RYAN SULLIVAN
b. 1983, United StatesRyan Sullivan (b. 1983) lives and works in New York. He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (RI). In 2015 he staged a major solo exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami — his first one-person exhibition in a US institution. Other solo exhibitions include his 2013 presentation at Hydra’s Workshop, Hydra, Greece.
In 2013, he was artist in residence at the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Captiva (FL), and artist-in-residence at the Chinati Foundation, Marfa (TX). Sullivan’s work has been featured in group exhibitions including New Skin, Aishti Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon, 2016; Surface Tension, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, 2015; New York Painting, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany, 2015; Empire State, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy, 2013; and Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out, White Flag Projects, St. Louis (MI), 2013. A new book on Sullivan’s practice is forthcoming, published by ICA Miami and Dancing Foxes Press. The book will feature texts by Tim Griffin, Alex Gartenfeld, Christian Scheidemann, and a conversation with artist Laura Owens.
Text courtesy Sadie Coles HQ.
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