New Paintings by Jay Ryan
June 27-August 3, 2014
Unsold works from this exhibit have been returned to the artists and are no longer available to purchase from our gallery, sorry!
1
Jay Ryan
Shopping
Acrylic on Wood Panel
8" x 10"
2
Jay Ryan
Internet Cat Videos
Acrylic on Wood Panel
8" x 10"
3
Jay Ryan
For Respect
Acrylic on Canvas
30" x 24"
4
Jay Ryan
Feral
Acrylic on Canvas
30" x 24"
5
Jay Ryan
Touching Base
Acrylic on Canvas
40" x 30"
6
Jay Ryan
Apollo
Acrylic on Canvas
60" x 48"
7
Jay Ryan
Settling In
Acrylic on Canvas
40" x 30"
8
Jay Ryan
Better Times
Acrylic on Wood Panel
14" x 11"
9
Hold On
Acrylic on Wood Panel
14" x 11"
10
Jay Ryan
Progress
Acrylic on Wood Panel
14" x 11"
11
Jay Ryan
Chance Encounter
Acrylic on Wood Panel
16" x 20"
12
Jay Ryan
Improvisation
Acrylic on Canva
48" x 36"
13
Jay Ryan
Formation
Acrylic on Wood Panel
20" x 16"
14
Jay Ryan
Onward, Illinois
Screen Print on Paper
18" x 24"
Edition of 230
December 2013
15
Jay Ryan
Incursion
Screen Print on Paper
18" x 24"
Edition of 200
May 2013
16
Jay Ryan
For Reference
Screen Print on Paper
18" x 24"
Edition of 225
May 2014
17
Jay Ryan
It’s a Jolly Holiday With Sauropods
Screen Print on Paper
18" x 24"
Edition of 260
March 2014
18
Jay Ryan
The Rabble
Screen Print on Paper
28" x 8"
Edition of 330
August 2013
19
Jay Ryan
Aftermath
Screen Print on Paper
30" x 20"
Edition of 80
June 2014
About the Artist / Artist Statement
Jay Ryan is a Chicago-based artist and musician. He learned to screenprint beginning in 1995, working under Steve Walters at Screwball Press. Jay printed posters for his own band (dianogah), his friends' bands and the clubs they played at. Slowly, work from other clubs and other bands came in.
In 1999, Jay started The Bird Machine print shop in the basement of his apartment building, and soon hired fellow Chicago artist Mat Daly to help with the printing responsibilities, working with Jay until the end of 2007. In 2002, The Bird Machine moved to a proper commercial space in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood, during which time the national poster community really took off, as reflected by Jay's constant travel, showing posters and talking to students around the country. In 2007, The Bird Machine moved a final time, to a small building in Skokie, a near-north suburb bordering Chicago, where the print shop runs now.
In addition to his full schedule creating screenprinted gig posters and performing with dianogah, Jay publishes a good number of fine art prints every year and does occasional art exhibitions of both paintings and prints. His work has appeared in several books including two dedicated to his posters: Animals and Objects In and Out of Water: Posters by Jay Ryan, 2006-2008 and 100 Posters, 134 Squirrels: A Decade of Hot Dogs, Large Mammals and Independent Rock: The Handcrafted Art of Jay Ryan.Jay was one of the subjects of the 2012 gig-poster documentary, Just Like Being There, along with Daniel Danger and Kevin Trong.
This is Jay's third exhibit at Rotofugi Gallery after previous exhibits in 2010 and 2011. We're super excited and honored to be hosting Jay in our gallery again.
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