Paul Ryan
select available works
1964 Born Auckland, arrived Australia 1973
1990 Bachelor of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong
Recent Solo Exhibitions
2006, 08, 10, 12 Rex Irwin Art Dealer
2012 wild colonial boys egg and dart thirroul nsw
2010 No Country for Dreaming, Wollongong City Gallery
2009-10 Michael Reid at Murrurundi
2009, 10 Clifton School of Arts
2001 – 05 Dickerson Gallery, Sydney
2002, 03 Dickerson Gallery Melbourne
2000 Queen St Fine Art, Sydney
1997 Gallery 482, Brisbane
1996 Project, Wollongong
1989, 90 DC Art, Sydney
1988 Galaxy Gallery, Balmain
Group Exhibitions
2011 BIG/small Rex Irwin Art Dealer,
2009 Heads, Rex Irwin Art Dealer
2008 Food for thought, NG Gallery, Chippendale
2007 The Sea, Rex Irwin Art Dealer
2007 Land, Sea, Sky, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
07 – 08 Cuisine and country, touring exhibition of regional art galleries
2006 The idea of the animal, RMIT
1990-2008 Important works on paper, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
Selected Prizes
2012
the archibald prize finalist agnsw
the sulman prize finalist agnsw
the rick amor drawing prize finalist ballarat regional art gallery victoria
the redlands prize finalist nas gallery sydney
the gallipoli prize finalist gallipoli memorial club
the alice prize finalist araluen arts centre alice springs
the doug moran portrait prize semi finalist state library nsw
the waterhouse natural history art prize winner to be announced adelaide museum
the kogarah art prize finalist kogarah nsw
the waverly art prize commended waverly nsw
2011
the wynne prize agnsw
the tattersalla prize brisbane
fishers ghost art prize campbelltown
mosman prize mosman
paddington prize paddington
kedumba prize wentworth falls
doug moran portrait prize sydney
nsw parliament plein air prize sydney
2010
the paddington prize winner sydney
the norvil prize winner murrurundi
the archibald prize agnsw
fischers ghost prize campbelltown regional gallery
mosman prize mosman
tattersals prize brisbane
2009
the archibald prize agnsw
the wynne prize agnsw
the sulman prize agnsw
tattersalls prize commended tattersalls club , brisbane
fischers ghost prize campbelltown regional gallery
doug moran national portrait prize state library nsw
2008
archibald prize agnsw
woollahra small sculpture prize woollahra
bowral sculpture prize bowral
nsw parliament plein air prize sydney
2007
archibald prize agnsw
wynne prize agnsw
mosman prize commended mosman
tattersalls club prize commended tattersala clib , brisbane
paddington prize sydney
2006
archibald prize agnsw
wynne prize agnsw
sulman prize agnsw
art on the rocks sydney
2005
archibald prize agnsw
sulman prize agnsw
mosman prize mosman
art on the rocks sydney
2004
archibald prize agnsw
northern exposure prize winner thirroul
mount kembla prize winner mt kembla
fleurieu prize, landscape south australia
mosman prize mosman
art on the rocks sydney
2003
salon de refuses sh ervin gallery
art on the rocks sydney
mosman prize mosman
john copes prize winner bowral
st marys school prize winner wollongong
2002 thirroul prize winner thirroul
archibald prize agnsw
norvil prize commended murrurundi
mornington peninsular works on paper victoria
2001
salon de refuses sh ervin gallery
1993
archibald prize agnsw
1989
sulman prize agnsw
Collections
wollongong regional art gallery
wollongong university collestion
artrbank
numerous private collections
Select Solo Exhibitions