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Joanie Ryan

Professor

617.349.8086

Joan Ryan is a painting and drawing Professor here at the College of Art and Design. She has recently taught Drawing Fundamentals, Conceptual Drawing, and Drawing Intensive. She holds an MFA in Painting from Boston University (1984) and a BFA in Painting and Art Education from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (1977).

Joan is a Boston based artist whose work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. She has received grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, The Puffin Foundation, and George Sugarman Foundation. Some of the residencies attended include Mass MOCA Residency, North Adams, MA; DADA POST, Berlin, Germany; Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM.

Solo Exhibitions

2016   Masking Power, AIR Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016   Myths, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
2015   Words Can Only Point Worcester Arts, Worcester, MA
2014   National Endowment for the Arts
2014   A.I.R. Trust Grant, Berkshire Taconic Foundation
2013   RUINLUST, Soho 20 Gallery, Chelsea, NY
2013   40th Anniversary Invitational First Place, Soho 20
2013   Northampton Arts Council, Mural Restoration Grant, Northampton, MA
2011   Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed National Grant, PAAM

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