Mark Ryan
Possession
4 - 15 Oct 2023
G4
Opening Night
Friday 6 Oct | 6 - 8pm
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‘Possession’ continues Mark Ryan’s investigations of power, property and impermanent ownership: ’What was yours, is now mine’ and vice versa. Furthermore, what was once no one’s can become anyone’s. And all rights can be obliterated by new laws, aggression, obsolesce or the passage of time.
These abstract landscapes have a vertical perspective to reveal a palimpsest of uses, functions and ownership of their locations. They have been informed by geographical maps, both modern and ancient and rendered in the materials from the locations or found architectural components.
John Locke (29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism" argued ‘people were only entitled to ownership of the land if they made proper use of it.’
In 2023, Locke’s justifications for the occupation of land continue to play out across the landscape.
EXHIBITIONS
2023 - POSSESSION, Red Gallery Fitzroy, Melbourne, 6 October – 20 October
Solo Installation: Bitumen, oxides, clay, ink, 3M reflective tape and oil on suede or plywood.
2023 - SCULPTURES@SCRATCHLEY, Fort Scratchley Newcastle, 9 May – 30 May
One Billion Tonnes of Coal: Coal, Miners Pick and Shovel, Day Glo Orange paint.
2023 - UNFRAMED, Newcastle Art Space, Newcastle, 3 March – 19 March
Reverence and Exploitation - A Dialogue of Values. Giclée print on paper.
2022 - THEORY OF COLOURS, Articulate Project Space, Leichhardt, 22 October – 6 November
Ranger 12°41′S 132°55′E: Zincalume rolled steel, Chromed steel tube, Neodymium magnets, Day Glo Orange paint.
2022 - BLOT, Articulate Project Space, Leichhardt, 20 August – 4 September
Delineate: 3M reflective tape installation.2022 - OVERLAP, Articulate Project Space, Leichhardt, 18 March – 4 April,
Solo Installation: Bitumen, aluminium, clay, ink, paper and oil on leather and wood.2022 - RUNSWICK STREET GALLERY PRIZE, Fitzroy, 7 – 21 January,
Property rights N70: Ink and oil on wood.
2020 - MUSWELLBROOK ART PRIZE, Muswellbrook, 21 March – 8 May,
AlbertRoyFrancis: Bitumen, aluminium, clay, ink, paraffin, artificial grass and charcoal on leather.2020 - JOHN VILLIERS OUTBACK ART PRIZE, Winton Qld, 8 March – 8 May,
4 backpackers in new kit standing around a hole, texting: Bitumen, aluminium, clay on leather.1994 - ARTISTS BACKSTAGE, Sydney Theatre Company, 1 – 7 October,
Desire: Oil on canvas on wood1991 - NOW and NEW, Akiyama Gallery, Tokyo Japan, 11 – 22 February,
Solo Installation: Oil on canvas. Stoneware resin, Wallpaper on wood. screen print on canvas.1989 - ZERO, Nara Prefectural Cultural Hall, Nara Japan, 13 – 18 June,
Solo Installation: Plaster resin, Bitumen, graphite, sulphur and cement on wood. Earthenware and oil.1989 - NEW WORK, Gallery Haku, Osaka Japan, 13 – 18 February,
Solo Installation: Stoneware resin, industrial paint gold onglaze. Lead. Salt and steel.1986 - MARK RYAN, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, 12 April – 7 May,
Solo Installation: Stoneware, earthenware under and over glazes. Graphite on paper
RESIDENCIES
2023 - Lighthouse Arts, Newcastle
2021 - Broken Hill Art Exchange
EDUCATION
2020 - PhD candidate University of Newcastle, NSW
1991 - Master of Art in 3D Visual Art, Kyoto City University Arts, Japan
1987 - Certificate in Japanese Language Osaka University of Foreign Studies, Japan
1980 - Diploma Visual Arts University of Newcastle, NSW
AWARDS
2020 - Vice Chancellor Scholarship. University of Newcastle.
1988 - Monbusho Scholarship. Japanese Government.
1986 - The Australia Council, Project Grant.
Contact
Phone : (03) 9482 3550
mail@redgallery.com.au
Address
157 St Georges Rd
Fitzroy North, Victoria, 3068
Map
How to get here
Tram: route 11
Stop 21 just north of Edinburgh Gardens
Melway ref: 30B12
Parking in nearby streets
Bus: 504 (Reid Street)
