Within my abstract paintings, I create a sense of control using the grid format to apply the mixture of what I call “tiles” which creates a geometrical balance. I am often incorporating physical objects and colors that help enhance my paintings while also tying directly to the subject.
– Ryan Cosbert
Ryan Cosbert lives and works in New York, NY, US.
EDUCATION
2021
BFA School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, US
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Woven Memories, Luce Gallery, Turin, IT
2022
The Past Is The Future And The Future Is Now, UTA Artist Space, Atlanta, GA, US
Traveling Mercies, Luce Gallery, Turin, IT
2021
I Am What I Am, Undercurrent, Brooklyn, NY, USA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Syncopated Tales, Bode, Berlin, DE
Only Time Will Tell, Galerie Julien Cadet, Paris, FR
2022
Untitled Art Fair, Miami, FL, US
ABABAB, Andrea Festa Fine Art, Rome, IT
27 (Young Americans), PM/AM, London, UK
The Shape Of Things, Swivel Gallery, Saugerties, NY, US
Summer of Possibilities, curated by Alteronce Gumby, Bode Projects, Berlin, DE
Salon RBH, Bode Projects, Berlin, DE
Migrating Sun Part 1, Welancora Gallery, New York, NY, US
That New New, Bloom Galerie, Geneva, CH
Black, The KNOW Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA, US
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, London, UK
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, New York, NY, US
Roma Arte in Nuvola, Rome, IT
ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, Shanghai, CN
2021
Hereditary, Swivel Gallery, Saugerties, NY, US
NADA Miami, Miami, FL, US
I Saw It Hang Down There, Bode Projects, Berlin, DE
I Am What I Am, Undercurrent, Brooklyn, NY, US
Æffect, Mehari Sequar Gallery, Washington, DC, US
CARPE DIEM, UTA Artist Space, Los Angeles, CA, US
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, London, UK
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, New York, NY, US
Melrose, Harper’s Books, Los Angeles, CA, US
An Ode To, Band Of Vices coLAB, Los Angeles, CA, US
The Privilege Of Getting Together Vol. 3, Swivel Gallery, New York, NY, US
36 Paintings, Harper’s Books, New York, NY, US
2020
Tissue Memory, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, US
Across the Surface / On the Edge, School of Visual Arts (online)
Through our Eyes, DC Commissionon the Arts & Humanities (online)
Serving the People BFA Show 2020, Serving the People (online)
Here We Are, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, US
2019
Rough & Tumble Recordings Studio Collective Exhibition, New York, NY, US
RnArt Art Show, Richmond, VA, US
2018
BSU 2018 Black History Month Art Exhibition, New York, NY, US
2015
Art is for Lovers, Milwaukee, WI, US
HONORS & AWARDS
2021
Barnes Foundation Scholarship Grantee
2017
Chairman’s Merit Awards