Born in Malone, New York, 1983
Education
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 2005
Lives and works in New York, NY
One-Person Exhibitions
2023
Sadie Coles HQ, Davies Street, London, UK
2022
125 Newbury, New York, NY
rosyendpost, Greenport, NY
Sadie Coles HQ, Davies Street, London, UK
2020
The Club, Tokyo, Japan
2019
The Chamber (or Wall of Sound), Adrian Rosenfeld Gallery in collaboration with Sadie Coles HQ, San Francisco, CA
one minute’s music, one minute’s time, Sadie Coles HQ, Kingly Street, London, UK
2017
Only Connect, Maccarone, New York, NY
2016
~/—, Sadie Coles HQ, Davies Street, London, UK
2015
ICA Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
2013
Sadie Coles HQ, Kingly Street, London, UK
Hydra Workshop, Hydra, Greece
2012
Maccarone, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Abstraction (re)creation, Le Consortium, Dijon, France
Group Show, Elliott Templeton Fine Arts, New York, NY
2023
To Bend the Ear of the Outer World: Conversations on contemporary abstract painting, Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill and Davies Street, London, UK
2022
Maze Zanine, Amaze Zaning, A-Mezzaning, Meza-9, organized by Ei Arakawa, Kerstin Brätsch, Nicole Eisenman, and Laura Owens, David Zwirner, New York, NY
Open Storage: 25 Years of Collecting, The Rachofsky Collection, Dallas, TX
Summer Hours, Cheim & Read, New York, NY
Aspen Art Week, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
2019
En Plein Air, Highline, New York, NY
2018
Black Hole. Art and Materiality from Informal to Invisible, GAMeC Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy
CONDO: Shanghart Gallery hosting Sadie Coles HQ, London, Shanghart Gallery, Shanghai, China
The Collection, Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Abstract / Non Abstract, presented by Larry Gagosian & Jeffrey Deitch, Gagosian Gallery, Miami, FL
Satellite TV, Tetsuo's Garage, 8-10 Yasukawa, Nikko, Japan
MIDTOWN, Lever House, New York, NY
Thinking out Loud, The Rachofsky Collection, Dallas, TX
2016
In the Making: Artists, Assistants, and Influence, Luxembourg & Dayan, New York, NY
2015
New York Painting, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
New Skin, Aïshti Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon
Surface Tension, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
2014
Man In The Mirror, Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels, Belgium
2013
Empire State, New York Art Now, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy
Empire State, New York Art Now, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MI
Group Show, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
Tenth Anniversary Show, Wallspace Gallery, New York, NY
Fruits of Captiva, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, New York, NY
2012
Alone Together, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
Group Show, West Street Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Were All Stars To Disappear or Die, Bugada & Cargnel, Paris, France
Grisaille, Luxembourg & Dayan, London, UK
Everything You Can Imagine is Real…, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
Secondary Evidence of Things Unseen, VeneKlasen/Werner, Berlin, Germany
Robert Barry, Peer Bode, Raymond Hains, Nikolas Gambaroff, Ryan Sullivan, Nicole Klagsbrun, New York, NY
2010
Skins, OHWOW, Miami, FL
Group Show, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
Neo-Vitruvian: The Body Now, Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, NY
Greater New York 2010: Rotation 4, MoMA/P.S.1, Queens, NY
Twenty-Six Dinner Parties: 1, Amagansett, NY
Spare Room, West Street Gallery, New York, NY
Substance Abuse, Leo Koenig Inc., Projekte, New York, NY
Volume, AT1 Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Selections, LA Art House, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Kings County Biennial, Kidd Yellin, Brooklyn, NY
Room Tones, St. Cecila Convent, Brooklyn, NY
2008
What the Midnight Can Show Us, Museum52, New York, NY
2007
Neointegrity, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Residencies and Awards
2017
Troedsson Villa, Nikko, Japan
2013
Artist-in-Residence, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX
Artist-in-Residence, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Captiva, FL
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Catalogues
2023
Resin Paintings. Los Angeles: Apogee Graphics, 2023.
2017
Ryan Sullivan: Spray Painted. Edited by Karen Kelly and Barbara Schroder. Miami: ICA Miami and Dancing Foxes Press, 2017.
2013
Ryan Sullivan: Hydra Workshop. London: Sadie Coles HQ, 2013.
2012
April 2009 December 2011. New York: Karma, 2012.
Articles and Reviews
2023
Hatfield, Zach. “Ryan Sullivan.” Artforum 61, no. 7 (March 2023): 156–157.
Kazanjian, Dodie. “17 Must-See Exhibitions This Winter and Spring, From New York to the Ivory Coast.” Vogue, January 6, 2023.
Laster, Paul. “From Coast to Coast, 8 Must-See Gallery Shows in January 2023.” Galerie.com, January 4, 2023.
Lubow, Arthur, “What to see in N.Y.C. Galleries Right Now.” New York Times, December 16, 2023, C11.
2019
Glickstein, Adina. “Critics' Picks, Ryan Sullivan.” Artforum (February 2019)
Da Silva, José. “Three Exhibitions to see in London this Weekend.” Theartnewspaper.com, January 18, 2019.
2018
High Line Art. “In the Works: A Studio Visit with Ryan Sullivan.” Thehighline.org, May 31, 2019.
2017
Schjeldahl, Peter. “Goings on About Town.” The New Yorker, February 3, 2017.
2015
Waltemath, Joan. “Means of Approach: New York Painting.” The Brooklyn Rail, September 8, 2015.
Thurlow, Erin. “Ryan Sullivan.” The Miami Rail, June 12, 2015.
Weiner, Emily. “Ryan Sullivan at ICA Miami.” Surface Magazine (April 2015).
Baumgardner, Julie. “Ryan Sullivan Scales Up.” Nytimes.com, April 16, 2015.
2014
Tremblay, Nicholas. “Ryan Sullivan.” Numéro (March 2014): 98-102.
2013
Luke, Ben. “Ryan Sullivan – Sadie Coles HQ. Exhibition Review.” London Evening Standard, September 11, 2013
Bollen, Christopher. “The New Abstract.” Interview Magazine (December/January 2013/2014).
Coleman, David. “Ryan Sullivan's Richly-Layered Abstract Paintings.” Architectural Digest (June 2013): 85.
2012
Indrisek, Scott. “Ryan Sullivan.” Modern Painters (May 2012): 69.
Scott, Andrea. “Short List.” The New Yorker, March 12, 2012.
“Best in Show: Ryan Sullivan at Maccarone.” The Village Voice, February 29, 2012.
Droitcour, Brian. “Critics’ Picks.” Artforum.com, February 28, 2012
Smith, Roberta. “Art in Review.” New York Times, February 24, 2012: C28.
Dailey, Meghan. “Best in Flow.” Interviewmagazine.com, February 12, 2012
Gartenfeld, Alex. “First Look. Ryan Sullivan.” Art in America (February 2012): 33.
Kertess, Klaus. “Ryan Sullivan.” Kaleidoscope (Winter 2012/2013): 8–13.
Public Collections
Art Collection of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Chicago, IL
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
RISD Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Rubell Museum, Miami, FL
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA