Myra Ryan Artist
About
Awards
2018 Elected to Membership of Sculpture Cymru
Royal Cambrian Academy Open, Highly Commended
2016 Flourish Award, West Yorkshire Print Centre, shortlisted
ELIA, European League of Institutes of Art, nomination
Royal Academy Summer Show, London finalist
2015 Welsh Art Graduate 2015
Print Proof Scholarship, Regional Print Centre, Wrexham
BA Fine Art (Hons) First Class
Royal Academy Summer Show, London finalist
2014 Student Prize, Wrexham Open, Shortlisted
Exhibited
2018 Oriel Brondanw, Penrhyndeudraeth
Mid Wales Art Gallery, Caersws
Angela Scott Studio & Gallery, Sodylt
North Wales Open, Oriel Theatr Clwyd, Mold
Painting with Words, Willow Gallery, Oswestry
Royal Cambrian Academy Open,
2017 Bijoux, Willow Gallery, Oswestry
Royal Cambrian Academy Open
Open Studios, Willow Gallery, Oswestry
2016 Royal Academy Summer Show (finalist)
Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno (selected)
Willow Gallery, Oswestry
Blossoms Gallery, Aberystwyth
Oriel Ynys Mon, Anglesey (selected)
Moving Minds, Oriel Sycharth, Wrexham (selected)
Ignite, Undegun, Wrexham
Royal Cambrian Academy Open, Conwy
2015 Royal Academy Summer Show, London (finalist)
Welsh Graduates of the Year Show, Millennium Centre, Cardiff
North Wales Open, Oriel Wrexham
2012 - 2015 - BA Hons Fine Art, Glyndwr University, Wrexham
Through her work Myra attempts to convey aspects of the human condition that language alone cannot fully communicate. Exploring what is normally hidden from view she gives visual presence to the inner self, to feelings and emotions, in a way that may be universally understood.
Drawing using non-traditional materials there is an energy, an immediacy, in
Myra`s use of line, rhythm and repetition. Capturing the moment of painting,
pouring, wrapping, drawings may be layered, manipulated and taken into space to
create 3 dimensional structures. Structures which are visceral; physical; tactile.
Working quickly and instinctively with big, gestural movements, the repetitive,
rhythmic action allows the conscious mind to relax and the subconscious to come
into play. Thoughts flow from mind, through body, into hands.
The fragile, ephemeral, materials reflect the tenuous nature of life and are
metaphors for the body, where the body isn`t present but is implied. There are
tensions in the work between loss and vulnerability, confinement and freedom,
concealment and exposure. Familiar materials used in unexpected ways bring
additional layers of meaning, allowing multiple interpretations. The work is
deliberately open, ambiguous, thought provoking; encouraging the viewer to
pause for a moment to consider, to reflect and to interpret the clues left within the
work.
Myra is an artist living and working in North Wales.