Ryan Crotty
b. Lincoln, NE
STATEMENT
I use unconventional painting techniques to create all-over compositions of color that seem to spread out beyond the edges of the canvas. The resulting process-intensive paintings are an investigation of formal relationships. They are non-representational and forgo all suggestion of figuration.
By applying layers of translucent paint, I generate aberrations in color and surface that reveal evidence of the painting as a physical object. The canvas acts as a support for pigment and binding medium that allows color and light to coalesce. Primary colors blend together to create secondary and tertiary
minimalist color field paintings.
The stark and reductive surfaces have a tendency to be reflective and glow with meditative calm. By exploiting the emotive powers of color, I seek a pathway to serenity and reflection in these tumultuous times.
EDUCATION
MFA, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York,2013
BFA, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2004
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
Diviner, High Noon Gallery, New York, NY
2018
Never the Less, High Noon Gallery, New York, NY
Lux Art Center - Lincoln, NE
2017
It Can Feel Overwhelming At Times, Columbus Art Gallery, Columbus, NE
Nebraska Governor's Residence, Featured Artist Exhibition, Lincoln, NE
2014
Ryan Crotty - Recent Works, Peru State College Art Gallery, Peru, NE (August)
2012
Ryan Crotty - Controlled Burn, The Wall - Shaffer Art Building, Syracuse, NY
2011
Passages of Obliteration, Michael Sickler Gallery, Syracuse, NY
2009
BITS, Handmade Modern Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2007
Ryan Crotty, Paintings, Handmade Modern, Brownville, NE
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
More or Less, Hemphill Gallery, Washington, D.C.
2017
The Painted Desert, High Noon Gallery, New York, NY
LUX Art Gala, Innovation Campus University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
2016
Euphoric Cataclysm, Tugboat Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
A deLUX Art Gala, Country Club of Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
Medici Exhibition, Eisentrager-Howard Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Spirit Exhibition, Museum of Nebraska Art, University of Nebraska, Kearney, NE
2015
Medici Exhibition, Eisentrager-Howard Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
A deLUX Art Gala, Country Club of Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
2014
Greater Nebraska, Lux Center For The Arts, Lincoln, NE
2013
The Nth Degree, 25 CPW Gallery, New York, NY
2012
Regional Small Works Show, State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY
Artists Collect, Michael Sickler Gallery, Syracuse, NY
Lunatic Fringe (The Show), The Wall - Shaffer Art Building, Syracuse, NY
Sugar Redux, Spark Art Gallery, Syracuse, NY
National Wet Paint Exhibition, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
2011
Blue Sky, Shaffer Art Building, Syracuse, NY
8x8, Berlin, Germany
SU@CU/CU@SU, XL Gallery / Clifford Gallery, Hamilton, NY
These Walls Can Talk, Michael Sickler Gallery, Syracuse, NY
8x8, Spark Gallery, Syracuse, NY
2009
Dystopia, I?S Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2004
BFA Senior Show, Eisentrager-Howard Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE
Alienation (Juried), Rotunda Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2003
Emerging Artists, 14th and O St., Lincoln, NE
AWARDS
Shaffer Award (MFA, Best In Show), Syracuse University, 2013
3rd Year Graduate Painting Award, Syracuse University, 2013
George J. Vander Sluis Graduate Painting Award, Syracuse University, 2012
Susan Parker King Graduate Drawing Award, Syracuse University, 2011