Artist CV:
Paul Ryan
Education
1990 Bachelor of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong, New South Wales
Awards
2022 Finalist, Salon des Refuses (Archibald), SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2021 Finalist, Kilgour Art Prize, Newcastle Art Gallery
2021 Finalist, Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Gallery
2020 Finalist, Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Gallery
2019 Finalist, Paddington Art Prize
2019 Finalist, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2019 Finalist, Sir John Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2019 Finalist, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Paddington, NSW
2019 Finalist, Tattersalls Landscape Art Prize, Tattersalls Club, Brisbane
2019 Finalist, Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, NSW
2018 Finalist, Kilgour Prize, Newcastle Gallery
2018 Finalist, Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Gallery
2018 Runner Up, The Vincent Art Prize, Duck Rabbit Gallery, Redfern
2018 Highly Commended, Wynne Art Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2017 Finalist, Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra
2016 Finalist, Kilgour Prize, Newcastle Art Gallery
2016 Finalist, Plein Air Prize, New South Wales Parliament House
2016 Honourable mention, Paddington Art Prize, Sydney
2015 Finalist, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2015 Winner, Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize, Lismore Regional Gallery
2015 Finalist, Mosman Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
2014 Finalist, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2014 Runner up, Mosman Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
2014 Finalist, Doug Moran Prize, Paddington, Sydney
2013 Winner, The Bay of Fires Art Prize, Bay of Fires, Tasmania
2013 Finalist, Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2013 Finalist, Fleurieu Landscape Prize, McLaren Vale, South Australia
2013 Finalist, Mosman Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
2013 Finalist, Tattersalls Art Prize, Brisbane
2013 Finalist, Blake Prize, Sydney
2013 Finalist, Fishers Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown
2013 Semi-finalist, Doug Moran Portrait Prize
2012 Finalist, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2012 Finalist, Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2012 Winner, Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Regional Gallery
2012 Finalist, Fishers Ghost Prize, Campbelltown Gallery
2012 Finalist, Tattersalls Prize, Brisbane
2012Semi-finalist, Doug Moran Prize, Paddington, Sydney
2011 Finalist, Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2011 Finalist, The Tattersalls Prize, Brisbane
2011 Finalist, Fishers Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown
2011 Finalist, Mosman Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
2011 Finalist, Paddington Art prize, Sydney
2011 Finalist, Kedumba Prize, Wentworth Falls
2011 Finalist, Doug Moran Portrait Prize, Paddington, Sydney
2011 Finalist, NSW Parliament Plein Air Prize, New South Wales Parliament House
2010 Winner, Paddington Art Prize, Sydney
2010 Winner, The Norvil Prize, Murrurundi, New South Wales
2010 Finalist, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2010 Finalist, Fishers Ghost Prize, Campbelltown Regional Gallery
2010 Finalist, Mosman Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
Solo Exhibitions
2024 'Le Capitaine' Nanda Hobbs Gallery, Sydney
2023 'Coledale. Backwash and Campfire Smoke', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
2022 'Rococo Dreaming', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
2022 'The Island’, Nanda Hobbs Gallery, Sydney
2021 'South by Southwest', Nanda Hobbs Gallery, Sydney
2021 'Becalmed', James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2020 'The Botanist', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
2020 'South Pacific', Nanda Hobbs Gallery, Sydney
2020 'Joseph Banks. South Coast Diaries', James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2019 'Cyan Summer', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
2018 'Yeah The Boys', James Makin Gallery, Sydney
2018 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, James Makin Gallery, Sydney
2018 ‘The Colonies, South by Southeast’, EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
2017 'Happy Days in the Colony', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
2017 ‘The Colonies’, Nanda Hobbs Gallery, Sydney
2016 'Queen and Country', Olsen Irwin, Sydney
2016 'Frank and Paul', Egg and Dart Gallery, Thirroul, New South Wales
2015 'Birds of Wollongong', Olsen Irwin, Sydney
2015 'Stalking Noah', Gallery Ecosse, Exeter
2014 'Happy Days on the Leisure Coast', Olsen Irwin, Sydney
2013 'Wild Colonial Boys', Olsen Irwin, Sydney
2012 'Wild Colonial Boys', Egg and Dart, Rex Irwin Art Dealer
2012 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
2010 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
2010 'No Country for Dreaming', Wollongong City Gallery
2010 Michael Reid, Murrurundi, New South Wales
2010 Clifton School of Arts
Group Exhibitions
2023 'Landscape and Memory', Nanda Hobbs Gallery, Sydney
2022 'The Summer Salon', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
2019 'The New Gallery Show ', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
2018 'Summer Show', Nanda Hobbs Gallery, Sydney
2017 'Summer Show', Nanda Hobbs Gallery, Sydney
2017 ‘Coast’, EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
2017 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
2017 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Nanda Hobbs Gallery, Sydney
2017 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, James Makin Gallery, Victoria
2015 'Group Show', This is No Fantasy, Melbourne
2014 'Group Show', Station, Melbourne
2013 'Green Cathedral', Wollongong City Gallery
2011 'BIG/small', Rex Irwin Art Dealer
2009 'Heads', Rex Irwin Art Dealer
Collections
Artbank
Bendigo Art Gallery
Geelong Regional Gallery
Lismore Regional Gallery
Mosman Art Gallery
Manly Art Gallery
Wollongong Regional Art Gallery
Wollongong University Collection
Private collections in Australia and Internationally