Artist statement
Ryan McClelland was born in Liverpool in 1978, he moved to London in 1997 to study at Camberwell College of Art, subsequently studying at Goldsmiths College and then obtaining his MA in Fine Art Printmaking from the Royal College of Art in 2007.
His work has been exhibited internationally, including exhibitions at the Oscar Neiymer Museum in Brazil, The Victoria and Albert Museum, The William Morris Gallery London, The Venice Academia, Italy and Boston University USA.
His practice spans Drawing Print and sculpture as well as his own studio practice Ryan regularly lectures at various Art schools and teaches children and young adults with autism and SEN at the Bridge School.
In 2010 he was appointed as Printmaking Fellow at the Royal Academy, and as a trustee of IntoArt an artists collective including adults with learning difficulties based at studio Voltaire. Ryan currently lives in north London with his wife Leah and their cat Pannay Alun.
Qualifications and training
- 2007 MA RCA, The Royal College of Art, London UK
- 2002 P.G.C.E, Goldsmiths College, London UK
- 2000 BA (hons), Camberwell College of Arts, London UK
Employment
- 2010 - 2012, Printmaking Fellow, The Royal Academy Schools, London UK
- 2002 Teacher Of Art, The Bridge School, London UK
Solo exhibitions
- 2009 The Death of a Party, Digiteria, London UK
- 2008 The Rotten Fruits of Labour, Ferreira Projects, London UK
- 2008 The Sleep of Reason, Forster, London UK
- 2003 Subject to Status, Blenheim Road, London UK
Group exhibitions
- 2013 MADE 2013 (Invited Artist), Morley Gallery, London UK
- 2013 Jeux de pichets (Curated by Hélène Aziza), Galerie 19 Paul Fort, Paris, France
- 2013 To Start With, Let’s Remove The Colour, (Curated by Paul McAree), The Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Irelend
- 2012 Over the Radar (Curated by Sadie Murdoch), Core Arts Gallery, London
- 2012 L.H.O.O.Q.E.R.I (Curated by Mark Hampson), The Queen Charlotte, Ramsgate, Kent UK
- 2012 Detours (Curated by Grazyna Dobrzanska-Redrup), Wimbledon College of Art Gallery, London UK
- 2012 NOTICE (Curated by Mona Casey), ARTicle Gallery, Birmingham UK
- 2011 The Outsider, Core Arts Gallery, London
- 2011 B42 with SLICE (Curated by Mona Casey), The Event, Various locations across Birmingham UK
- 2011 The DISerning eye (Invited Artist selected by Eileen Cooper RA), The Mall Galleries, London
- 2010 Auction East, Five Hundred Dollars, London, UK
- 2010 Legends of Circumstance, Bargate Gallery, Southampton, UK
- 2010 London Art Fair with Art First, Business Design Centre, London, UK
- 2009 Mandalay, John Jones project space, London, UK
- 2009 The Space between Surrounds our Desires, Part of the Event, Birmingham, UK
- 2009 Frozen, Digiteria, London, UK
- 2009 Katalogue XXL, Oscar Nieymer Museum, Curitiba, Brazil
- 2009 London Art Fair with FORSTER Gallery, Business Design Centre, London, UK
- 2008 A little bit of skulduggery, Bankrobber, London, UK
- 2008 Chiaroscuro, Ada Street Gallery, London, UK
- 2008 SCOPE art fair with FORSTER Gallery, Lords Cricket Ground, London, UK
- 2008 Group Show, O contemporary, London, UK
- 2008 Group Focus, FORSTER Gallery, London, UK
- 2008 The Evil Art Market, Art Car Boot, London, UK
- 2008 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, St Pancreas Crypt, London, UK
- 2008 Project (OR), Vegas Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- 2008 London Art Fair with FORSTER Gallery, Business Design Centre, London, UK
- 2007 PURE_Printmaking, Ferreira Projects, London, UK
- 2007 Last of the Urgents, Colony, Birmingham, UK
- 2007 Katalogue XXL, Trafalgar Hotel, London, UK
- 2007 ZOO Art Fair with Colony, Royal Academy of Art, London, UK
- 2007 Ritual Abuse, The Boys Hall, London, UK
- 2007 The Great Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London, UK
- 2007 Over & Over Again, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, UK
- 2007 Underground, Subway Gallery, London, UK
- 2007 Kunstwurst, Café Gallery projects, London, UK
- 2007 Urban Monsters, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, USA
- 2006 Salon, Leicester City Art Gallery, Leicester, UK
- 2006 Pinocchio Related, Academia de Venice, Venice, Italy
- 2006 New News from Nowhere, William Morris Gallery, London, UK
- 2005 Domesticity, Art works Gallery, Bournemouth, UK
- 2005 Co[]ect, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
- 2003 Heremyself, Concourse Gallery, Byam Shaw School of Art, London UK
- 2002 The New Radicals, Galleri Sigma, Goteborg, Sweden
- 2000 Futuremap 2000, Davies Street Gallery, London, UK
Workshops
- 2010 Visiting Lecturer, Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, Birmingham, UK
- 2010 Print Tutor, Core Arts, London UK
- 2009 Visiting Tutor, Camden Arts Centre, London UK
- 2008 Visiting Lecturer, The Royal Academy Schools, London, UK
- 2008 Visiting Lecturer, Camberwell College of Arts, London, UK
- 2008 Visiting Tutor, Orleans House & Gallery, Twickenham, UK
- 2007 Visiting Lecturer, Winchester School of Art, Winchester UK
- 2002 Visiting Tutor, Crafts Council, London UK
Residencies
- 2003 Artist in Residence, Holloway School, London UK
Publications
- 2008 The Guardian, Sharon Horgan
- 2008 Dazed Digital, Dazed & Confused
- 2007 Ceramic Review Nov/Dec issue
- 2007 Katologue XXL
- 2007 As If Something Once Mentioned Now Plain to See, Colony
- 2007 Ritual Abuse, Exhibition Catalogue
- 2006 New News from Nowhere, William Morris Gallery
- 2005 Domesticity, Exhibition Catalogue
- 2000 Future Map 2000, Exhibition Catalogue, The London Institute
Web links - gallery/work/projects
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