago", Contemporanea, February, Volume 3,
Number 2, p.
31.
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| 1989 |
Artner, Alan.
"'89 Top Ten Exhibitions", Chicago Tribune, December 31,
Section
13, p. 19.
Rau,
Sally. "Talk of the Trade", Art & Auction, September,
Volume 13, Number 2,
pp. 58-60.
Artner,
Alan. "Review: Michael Ryan", Chicago Tribune, September
15, Section
7, p. 35.
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| 1987 |
Porges, Timothy.
"The Tree in the Wood", Dialogue, September/October, Volume
10, Number 5, pp. 35-36.
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| 1985 |
"Collection
Artists Select", Inaugural Exhibition, The State of Illinois
Gallery, Chicago,
IL (Catalogue Essay).
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| 1984 |
Spector,
Buzz. "Three Artists from Chicago", Memorial Union Art
Gallery, University
of California, Davis and Falkirk Cultural Center, San
Rafael, CA (Catalogue
Essay).
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| 1983 |
Moser,
Charlotte. "Emerging", Chicago Sun Times, March 20,
p. 21.
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Selected Collections
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| 2002-current |
American Medical Association.
The Art Institute of Chicago.
City of Chicago Library Collections.
First National Bank of Chicago.
Shearson Lehman.
MacArthur Foundation.
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Visiting Artist
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| 2004 |
Oxbow Summer Art School, Saugatuck,
MI
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| 2002 |
Visiting
Artist (two weekend workshop & installation with Carmella
Saraceno), Artists
& Children Create Together (ACCT), Chicago, IL.
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| 1999 |
Visiting
Artist, Oxbow Summer Art School, Saugatuck, MI.
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| 1998 |
Visiting Artist, Oxbow
Summer Art School, Saugatuck, MI.
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Teaching
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| 2001 - Present |
Working Artist;
Life After School The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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| 2000-2001 |
(Summer)
Conceptual Approaches to Landscape Painting (Team
taught Studio Class) Oxbow
Summer School of the Arts, Saugatuck, MI.
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| 1999 - Present |
Tracks, Shadows and
Tracings- Investigating Self (Research Seminar Pilot
Class) The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago,
IL.
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| 1997 - 1998 |
The
Art of Crossing the Street (Team taught as Studio Class
and Liberal Arts Class) The School of the Art Institute
of Chicago, Chicago,
IL.
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| 1996 - 1999 |
Faculty Consultant
in Studio Art for the Advanced Placement Program
The College Board, New York, NY Work with a team of consultants
in reviewing portfolios for high school students requesting
college credit.
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| 1995 - Present |
The Visible
Side; Operating the Student Union Galleries (Studio Class)
The School of the
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
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| 1994 - Present |
Faculty Advisor
to the Student Union Galleries Program The School of the
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL Developed and implemented
a program for the
student committee that operates the two exhibition spaces
within the school community.
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| 1994 - Present |
Adjunct Associate Professor,
First Year Program, 2-D Drawing The School
of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL .
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