Will Ryman

General

  • The artist lives and works in New York City.

  • 1969Born in New York, New York

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2009Will Ryman: The Bed, Saatchi Gallery Project Room, London, England.

  • 2007 - 2008Will Ryman, Marlborough Chelsea at SCOPE Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

  • 2007 - 2008Will Ryman: Tuesday Afternoon, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2006 Galerie Bernd Kluser, Munich, Germany.

  • 2006 Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert Inc, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2006Private Moments, Howard House, Seattle, Washington, United States.

  • 2006Sculpture: Selections from the collection of Martin Z. Margulies, Margulies Warehouse, Miami, Florida, United States.

  • 2005 Galerie Bernd Kluser, Munich, Germany.

  • 2004 Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert Inc., New York, New York, United States.

Group Exhibitions

  • 2009Reconfiguring the Body in American Art, 1820-2009, The National Academy of Design, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2009Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2008Group exhibition, Shanghai Art Fair 2008, Shanghai, China.

  • 2008I Won’t Grow Up, Cheim and Read, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2008Summer Show, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2008Tangled Up In You: Connecting, Coexisting, and Conceiving Identity, 21c Museum Foundation, Louisville, Kentucky, United States.

  • 2007Group Exhibtion, Marlborough Chelsea at SCOPE New York 2007, Damrosch Pavilion, Lincoln Center, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2007Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2007Sobre el Humor, Galería Marlborough, Madrid, Spain.

  • 2007Summer exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2007Wit and Whimsy, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2006Blender, Sundaram Tagore, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2006New York, Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert Inc, New Work, New York, United States.

  • 2006Sanctuary and the Scrum, Black and White Art Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2006Summer Group Show, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2005Flower Power, Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert Inc, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2005Gabriela Fridriksdottir, Daniel Hesidence, Will Ryman, Tracy Williams Ltd, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2005Greater New York 2005, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York, United States.

Public Collections

  • Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, United States

  • Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine, United States

Bibliography

  • 2009Anonymous. "Handmade Sculptures by Will Ryman for his Second Show at Marlborough Gallery." Artdaily.org, September 09, 2009

  • 2009Anonymous. "National Academy Museum features ‘Reconfiguring the Body in American Art, 1820-2009." ArtKnowledgeNews.com, July 10, 2009

  • 2009Barone, Mary. "Profiling: Will Ryman." Art in America, August 20, 2009

  • 2009Biu, Phong. "Will Ryman with Phong Bui." Art on Air [radio interview], September 02, 2009

  • 2009Bui, Phong. "Will Ryman with Phong Bui." The Brooklyn Rail, September 03, 2009

  • 2009Casey, Eileen. "Artists Against Abuse Raise Top Dollar for the Retreat." Hamptons.com, June 29, 2009

  • 2009Dannatt, Adrian. "Gallery opens for just one artist: But who is behind the mysterious BLT space." The Art Newspaper, No. 199, February 01, 2009

  • 2009Johnson, Brandon. "Interview: Will Ryman." Zing Magazine, September 09, 2009

  • 2009Lipinski, Jed. "Wil Ryman Builds a Garden That Beckett Might Love." The Village Voice, September 15, 2009

  • 2009Sheets, Hilarie M. "Will Ryman: A New Beginning at Marlborough Chelsea." Art Critical, September 01, 2009

  • 2009The Saatchi Gallery. The Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture. New York: Rizzoli, 2009 Introduction by Meghan Dailey.

  • 2009Van Buren, Ashley. "Will Ryman: New Beginings, in Full Bloom." The Huffington Post, September 24, 2009

  • 2008Heller, Maxwell. "Profile." The Brooklyn Rail, January 01, 2008

  • 2008Hinds, Katherine, ed. The Martin Margulies Collection: Painting and Sculpture. Miami: The Martin Margulies Foundation, 2008, p. 265. illustrated, p. 265

  • 2008Morgan, Robert C. "Reviews: Will Ryman." Sculpture, September 01, 2008, p. 77

  • 2008Piras, Sebastian. A Pocketful of Contemporary Artists: Photographic Portraits by Sebastian Piras. Victoria: Peleus Press with The Images Publishing Group, 2008, pp. 200-201

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  • 2007Anonymous. "Will Ryman is Dreaming." Dailygusto.com, November 21, 2007

  • 2007Ayers, Robert. "A Shift in the New York Landscape." ArtInfo.com, September 10, 2007

  • 2007Cohen, David. "Art Basel: Saving the Best for Basel." The New York Sun, June 13, 2007, p. 20

  • 2007Finch, Charlie. "Weekend Update." Artnet.com, December 04, 2007

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  • 2007Miller, Leigh Anne. "Front Page: Scope." Art in America, April 01, 2007, p. 35

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  • 2006Lippens, Nate. "Ryman Turns the Intimate into the Outrageous." Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 29, 2006

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  • 2005Anonymous. "Reviews: Will Ryman: A Dichotomy." The New Yorker, December 01, 2005

  • 2005Eleey, Peter. "Greater New York 2005." Frieze, April 01, 2005

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  • 2004Janna, Reena. "Reviews: Will Ryman." Art News, October 01, 2004, p. 187

  • 2004Johnson, Ken. "Reviews: Will Ryman." The New York Times, July 02, 2004

  • 2004Leffingwell, Edward. "Will Ryman at Gasser & Grunert." Art in America, November 01, 2004

  • 2004Rifkin, Mark. "Lost in Space." New York Resident, March 01, 2004, p. 14

  • Jury, Louise. "Another unmade bed receives the Saatchi treatment." London Evening Standard, July 01, 2009