Ryan Parr

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Ryan Parr

Albany, New York

Education:

2005

  • Master of Fine Arts, Drawing / Painting
  • University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York

2000

  • Bachelor of Arts, Studio Arts
  • University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

1997-99

  • Character Animation Studies
  • California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California

Exhibitions:

2023

  • CANO Hathaway Gallery, Oneonta, NY
  • Hudson Valley Comm. College Teaching Gallery, Troy, NY; HVCC Faculty Exhibit

2022

  • Hudson Valley Comm. College Teaching Gallery, Troy, NY; HVCC Faculty Exhibit

2020

  • The Gallery, Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, NY; Structural Deficit (Solo Exhibition)

2019

  • The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY; Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region (Jurors Award)

2018

  • Yates Gallery, Siena College, Loudonville, NY; PUZZLED (Solo Exhibition)

2017

  • Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY; Masters of War (Curator Brian Cirmo)

2016

  • Hudson Valley Comm. College Teaching Gallery, Troy, NY; HVCC Faculty Exhibit
  • POP-UP Exhibit, Albany, NY; Commodifying Destruction

2014

  • Hudson Valley Comm. College Teaching Gallery, Troy, NY; HVCC Faculty Exhibit

2013

  • Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY; Our Heads (Curator Brian Cirmo)
  • The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY; Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region (Juror Dan Cameron)
  • Opalka Gallery, Sage College of Albany, Albany, NY; An Armory Show by Michael Oatman and Kenneth Ragsdale

2011

  • Collar Works, Troy, NY; Country Culture and Geography, (Curator Colin Boyd)

2010

  • The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY; Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region
  • Saratoga Arts Council, Saratoga Springs, NY; Natura

2009

  • Hudson Valley Comm. College Teaching Gallery, Troy, NY; HVCC Faculty Exhibit
  • SUNY System Administration Gallery, Albany, NY; SUNY Faculty Exhibit
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute West Hall Gallery 111, Troy, NY; All this useless beauty. (Curator Ken Ragsdale)

2008

  • North Main Gallery, Salem, NY; Fresh (Curator Laura Colomb)
  • Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY; 6 x 6 x 2008

2007

  • Albany International Airport Gallery, Albany, NY; Artist of the Mohawk Hudson Region (Juror Leah Douglas)

2005

  • Schick Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY; Skidmore College Faculty Show
  • Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY; The Institute Show presented by Albany Underground Artists
  • The Fallout Gallery, Minneapolis, MN; The Fallout Art Fest
  • Gallery 402, New York, NY; The Great Outdoors
  • Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY; Fence Select: Juried Exhibition (Jurors Award)
  • Visions Gallery, Albany, NY; Emerging Artists of the Capital District
  • University Art Museum, Albany, NY; MFA Thesis Exhibition

2003

  • Delaware and Hudson Building, Albany, NY; Best of SUNY Art Exhibition

2002

  • Madrid Theatre, Kansas City, MO; Ryan Parr (Solo Exhibition)
  • Mellier Gallery, Kansas City, MO; Back and Forth (Solo Exhibition)

2001

  • Shiraz Gallery, Kansas City, MO;Lovers, Landscapes, and Lemons (Solo Exhibition)
  • Studiolo Gallery, Iowa City, IA; Group Show

2000

  • Summit Street Gallery, Iowa City, IA; Winter Solstice 2

1999

  • Summit Street Gallery, Iowa City, IA; Winter Solstice 

Selected Bibliography

  • WMHT Aha! A House for Arts,"Ryan Parr: From Kitchen Towels to Artistic Inspiration", 2023
  • Brickman, David. "Puzzled: Ryan Parr at Yates Gallery" Get Visual Art Blog, Albany, NY 27 April, 2018
  • Gruse, Doug. "Objects of Obsession" The Glens Falls Post Star 20 April, 2010. pp. D1. Illus.
  • Brickman, David. "Natura" Get Visual Art Blog, Albany, NY 21 April, 2010
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