WORKS | CV | PRESS | GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
Born 1983 Oakland, CA
EDUCATION
2007 BFA in Painting , Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 CAM, Raleigh NC
2012 Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco CA
Halsey McKay, East Hampton NY
It Ain’t Conceptual, with Alika Cooper, Cooper Cole, Toronto ON
2011 River Rats/RTC Collaborates, Western Exhibitions, Chicago IL
Sad Sacks, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco CA
2010 Well, Time Makes Fools of Us All, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco CA
New Work, POVEvolving, Los Angeles CA
Antexspagna, EbersMoore, Chicago IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 Gin & Juice, Ivory & Black, London UK
Mohs Exhibit, Copenhagen DN
Living By Example, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago IL
2011 Group Show, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco CA
Double Breaks, Double Break, San Diego CA
Art We Like, Deer Run, Cambria CA
This Place In Time, Cooper Cole, , Toronto ON
Chain Letter, Samson Projects, Boston MA
Domestic Goods, curated by Ryan Wallace, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton NY
MDW FAIR, Western Exhibitions, Chicago IL
New Chicagoans, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago IL
Territories, Marwin, Chicago IL
SweatBoxing, MAMA, Rotterdam NE
Objectivity, Cornish College for the Arts, Seatlle WA
Heads on Poles, Western Exhibitions, Chicago IL
2010 AH! Wilderness, EbersMoore, Chicago IL
Wreck The Walls, Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Diverse Chorus, SCOOP, Charleston SC
A Guide to Salvation, curated by Hilary Pecis, Space 1026, Philadelphia PA
PAPER! AWESOME!, curated by Brion Nuda Rosch, Baer Ridgway, San Francisco CA
Inaugural Exhibition” Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco CA
2009 Infinity, curated by Andrew Schoultz, Scion Installation, Los Angeles CA
East of Eden, Synchronicity, Los Angeles CA
Enigmatic Shadow, Synchronicity, Los Angeles CA
CaBoom, Synchronicity, Los Angeles CA
2008 Titanium Expose, FFDG, San Francisco CA
NFO XPO/, Version Fest, Chicago IL
Chimera Frontiera, Junc Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2007 Mutation Nation D.I.Y. Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Brown River, curated by Bert Stabler, Roots & Culture Contemporary Arts Center, Chicago IL
KlusterCrusts, curated by Paul Nudd, Butcher Shop/ Dogmatic, Chicago IL
2006 Where All the D*cks Hang Out, Western Exhibitions, Chicago IL
AWARDS
2006/ 2007 Cora Miner Fine Art Scholarship Fund
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2012 Ryan Travis Christian @ Western Exhibitions, Frieze Issue 145 March 2012
2011 New American Paintngs Blog, Ryan Travis Christian @ Western Exhibitions, December 2011
Artist Profile: Ryan Travis Christian, ArtLTD. November/December 2011 pg 66
Ryan Travis Christian at Western Exhibitions, Newcity, October 27, 2011 pg. 7
PRISM Index #2
Sad Sack: an interview with Ryan Travis Christian, DailyServing, March 29, 2011
Black + White, Lumpen Magazine, March 2011, Volume 19, # 116, Issue #2, pg.30
Ryan Travis Christian, Land and Sea #8
2010 Cosmic Puns ll, Eric Yahnker and Ryan Travis Christian in Conversation, AFA, p.329
2010 Breakout Artists: Chicago’s Next Generation of Image Makers,Newcity, April 29, 2010 pg. 3
2009 What A Mess!, Beautiful Decay, Book 2, pg. 100 – 115
2008 The Comics Journal, “Yeah, But is it Comics?” Issue #291, pg.145
2007 KlusterCRUSTS, Chicago Reader, June 7-13, Issue No. 119, pg, 75
KlusterKrusts (Exhibition Catalogue)
VISITING ARTIST/ LECTURES
2011 Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
2010 Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
2009 McHenry County College
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2012 Nemesis, co curated w/ Ben Stone, Green Gallery, Milwaukee WI
TBD Double Break, San Diego CA
2011 West, Wester, Westest! Pt.2, FFDG. San Francisco CA
2010 The Power of Selection pt. 1,2 & 3 Western Exhibitions, Chicago IL
2009 Control C, Control V, Ebers Moore, Chicago IL
Sports, Synchronicity, Los Angeles CA
2008 West, Wester, Westest!, FFDG, San Francisco CA