began as an observational painter, depicting confounding architecture and landscapes, and then gradually shifted toward imagined forms. His background in observational painting provides him with the foundation to use light and shadow in ways that give depth to his geometric, abstract forms. Ryan’s current work continues to be influenced by industrial structures and archaic architecture. He has an ongoing investment in color, materiality, and Modernist form in painting.
Jonathan Ryan (b. 1989 Buffalo, NY; lives and works in Los Angeles, CA) received his BFA from Louisiana State University and MFA from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University. Ryan has exhibited across the US and Europe, including solo shows at the Landing (Los Angeles, CA) and Hesse Flatow (New York, NY). He has also been in group exhibitions at Ortega y Gasset (Brooklyn, NY) Monti8 (Latina, Italy), Andrea Festa Fine Art (Rome, Italy), Gerhard Hofland (Amsterdam), Hesse Flatow East (Amagansett, NY), la BEAST gallery (Los Angeles, CA), Ekru Project (Kansas City, MO), Good Mother (Los Angeles, CA), Tiger Strikes Asteroid (Los Angeles, CA), The Brand Library (Glendale, CA), Field Projects (New York, NY), and the Woodmere Art Museum (Philadelphia, PA). He has received fellowships and awards from Woodmere Museum of Art, Tyler School of Art, Vermont Studio Center, and LSU School of Art. Ryan currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
