Biography
Leonie Ryan
Leonie Ryan was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1965. At age six she moved with her family to Gippsland, where growing up in a rural area her life was occupied with explorations of the surrounding countryside. Ryan has worked across a vast range of disciplines including installation art, sensory art, sculpture, photography, collage, performance and since 2017 ceramics. In 2016 Ryan completed Master of Fine Art. Between 2010 to 2012 was awarded Bachelor of Visual Art and Design and Master of Visual Art at Monash University. In 2008 she was honoured to receive Artistic Merit Award from Monash University and in 2007 a Regional Arts Victoria award.
In 2018 Ryans art practice paused for two years due to a family crisis. She mainly focuses on raw materials, process, design elements from mid-century modern, forms from ancient text and varied representations of the abacus. Ryans processes of abstraction and distinctive artistic language, offers space for different perspectives.
Ryans art studio is based at her countryside residence in Victoria where she practices during Summer and Autum. Throughout the Winter months she practices from her residence near the Daintree rainforest in Far North Queensland.
Curriculum Vitae
Leonie Ryan
Born 1965
Education:
| 2014-2016 | Master of Fine Art, by research, Federation University |
| 2011-2012 | Master of Visual Arts, Monash University |
| 2007-2010 | Bachelor of Visual Arts & Design, Monash University |
| 2000-2006 | Diploma of Visual Arts & Design, TAFE |
Solo Exhibitions:
| 2018 | Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Project Space, Invisible Tendrils, Billowing Threads |
| 2016 | Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, Sculpture Courtyard Gallery, Fir |
| 2016 | Seventh Gallery, Fitzroy, Victoria, Project Space, ‘Inside Out’ |
| 2016 | Switchback gallery, Federation University, Site, Substance and Sensation |
| 2012 | Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford, Re-collection |
| 2012 | Monash University, Pocket Space, Cabinet of Curios & The Seventh Year |
| 2011 | Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford, Australian Made |
| 2011 | Latrobe Regional Gallery, Project Space, untitled |
| 2009 | Abi Edwards Gallery, Tonimbuk, Planetary Expedition |
| 2008 | The Vault Gallery, Trafalgar, Aeracura |
| 2008 | Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, Lateral Rhythms |
| 2006 | Montsalvat, Eltham, Places in the Mind |
| 2005 | West Gippsland Arts Centre, Warragul, Wet Metaphysical |
Group Exhibitions:
| 2022-23 | Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Wild Dogs from Down Under, Past and Present |
| 2022 | Cairns Art Gallery, Cairns, The Melting Pot Exhibition, Helena and The Bather |
| 2019-24 | Douglas Art Bank, Mossman, Queensland, ceramics |
| 2019 | West Gippsland Art Centre, Warragul, Wild Dogs from Down Under, Then and Now |
| 2018 | Douglas Art Bank, Mossman Queensland, ceramics and collages |
| 2015 | Winter Night Festival, Morwell, Transiting Cities, RMIT University, Projection, Icy, Smooth and Slippery |
| 2013 | Linden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts |
| 2012 | Annual Exhibition, Association of Sculpture of Victoria, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford, Mr. Sheen Quandary |
| 2011 | Sculpture trail, Monash University |
| 2011 | Emergence: Art on the Move, Federation Square, Melbourne, Sculpture and DVD on the Big Screen |
| 2010 | Wonder/Wander, Monash, Switchback Gallery, Churchill, Victoria |
| 2010 | Sculpture trail, Monash University |
| 2010 | Fields of View, Maroondah Art Gallery, Ringwood, Victoria |
| 2010 | Fields of View, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, Victoria |
| 2010 | Fields of View, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria |
| 2010 | Fields of View, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, Victoria |
| 2010 | Fields of View, Queen’s Hall, Parliament House, Melbourne |
| 2009 | ECO, Abi Edwards Gallery, Tonimbuk, Victoria |
| 2009 | Gippsland Artists, Art Melbourne, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| 2009 | Sculpture Garden, Berry’s Creek, Leongatha, Victoria |
| 2008 | Gippsland Artists, Art Melbourne, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| 2008 | Forests After Fire, Tyres Art Festival, Victoria |
| 2008 | Biennial Drawing Prize Exhibition, Arc Yinnar, Yinnar, Victoria |
| 2008 | Sculptors Victoria Annual Exhibition, Montsalvat, Eltham, Victoria |
| 2008 | China’s Influence, West Gippsland Arts Centre, Warragul, Victoria |
| 2008 | UNLEASHED, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, Victoria |
| 2008 | GIPPSLAND, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria |
| 2007 | GIPPSLAND, Jiu Jiang, Arts & Cultural Centre, China |
| 2007 | GIPPSLAND, Queen’s Hall, Parliament House, Melbourne |
| 2007 | GIPPSLAND, Burrinja Gallery, Upwey, Victoria |
| 2007 | Melbourne Affordable Art, Art Melbourne, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| 2006 | GIPPSLAND, Meeniyan Art Gallery, Meeniyan, Victoria |
| 2006 | GIPPSLAND, West Gippsland Arts Centre, Warragul, Victoria |
| 2006 | Kodak Salon Exhibition, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne |
| 2006 | Melbourne Affordable Art, Art Melbourne, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| 2004 | TAFE Exhibition, Arc Yinnar Gallery, Yinnar, Victoria |
| 2003 | TAFE Exhibition, West Gippsland Arts Centre, Warragul, Victoria |
| 2002 | TAFE Exhibition, West Gippsland Arts Centre, Warragul, Victoria |
| 2001 | TAFE Exhibition, West Gippsland Arts Centre, Warragul, Victoria |
Awards:
| 2010 | Award for Design, Rowland Commercial Catering, South Yarra, Victoria |
| 2008 | Artistic Merit Award, Monash University, Tyres Art Festival, Photo Exhibition |
| 2007 | Arts Business RAVE Award, Group Exhibition GIPPSLAND |
| 2007 | Baw Baw Shire Excellence & Innovation Business Award, Group Exhibition GIPPSLAND |
| 2004 | Warragul Art Show, First Prize, Best Contemporary Art |
Commissions & Acquisitions:
| 2015 | Churchill Community Garden Project, The Hub, Sensory Garden Arch |
| 2008 | Angel Flight, Brisbane, Sculpture and Photography |
| 2008 | Painting, Latrobe Regional Gallery, So Swish Cafe |
| 2007 | Baw Baw Shire Council, Sculpture, Flower of the West |
| 2007 | Local Government MP, Mixed Medium Hanging Sculpture, Baw Baw Dreaming |
| 2007 | China, Major of Jiu Jiang, Sculpture, Flower of the South |
| 2005 | R.T.L. Yallourn Energy, Commission, Mixed Medium, Regenerated Wetlands |
| 2005 | Private Collector, Commission, Photography Series, Places in the Mind |
| 2004 | R.T.L. Yallourn Energy, Commission, Photography, Open Cut Mine |
| 1994-2002 | Performance |