Natalie Ryan's practice explores themes that surround the aesthetic representation of the cadaver throughout Western history, and it’s inclusion in the contemporary gallery space. Drawing from existing methodologies used for preserving the cadaver and introducing a contemporary aesthetic, she is interested in the process of imaging the cadaver and the exchange between science and art that has allowed this.
Read MoreRyan is currently completing her PhD at Monash University with the aid of an Australian Postgraduate Award she is also undertaking a three year Studio Residency at Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts. In 2010 Ryan completed a Medical Residency at Monash University Medical Department and Art Department in Gippsland, this was the first residency of this nature to be initiated at this Institution. Whilst there Ryan interacted with both departments through dissections and workshops to explore the correlations of viewing and documenting the body between these two faculties.