© Courtesy of Ryan Travis Christian and cadet capela
Born in 1983, Oakland, CA
Lives and works in Chicago, Illinois
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022
— Ruff Times Lately, cadet capela, Paris, FR
2021
— Fall Apart In My Backyard, Halsey McKay Gallery, New York, NY, US
— Cryin Ryan, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2020
— Here Comes The Rooster, Over The Influence, Hong Kong, HK
— Bang Bang Play, Galleria Javier Lopez & Fer Frances, Madrid, ES
2019
— Danger is my maiden name, Ross+Kramer Gallery, New York, NY
— Big baldy etc, Arsham/Feig Gallery, New York, NY
2018
— I'm Picking Up Where the California Raisins Left Off, Richard Geller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2017
— This Shit is for the Birdies, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
— Joakim Ojanen and Ryan Travis Christian, The Hole, New York, NY
2015
— Ryan Travis Christian & T.L. Solien, Left Field, San Luis Obispo, CA
2014
— Check please!, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
— That Ain’t Jazz, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013
— Well, Here We Aren't Again, Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh, NC
— American Landscapes and Stuff, Trailer Park Proyects, Puerto Rico
2012
— The Second Banana, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco CA
— Something Something Black Something, Halsey McKay, East Hampton NY
— John Riepenhoff Experience Presents - RTC Collaborates, Pepin Moore, Los Angeles CA
— It Ain't Conceptual, CooperCole, Toronto ON
2011
— River Rats/RTC Collaborates, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
— Sad Sacks, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010
— Well, Time Makes Fools of Us All, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
— New Work, POV Evolving, Los Angeles, CA
— Antexspagna, Ebers Moore, Chicago, IL
— Weed demon, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
— The Western Exhibitions Drawing Biennal, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2022
— HEY! LE DESSIN, curated by HEY!, Musée de la Halle Saint Pierre, Paris, FR
2021
— NADA Miami, Western Exhibitions, Miami, FL, US
— London's burning, Ramp Gallery, London, UK
— My Sweet Doppelgänger, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, US
— Summer Summer Group Show, Ross+Kramer Gallery, New York, NY, US
— Nature Morte, The Hole, New York, NY
— The Western Exhibitions Drawing Biennal, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2020
— Allegory of Painting, curated by William Leung, Woaw gallery, Hong Kong, HK
— BLUNT!, cadet capela, Paris, FR
— Extra Time, curated by Case Studyo, Plus-One Gallery, Antwerp, BE
— We used to gather, Library Street Collective, Detroit, MI, US
— ZOO, MIMA Museum, Brussels, BE
2019
— Digital Print Show, Washington Art Association & Gallery, Washington Depot, CT
— With a Capital P: Selections by Six Painters, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
— Paper View, The Hole, New York, NY
— ART IS WHERE THE HEART IS VOL. 5, Galerie Droste, Paris, FR
2018
— Sweet, Golden and Delicious, NIU Art Museum, DeKalb, IL
— Alive with pleasure!, Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, NY
— Art Fair, The Porch Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
— Immersion, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2017
— Hide And Go Chic, Rover Gallery, Chicago, IL
— Unapologetic Drawing, Ralph Arnold Gallery, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
— Heatwave, Granite City Art and Design District (G-CADD), Granite City, IL
— Zing Zam Blunder, Harbinger Projects, Reykjavik, Iceland
— Fake News, CES Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
— Underlying system is not known, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
— The Nothing That Is: A Drawing Show in 5 Parts, curated by Matt Distel and Bill Thelen, The Carnegie, Covington, KY
— Periscope, Able Baker Contemporary, Portland ME
— Ocotillio, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia PA
2016
— Em Kettner, Kyle Breitenbach, and Ryan Travis Christian, Harpy Gallery, Rutherford, NJ
— Quiet Please, The Inn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
— Velvet Ropes, GIFC Worldwide, New York, NY
— LTD Wear, LVL3, Chicago, IL
— Thick As Paper Thin, Brilliant Champions, Brooklyn, NY
— Geo Necro, Ada Gallery, Richmond VA
— 6/2016, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco CA
2015
— Gatherings & Conversations, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
— White House Black Market, Kimberly-Klark, Queens, NY
— Mysterious Muck, Circuit 12 Contemporary, Dallas, TX
— Fence, Threewalls, Chicago, IL
