Kathryn Ryan

Born 1965
Lives and works in Warrnambool, VIC

Artist's CV

Represented by nanda\hobbs

 

Kathryn Ryan is a Victorian-based artist whose practice spans both painting and drawing, delving into the elusive states of

 

transition and ambiguity. Her work is captivated by the ‘in-between’; the liminal spaces where opposites coexist. Presence

 

and absence, clarity and obscurity, strength and fragility. Rather than rendering the tangible, Ryan gravitates toward the

 

intangible—silhouettes, husks, and shadows that hint at entities without fully revealing them. In this way, her drawings

 

become an allegory of drawing itself: acts of suggestion rather than declaration.

 

 

 

After several years living in the United Arab Emirates, Ryan returned to the South-West Victorian landscapes of her youth,

 

reconnecting with the deep-rooted sense of place that continues to shape her work. This intimacy infuses her practice with

 

a quiet tension; her compositions invite viewers into realms that feel both deeply personal and strangely universal, spaces

 

that are calm yet restless in their stillness.

 

 

 

Through her nuanced treatment of light and shadow, Ryan creates atmospheric works that oscillate between the familiar

 

and the strange. Her surfaces evoke human emotion through abstraction, balancing bold precision with quiet ambiguity.

 

In doing so, she invites viewers not just to see, but to sense—to engage with the landscape, nature and its essence on an

 

intuitive level.

 

 

\ Artworks

Beyond I

2023 \ Oil on linen, framed \ 84 x 107cm

Beyond II

2023 \ Oil on linen, framed \ 107 x 84cm

Drift

2023 \ Oil on linen \ 137 x 183cm

The Island

2023 \ Oil on linen \ 102 x 198cm

\ News

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\ Exhibitions featuring Kathryn Ryan

ONCE UPON A MIDNIGHT DREARY

Group Exhibition

13 July — 20 July 2024

Kathryn Ryan

STILL POINT

28 September — 14 October 2023

9 x 5"

Group Exhibition

22 January — 6 February 2021

Kathryn Ryan

The Way Home

23 May — 8 June 2019

Summer Show

Group Exhibition

5 December — 22 December 2018

Contact Us

to find out more about Kathryn Ryan.

12 - 14 Meagher Street Chippendale, NSW 2008
Opening Hours
Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm Saturday, 11am - 4pm Easter 2025: The gallery will closed from 18 - 21 April Closed Public Holidays (and Easter Saturday)