Ryan Kish (b.1983) received a BA from Marlboro College in 2007 and an MFA from Tufts University/ School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston in 2013. He was a recent participant in the Turps Studio Programme in London, UK from 2021-2023. He lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
One and Two Person Exhibitions
In the Red: Ryan Kish and Conor Thompson, The Barn at 1450 Oyster River Road, Warren, ME, 2023.
Ryan Kish, Drury Gallery , Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT , 2017
In the Road: Ryan Kish And Conor Thompson, BUOY, Kittery, Maine, 2014.
Selected Group Exhibitions
The Good Intent, Guest Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2024.
Turps Leavers Exhibition, Taplow House, London, UK, 2023.
Blink Art Presents, Safe House 1, London, UK, 2022.
Mood Times Ten, Fitzrovia Gallery, London, UK, 2022.
Pathways on Paper, South Parade Gallery, London, UK, 2022.
The Genuine Article, curated by Leon Benn and Seth Gass, Space Gallery, Portland, Maine, 2016.
The Mountain Show, Office Hours, Los Angeles, CA, 2014.
Finalists exhibition for the William and Dorothy Yeck Young Painter's Award, Miami University, Ohio, 2014.
MFA Thesis exhibition: Total Absorption, Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts University, 2013.
Deciphering Identity, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, 2013.
Abstract Friends Group show, BUOY Gallery, Kittery, Maine, 2009.
Co-Lab Gallery: Abstrakt 1b, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007.
Awards and Grants
NYFA Tri State Relief grant , 2020
Artist’s Grant, Vermont Studio Center, September 2013
Montague Travel Grant, Italy, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2013.
Helen W. Clark Prize in the Visual Arts, Marlboro College, 2007.
Freeman Foundation grant , Vietnam and Laos, 2005.
Residencies
DNA Residency, Provincetown, MA, 2024.
Cill Rialaig, Co. Kerry Ireland, 2023.
DNA Residency, Provincetown, MA, 2023.
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont, 2013
Teaching
Lecturer, SUNY Purchase College, Harrison , NY , 2019
Visiting lecturer, Hungarian University of Fine Arts (MKE), Budapest, Hungary, 2019.
Visiting critic, Columbia University, NY, NY 2018.
Visiting artist, Marlboro College, Marlboro, Vermont 2017.
Visiting critic , Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, 2014.