Virginia Ryan is an Australian-Italian binational artist, art therapist and cultural activist. She graduated from the Australian National University School of Arts (79) , postgraduate studies inArt Therapy (Edinburgh, Scotland 94) and masters Gestalt Therapies in Italy 2021.
Since 1980, Ryan has worked internationally with an interdisciplinary approach, alone and in association with fellow artists, anthropologists and musicians, collaborating with institutions such as New York University, and co-founding FCA Ghana (Foundation for Contemporary Art, Ghana) and Make Art Not War N.G.O in Ivory Coast after the 2011 civil war . In 2016 she founded ‘Maker Art Not Walls Italia’ with asylum seekers in central Italy.
Based in Italy , she has lived and worked with artists in Alexandria Egypt (1982 -1985), Curitiba Brazil (1988-1990), Belgrade in Serbia (1990-1992), Edinburgh (1992-1995) Accra Ghana (2001-2007) Abidjan (2009-2013) and Grand Bassam in Ivory Coast (2014-2016)
Her research has been concerned with identity, land and memory, exhibited in the Biennales such as Malindi , Dakar, Venice and Curitiba; with exhibitions in public and gallery spaces on all continents. Works have been featured in International Art Fairs and Museums and are held in public and private collections
She is an ‘Accademico Di Merito’ at the Pietro Vannucci Accademia in Perugia, Italy.
For a full biography: www.virginiaryan.com
Eventi a Rome Art Week
2024
Accesso libero
Vernissage Martedì 22 Ott 2024 | 18:00-21:00