— Happily Until Their Deaths, Narwhal Contemporary, Toronto ON
— Who Me?, curated by Daniel Albrigo, Atak Gallery, San Francisco, CA
— Irving Variety, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
— Selfie, curated by Husk Mit Navn, Gallery Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm, SE
— The Nothing That Is – a drawing show in five parts, curated by Bill Thelen, CAM Raleigh, NC
— That’s My Trip, curated by Andrew Shoultz, Joshua Liner Gallery
— Inaugural Group Show, Left Field, San Luis Obispo, CA
— PRTY PPL, curated by Josh Reames, Circuit 12 Contemporary, Dallas, TX
— Group Show, ChinaTown Project, San Francisco CA
— Interface, Water Street Studios, Aurora IL
— Potshop, Tusk, Chicago IL
— Jug Life, Park Life, San Francisco CA
2014
— Deluxe Projects LA/CHI presents: Pareidolia, Red Pipe Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
— Rocket Run: Abstraction from Chicago, Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
— I'm Jealous Of Your Failure, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal IL
— We do what we like and we like what we do, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
— Head, Western Exhibitions, Chicago IL
— Buying Friends, UICA, Grand Rapids MI
— Ghooost Show IV, Imagination Giants, Milwaukee WI
— If They Mated, The Honey Hole, Chicago IL
— Home At Last, Andres Guerrero Project, San Francisco CA
— We Do What We Like and We Like What We Do, Western Exhibitions, Chicago IL
— Juxtapoz Psychedelic Release Party, The Well, Los Angeles CA
— Welp, Bowbarr, Carrboro NC
2013
— Tell them I hate them, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
— Group Show, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco CA
— These Friends, Finale, THIS Gallery, Los Angeles CA
— Milestone #1, Circuit 12 Contemporary, Dallas TX
2012
— Pig Party 8.3, curated by Gina Beavers, Bowery, New York, NY
— Black Foliage 2.0, Nudashank, Baltimore, MD
— Black Foliage, Chinatown Arcade, NYC, NY
— Gin & Juice, Ivory & Black, London, UK
— Still Here Now, Mohs Exhibit, Copenhagen DN
— Cigarettes, Phone Cards, & Hip Hop Clothing, FFDG, San Francisco, CA
— Living By Example, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
2011
— Group Show, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
— Double Breaks, Double Break, San Diego, CA
— Art We Like, Deer Run, Cambria, CA
— This Place In Time, Show and Tell Gallery, Toronto, ON
— Club Nutz, Art Since the Summer of 69', New York, NY
— Domestic Goods, curated by Ryan Wallace, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
— New Chicagoans, Co-Prosperity Sphere Chicago, IL
— Chain Letter, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
— Territories, Marwen, Chicago, IL
— SweatBoxing, MAMA Rotterdam, NL
— Objectivity, Cornish College for the Arts, Seattle, WA
— Heads on Poles, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2010
— AH! Wilderness, Ebers Moore, Chicago, IL
— Wreck The Walls, Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles, CA
— A Guide to Salvation, curated by Hilary Pecis, Space 1026, Philadelphia PA
— Weed Demon, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
— Paper! Awesome!, Baer Ridgway Projects, San Francisco, CA
— Inaugural Exhibition, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
— Diverse Chorus, SCOOP, Charleston SC
2009
— Infinity, Scion Installation, Los Angeles, CA
— East of Eden, Synchronicity, Los Angeles, CA
— Enigmatic Shadow, Synchronicity, Los Angeles, CA
— CaBoom, Synchronicity, Los Angeles, CA
2008
— Titanium Expose, FFDG, San Francisco, CA
— Chimera Frontiera, Junc Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
— NFO XPO/Version Fest, Chicago
2007
— Mutation Nation, D.I.Y. Gallery, Los Angeles CA
— Brown River, Roots & Culture Contemporary Arts Center, Chicago, IL
— KlusterCrusts, Butcher Shop/Dogmatic, Chicago, IL
2006
— Where All the D*cks Hang Out, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
— Rudolph Projects, Houston, TX
COLLECTIONS
— Artist Book Collection, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
— Artist Book Collection, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
— Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
— Jager Collection, Amsterdam, NL
— McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL
— Soho House Chicago, IL
— Colecciōn Solo, ES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
— Everything is legal, 2017, Perfectly Acceptable Press, Chiacgo, IL (Monograph)
— Land and Sea #8: Ryan Travis Christian, 2011, Land and Sea
— Beautiful/Decay: What A Mess, 2009, Beautiful/Decay
— Infinity, 2009, Scion, Los Angeles, CA
— KlusterCRUSTS, 2007, The Chicago Reader
EDUCATION
2007
— BFA, Northern Illinois University