Veronica Ryan OBE is an artist who lives and works between New York and London. Ryan has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Spike Island, Bristol (2021); Paula Cooper Gallery, New York (2019); The Hepworth Wakefield (2017); The Art House, Wakefield (2017); The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh (2011); Salena Gallery, Long Island University, New York (2005); Tate St Ives, Cornwall (2000); and Camden Arts Centre, London (1995); amongst many others. In May 2021, Ryan unveiled a new commission to celebrate the 10th anniversary of The Hepworth Wakefield, Leeds.
Ryan’s work has been included in numerous institutional group shows, including ‘Breaking the Mould: Sculpture by Women since 1945’, organised by Arts Council Collection, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK (2021); ‘Ghosts from the Recent Past’, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland (2021); ‘Portable Sculpture’, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK (2021); ‘Barbara Hepworth: Art and Life’, The Hepworth Wakefield, UK (2021); ‘Virginia Woolf: An Exhibition Inspired by Her Writings’, Tate St Ives, Cornwall, UK (2019); ‘The Place is Here’, Nottingham Contemporary, UK (2017); amongst many others.
On 1 October 2021, Ryan will unveil a major permanent artwork in the London Borough of Hackney for the Windrush Commission, the UK’s first public sculpture to honour the Windrush Generation. Ryan’s inaugural solo exhibition at Alison Jacques, London, will open in Fall 2022.
Ryan is represented by Alison Jacques, London, and Paula Cooper Gallery, New York.
