Mark Ryden

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Mark Ryden

Ryden with a young fan at 2007's Tree show
Birth name Mark Ryden
Born January 20, 1963 (1963-01-20) (age 46)
Medford, Oregon
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Field Painter
Training Art Center College of Design
Works The Creatrix
Snow White
The Birth
Clear Heart Grey Flowers

Mark Ryden (b. January 20, 1963 in Medford, Oregon) is an American painter.

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[edit] History

Mark is the son of Barbara and Keith Ryden, born in Medford, Oregon but was raised in Southern California, in cities like Escondido.

Ryden studied Illustration and graduated from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, in 1987. His solo debut show entitled "The Meat Show" was in Pasadena, California in 1998. He currently lives and works in Eagle Rock, California, in a studio that he shares with his partner, artist Marion Peck. He is divorced and has two children Rosie and Jasper.

Ryden's work has gained greater prominence within the public domain thanks to so-called lowbrow art publications such as Juxtapoz in which his work features regularly. In fact Ryden has collaborated with other lowbrow artists such as Gary Baseman and Tim Biskup, in addition to composers Stan Ridgway (Wall of Voodoo) and Pietra Wexstun, ( the CD soundtrack to "Blood - Miniature Paintings of Sorrow and Fear") In November 2001 Ryden staged his debut New York exhibition with the Earl McGrath Gallery which then traveled on to the Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana, CA. He received a B.F.A. in 1987 from Art Center in Pasadena, California. He currently resides in Eagle Rock, California.[1]

Ryden has designed album covers, and his paintings are in public and private collections. Ryden’s work has been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide, including a recent museum retrospective “Wondertoonel” at the Frye Museum of Art in Seattle and Pasadena Museum of California Art. Ryden is also a subject of "The Art Army" hand-made action figures by Michael Leavitt (artist).

Ryden's "The Tree Show" exhibit in March 2007 opened to acclaim at the Michael Kohn gallery in Los Angeles -- and featured a selection of oil paintings and sculptures. A separate chamber contained many of Ryden's detailed studies for each of the paintings and exquisitely carved frames and was also made available. The largest of the paintings, "The Tree of Life," sold for $800,000 before the exhibit opened. According to Gallery currators, one later addition, an oil painting featuring a ghostly girl in a wooded location, has been acquired by Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art.[2]

Mark Ryden has two sisters and two brothers, one a fellow artist named Keyth, (the spelling from Keith was changed in 1969, for reasons relating to numerology and to distinguish himself from his father's first name) who professionally goes by the name KRK Ryden.

Kirk Hammett of the heavy metal band Metallica recently commissioned Mark Ryden to paint one of his guitars. Hammett is pictured holding the guitar on the cover of "Guitar World's April 2009 issue. [3]

On February 7, 2009 Ryden's exhibition "The Snow Yak Show" was shown at the Tomio Koyama Gallery[4] in Tokyo. This show marked a bit of a departure for the artist, whose previously brightly colored palette and rich back rounds were replaced by a more austere, minimal look and staying to a serene palette of white and grey tones. Long Gone John and Jessicka were listed as one of Ryden's muses for the show.[5] [6]

[edit] In Cinema

[edit] Publications

  • The Art of Mark Ryden: Anima Mundi (2001)
  • Bunnies and Bees (2002)
  • Wondertoonel Paintings (2004)
  • Blood Show (2005)
  • Fushigi Circus (2006)
  • The Tree Show (2009)

[edit] Work

[edit] Solo Exhibitions

  • 2009 "Snow Yak", Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2007 "The Tree Show", Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, California
  • 2005 "Wondertoonel", Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, California
  • 2004 "Wondertoonel", Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
  • 2003 "Blood" Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, California
  • 2003 "Insalta Mista" Mondo Bizzarro Gallery, Bologna, Italy
  • 2002 "Bunnies and Bees", Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, California
  • 2001 "Bunnies and Bees", Earl McGrath Gallery, New York, New York
  • 2000 "Amalgamation", Outre Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
  • 1998 "The Meat Show", Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, California

[edit] Group Exhibitions

2008

  • “Prints from the Cal State Fullerton University Collection II”, Cal State Fullerton Main Art Gallery, Fullerton, CA

2007

  • "Charity by Numbers", Corey Helford Gallery, Culver City, CA
  • "El rey de la casa" Institut de Cultura de Barcelona, Spain

2006

  • "Drawn to Expression". Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA

2005

  • "Au Pays de Merveilles" Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris, France

2004

  • "Innocence Found" DFN Gallery, New York, New York
  • "100 Artists See Satan" Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, California
  • "Age of Aquarius" Copro-Nason Gallery, Culver City, California
  • "Modern Love" M Modern Gallery, Palm Springs, California
  • "From Your Valentine" Copro-Nason Gallery, Culver City, California
  • "Juxtapoz 10th Anniversary Group Show" 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, California

2003

  • "Dark Fairytales" Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, Washington
  • "Group Show" La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
  • "Raising the Brow" Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2002

  • "Hello" PressPop Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • "Gods and Monsters" Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, Washington
  • "Group Show" La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
  • "Draw" Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, Washington
  • "Von Dutch an American Original" Northridge Art Galleries, Northridge, California

2001

  • "Representing LA, Pictorial Currents in Southern CA Arts" Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
  • "Representing LA, Pictorial Currents in Southern CA Arts" Laguna Art Museum, Laguna California
  • "Group Show" La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2000

  • "Margaret Keane and Keaneabilia" Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California
  • "Luck of the Draw" La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
  • "Retrospective" Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, California
  • "Invitational III" La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
  • "Up From the Underground" Hollywood Arts & Culture Center, Hollywood, Florida

1999

  • "Group Show" Copro-Nason Gallery, Culver City, California
  • "Six Forms of Love and Despair" Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • "Tiki Group Show" Huntington Beach Arts Center, Huntington Beach, California
  • "Invitational II" La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, California

1998

  • "Kittens’n’Kads" Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, California
  • "Custom II" Acme Gallery, San Francisco, California
  • "No Red Ribbons" Julie Rico Gallery, Santa Monica, California
  • "Tribute to La Luz de Jesus" Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles, California
  • "Group Show" La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, California

1997

  • "Calivera Kustom" Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, California
  • "The Secret Society of Dog Art" Random Gallery, Los Angeles, California

1996

  • "21st Century Tiki" La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, California

1994

  • "Side Show" Tamara Bane Gallery, Los Angeles, California

[edit] A Selection of Album and Single Covers

Michael Jackson, Dangerous album cover by Mark Ryden
Red Hot Chili Peppers, One Hot Minute album cover by Mark Ryden
"Clear Hearts Grey Flowers" used for Jack Off Jill by Mark Ryden
Stephen King's novels Desperation and The Regulators by Mark Ryden

[edit] Book covers

[edit] Misc.


[edit] References

  1. ^ -From the Earl Mcgrath Gallery website.
  2. ^ "SHOOTING LOW, AIMING HIGH The strange trajectory of Mark Ryden LA WEEKLY March 20, 2007
  3. ^ Guitar World Excerpt February 4th, 2009
  4. ^ http://www.tomiokoyamagallery.com/index/eng/frame.html
  5. ^ "hifructose.com Mark Ryden's "The Snow Yak" show in Tokyo" February 12, 2009
  6. ^ The Snow Yak Show (Mark Ryden) in Tokyo Opening Night February 11, 2009

[edit] External links

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