Bryan Ryley

Education

Participant, Emma Lake Workshops, 1979/80/81
University of Saskatchewan, Emma Lake, Saskatchewan

Master of Fine Arts (Honours), 1977
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

Graduate Program (Seminar Leader), 1976/77
Contemporary Issues in American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York , New York

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), 1974
University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia

Solo Exhibitions

2003 Red, White & Blue
Ballard Lederer Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2001 Illumine: Paintings and Sculpture
Ballard Lederer Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2001 Recent Paintings
Headbones Gallery, Vernon, BC
2000 Grids: Recent Works
Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary , Alberta
1998 Heaven and Earth: New Paintings & Drawings
Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC
Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1996 Bury the Abstract Expressionists
Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC
Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1996 Raven Drawings - for ‘Sylvia’
Montgomery Fine Arts, Vancouver, BC
1996 Weather and Tools
Headbones Gallery, Vernon, BC
1995/94 Recent Paintings and Drawings
Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1993 Targets
Xerox BC Open, Predator Ridge Golf Resort, Vernon, BC
1993 Rambling Eye: Drawings 1985-1992
Kelowna Public Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
1992 Legacy - Public Sculpture Commission
City of Vernon, Vernon, BC
1991 Recent Sculpture and Drawings
Szombathy/Charlton, Vernon, BC
1991 Roosters - Vancouver Jazz Festival
Alma Street Cafe, Vancouver, BC
1990 Platforms: New Paintings and Drawings
Kanoui Forbes Gallery, New York, NY
1989 Stock Exchange
Lakewood Art Gallery, Vernon, BC
1988 New Paintings
Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, BC
1987/86 Recent Paintings and Drawings
1985/84 Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1986 Terrain
Kelowna Public Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
1984 Dog Town Common
Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC
1982/81 Paintings and Drawings
Kenneth G. Heffel Fine Art, Inc., Vancouver, BC
1979 Emma Lake Paintings
Kelowna Public Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
1978 Fields and Trajectories
Shafter Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1977 Shifting Fields
Canadian Consulate Gallery, New York, NY

Group Exhibitions

2003 AAF - Paul Kuhn Gallery, New York, New York
2003 Defining Abstraction, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC
2001/02 TRANSlinear: Contemporary Painting in Canada, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
2001 Creative Voice Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, BC
2001 New Abstraction, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2000 Collections, Jan Ballard Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2000 Four - Hartman, Molinari, Rogers, Ryley, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1999 New Paper Works, Jan Ballard Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1999 Headbones Inaugural, Headbones Gallery, Vernon, BC
1998/96 Satyrykon, Legnica, Poland
1998 Selections from the Permanent Collection, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
1998 Approaching Abstraction, Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, BC
1997 Works on Paper, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1997 Visuals from Audibles, Headbones Gallery, Vernon, BC
1996/97/99 North Okanagan Juried Exhibition, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC
1996 Stepping Stones: Inaugural Exhibition, Kelowna Public Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
1995/96/97/98 Small Matters, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC
1995 Defining Feminism, Headbones Gallery, Vernon, BC
1994/93 Alumni International, Manhattan Gallery, Pratt Institute, New York, NY
Shafter Gallery, Pratt Institute, New York, NY
1993 Drawings, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1992 New Acquisitons, PetroCanada Fine Arts Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1991 Okanagan Open Juried Show, Kelowna Public Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
1991 Studio Watch, Grand Forks Public Art Gallery, Grand Forks, BC
1990 Diversity, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC
1990 Maskrap, Okanagan Artists Alternative Juried Show, Kelowna, BC
1989 Works on Paper, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
1982 New Additions, Judith Selkowitz Fine Art, New York, NY

Collections

IBM Canada, Vancouver, BC
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
PetroCanada Collection, Calgary, Alberta
Shell Canada, Calgary, Alberta
Royal LePage Investments, Calgary, Alberta
CI&C Bank, Edmonton, Alberta
Hiram Walker, Toronto, Ontario
TransAlta, Calgary, Alberta
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
British Columbia Arts Policy Collection, Victoria, BC
Kelowna Public Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, BC
Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC
Private collections in Canada, United States, Europe, Australia

Awards

2002 Grant In Aid - MERTZ Project, Okanagan University College, Kelowna, BC
2001 Grant In Aid - THINK Project, Okanagan University College, Kelowna, BC
2000 IBM Canada - Sculpture Commission, Vancouver, BC
1992 ‘Legacy’ - Public Sculture Commission, City of Vernon, Vernon, BC
1992 BC Festival of the Arts - Awards Commission, Government of British Columbia
1992/91/90/89/88 Purchase Awards, Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
1988/87 Project Cost Grants, Canada Council, Ottawa, Ontario
1977 Ford Foundation Award, Ford Foundation, New York, NY
1977/76 Teaching Assistantship, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1977/76/75 Rotary International Graduate Fellowship, Rotary International, Evanston, Illinois