Ryan ReynoldsAssistant ProfessorEducational Background2003 M.F.A., Art Practice University of California, Berkeley TeachingARTS 30: Basic Drawing Research
Time-based LandscapesReynolds' time-based work is developed through an accumulation of observations painted over the course of many days. This process explores the compulsion to get at something beyond the static image. When painting layers of time there is a quality of being a witness to one's life, perception, and inevitable mortality, that is communicated through the subject's translation into paint. Through many cycles of destroying, layering, and rebuilding the image, the essential qualities of movement, spontaneity, and psychological insight are conveyed. In the tension between the static painting and the constantly changing subject, a balance is struck between abstraction and representation. Digital WarDigital war is the title of a recent group of paintings based on media images of human conflict. The images depict shocking violence of lives being torn apart, seen through the filter of the computer or television screen. The painting is fragmented to suggest the scattered digital image. Subjects are removed and abstracted from the actual experience, losing their sense of reality but gaining a new virtual identity. ExhibitionsSolo and Two-Person Exibitions 2011 Bakersfield Museum of Art, California 2011 Beyond Static, 461 Gallery, San Francisco, California 2011 Everything is Electrified, B. Sakata Garo, Sacramento, California 2009 (SUB)URBAN, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, California 2008 Minutes of the Earth, B. Sakata Garo, Sacramento, California Select Group Exhibitions 2011 Outlandish: Contemporary Depictions of Nature, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California 2010 LandsCApes: Glimpses of Everyday California, De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, California 2010 San Francisco Fine Art Fair, 461 Gallery, San Francisco, California 2010 Introductions, 461 Gallery, San Francisco, California 2010 The California Landscape, Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California 2010 The Figure, B. Sakata Garo, Sacramento, California Bibliography The California Landscape, Natsoulas Press, 2010 New American Paintings Anniversary Edition, Open Studios Press, 2010 |
