Dermot Ryan
I have two sides, light and dark. On the one hand I'm interested in the beauty of things and on the other what lies behind or beneath.
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Biography
Dermot Ryan graduated with a Diploma in Fine Art Print from Limerick School of Art and Design and an MA in Fine Art Printmaking from Camberwell College of Arts, London and was awarded the R.K Burt prize at his final show. In 1994 he graduated with a higher diploma in teaching Art & Design from Limerick School of Art & Design and went on to teach Art part-time at various schools including Limerick Art college printmaking department from 1994 to 1995 as a printmaker in residence. He lived in Dubai and Turkey from 1997 until 2010 when he returned to live in Dublin.
He is a member and ex-director of the board of Graphic Studio Dublin. He mostly works in intaglio and relief but sometimes in lithography and monotype. He has taken part in many shows in Ireland and abroad. His work is mainly concerned with the Landscape and his response to what he has seen on his journeys around Ireland, Turkey and Bulgaria.
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Nationality:
IRELAND
- Date of birth : 1968
- Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
- Groups: Professional Artist Contemporary Irish Artists
Influences
Rembrandt Van Rijn.,
Francis Bacon,
Van Gogh,
Thomas Ryan,
Edward Munch,
Claude Monet,
Caravaggio,
Edward Hopper,
Toulouse Lautrec,
Goya,
Rothko,
Turner,
Vermeer,
David Hockney,
Norman Ackroyd,
William Orpen,
Paul Henry,
Roderic O'Conor,
Robert Ballagh,
Harry Clarke,
Barry Cooke,
Verner Herzog,
Jim Fitzpatrick,
Andrew Wyath,
Chuck Close,
Barnett Newman,
Martin Lewis,
Wayne Thiebaud,
Claes Oldenburg,
Jim Dine,
Giorgio Morandi,
Richard Diebenkorn,
Ellsworth Kelly,
M C Escher,
Frans Masereel,
Kathe Kollwitz,
Max Beckmann,
Lucian Freud,
Patrick Caulfield,
Howard Hodgkin,
Eduardo Paolozzi,
Paulo Rego,
Andy Warhol,
Otto Dix,
Gerhard Richter,
Paul Wunderlich
Education
1993 - 1994
Hdip Art & Design Teaching
Limerick,
Ireland
1990 - 1992
Masters in Fine Art Printmaking
Camberwell, London,
United Kingdom
1987 - 1990
Diploma In Fine Art Printmaking
Limerick,
Ireland
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Achievements
Prizes and Awards
2022
Agility Award, Arts Council Of Ireland
Dublin,
Dublin,
Ireland
Collective Expositions
2021
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
London,
United Kingdom
Publications & Press
2020
The Dublin Art Book, Published By Uit Cambridge Ltd 2020.
Dublin,
Ireland
2023
Art Seen, Quarterly Art Magazine, Spring Edition 2023
Ireland
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Reviews and comments
Almost surreal........! Stunning !
Beautiful tonal perspective, full of sensitivity.
Thank you Isabelle, you are very kind!
Beautiful composition, very poetic with an ephemeral feel. Really like your work Dermot.
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