about
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Born in Houston, TX 1981
Lives in Maryland, USA
education
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MFA, Mount Royal School of Art, Maryland Institute College of Art
BA, Art History and Curatorial Studies, Brigham Young University
selected exhibitions
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2012 - Conventional Wisdom, Delicious Spectacle, Washington DC
- Secret Decoder Ring, HPGRP Gallery, NYC
- Black Foliage, Nudashank Gallery, Baltimore, MD
- Geo-Structure, Silber Gallery, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
- Strange Game, Gromley Gallery of Notre Dame of Maryland U, Baltimore, MD
- Time Bandits (2-person), Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
- Lightning Strikes Twice, Circuit12, Dallas, TX
- Lairs (solo), Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, McDaniel College, Westminster, MD
- Dungeons and Dragons On & Ever Onward, Soho Gallery for Digital Art, NYC
- Wildland, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD
2011 - Our Father and the Tiny Guardian, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ
- Trawick Prize, Artery Plaza Gallery, Bethesda, MD
- Irrevelant Bullshards (solo), School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD
- Wildland, Silber Gallery, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
- Naming The Animals, Proteus Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY
- Doomslangers, Central Utah Art Center, Ephraim, UT
2010 - Doomslangers, Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York, NY
- Snow, XL Projects, Syracuse, NY
- Forecast is Fear (2-person), Hood College, Frederick, MD
2009 - Chromatose, Nudashank Gallery, Baltimore, MD
- MICA Trawick and Bethesda Painting Award Honorees,MICA, Baltimore, MD
- Forms of Melancholy, Sego Art Center, Provo, UT
2008 - Between Worlds, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ
- The Trawick Prize, Heineman Myers Gallery, Bethesda, MD
- Pleasure Cruise, Artscape, Baltimore, MD
- Janet and Walter Sondheim Prize Semifinalists Exhibition, Baltimore, MD
- Archimage, Gallery Four, Baltimore, MD
- Hello, Hello, MFA Thesis Exhibition I, Decker Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2007 - A Vague Spatial Area, Fox 3 Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
- Nuemenon, 500 Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
- A Confluence of Raconteurs,Towson University, Towson, MD
- Recto/Verso, Pinkard Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2006 - (which is kind of interesting), Fox 3 Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2005 - Ryan Browning: Works on Copper, Gallery 303, Provo, UT
honors, etc.
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2012 - Atypica Magazine, Print Collaboration, Rosario, Argentina
2012 - Curated Participant, Select: WPA Art Auction, Washington DC
2011 - Trawick Prize, Finalist and Third Place Prize, Bethesda, MD
2011 - Artist in Residence, St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, MD
2010 - Harold Arts Residency, Chesterhill, OH
2008 - Trawick Prize, Finalist and Young Artist Award, Bethesda, MD
2005 - ORCA Mentored Research Grant, BYU, Provo, UT
biblio+web
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2012 - Cara Ober, Bmoreart's Best Baltimore Exhibitions of 2012 by Cara Ober, bmoreart.com, December
2012 - Mina Cheon, Time Bandits : Time Bandage, Creative Alliance Blog, June
2012 - Pam Zappardino, In the arts: New views of our own experience, Carroll County Times
2012 - Cara Ober, Sisyphean Labor, Urbanite Magazine, May
2012 - BOOOOOOOM! (web)
2012 – Jessica Oros, Lairs: Drawings and Paintings by Ryan Browning at Rice Gallery, BmoreArt (bmoreart.com)
2012 – Pam Zappardino, Steps to Another Reality, Carroll County Times
2012 – Brandon Oland, McDaniel Exhibit Features Landscapes with Sci-Fi Feel, Carroll County Times
2012 - Juxtapoz, Ryan Browning's Lairs (web)
2011 - Hi-Fructose, The Art of Ryan Browning (web)
2011 - BOOOOOOOM! (web)
2011 - YAY!EVERDAY, Ryan Browning (web)
2011 - SuckerPUNCH, Recent Paintings (web)
2011 - New American Paintings No. 94
2010 - Because We Like To (web)
2010 - BOOOOOOOM! (web)
2010 - NY Art Beat (web), "Doomslangers: A Project by Casey Jex Smith" Exhibition, October
2010 - Forecast is Fear, Frederick News Post, November
2010 - Escape Into Life (web)
2009 - But Does It Float (web), Ryan Browning, Oil Painting, Rem Koolhaas
2009 - Studio Visit Magazine
2008 - Trawick Prize, Washington Post (DC) and Frederick News Post (MD), September


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