{{Short description|American painter}} {{Infobox artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Abbey Ryan | honorific_suffix = | image = AbbeyRyan_AmericanPainter_InTheStudio.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1979}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | education = Art Students League of New York Hunter College Arcadia University | alma_mater = | known_for = Oil painting | notable_works = | style = Realism | movement = Classical Realism | spouse = | awards = | elected = | patrons = | memorials = | website = [http://www.abbeyryan.com/ www.abbeyryan.com] | module = }}
'''Abbey Ryan''' (born 1979, New Jersey) is a contemporary American painter and educator, best known for her representational, classical realism still life and ''trompe-l'œil'' paintings. Her work is inspired by 17th century Dutch still life painting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/communications/pressroom/news/o-the-oprah-magazine-features-painter-abbey-ryan/|title=O, The Oprah Magazine, Features Hunter MFA Alumna Abbey Ryan — Hunter College|website=hunter.cuny.edu|accessdate=13 December 2018}}</ref> She lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
==Biography== A recognized leader in the "Painting-A-Day" movement,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.chestnuthilllocal.com/2016/05/20/celebrated-hill-artists-work-900-collections/|title=Celebrated Hill artist's work in over 900 collections|last=Lear|first=Len|date=2016-05-20|website=Chestnut Hill Local Philadelphia PA|access-date=2016-10-30}}</ref> Ryan's work has been featured and reviewed in dozens of print and web publications, including Seth Godin's Linchpin,<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Linchpin-Are-Indispensable-Seth-Godin/dp/1591843162/permissionmarket Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?: Seth Godin: 9781591843160: Amazon.com: Books<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> O, The Oprah Magazine, as part of the Women Who Make Beautiful Things section,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oprah.com/spirit/women-owned-crafts-businesses-entrepreneurs|title=Women Who Make Beautiful Things |website=Oprah.com |accessdate=13 December 2018}}</ref> Boing Boing,<ref>two posts by Mark Frauenfelder:<br />{{cite web|url=http://boingboing.net/2008/10/06/abbey-ryans-painting.html |title=Abbey Ryan's painting-a-day blog |website=Boing Boing |date=October 6, 2008 |accessdate=13 December 2018}}<br />{{cite web|url=http://boingboing.net/2009/06/03/abbey-ryans-painting-1.html |title=Abbey Ryan's painting of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich |website=Boing Boing |date=June 3, 2009 |accessdate=13 December 2018}}</ref> Good Day Philadelphia on WTXF,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdyjyeGrcko Abbey Ryan '03 Featured on FOX 29], Retrieved from Arcadia University YouTube channel</ref> Yale Radio's The Art World Demystified, WYBC,<ref>[http://museumofnonvisibleart.com/interviews/abbey-ryan/ Interviews by Brainard Carey, The Art World Demystified, Yale Radio WYBC], January 1, 2011</ref> Brainard Carey's ''Making It In the Art World'', ''New Markets for Artists'', and ''American Art Collector'' magazine. Ryan was named #5 on the list of "49 Creative Geniuses Who Use Blogging to Promote Their Art" by SmartBlogger.com.<ref>[https://smartblogger.com/promote-your-art/ 49 Creative Geniuses Who Use Blogging to Promote Their Art] by Leanne Regalla, January 23, 2014, Last Updated Feb 28, 2019</ref> Ryan's work is held in over 2000 public and private collections all over the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://abbeyryan.com/biography/|title=About / Contact : abbeyryan.com|website=abbeyryan.com|access-date=2016-10-30}}</ref>
==Education== In 2002, Ryan studied oil painting with contemporary master David A. Leffel at the Art Students League of New York. Ryan went on to receive bachelor's degrees in painting and scientific illustration at Arcadia University in 2003. She studied medical and biological illustration at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Art as Applied to Medicine. Ryan then moved to New York, and earned a MFA in painting at Hunter College, City University of New York. She has studied and painted in the United States and abroad, including Italy, Spain, South Korea, Chile, Brazil, and Cuba.<ref name=":0" />
==Work== Ryan started making daily paintings for her blog, [http://ryanstudio.blogspot.com Ryan Studio] on September 23, 2007. About her work, Ryan writes, "painting has become my meditative time and the best part of my day. Attempting to paint every day speaks to my interest in ritual, practice, classical realist still life and trompe l'oeil painting."<ref>Information in [http://abbeyryan.com/biography/ Abbey Ryan's Biography], Retrieved January 6, 2015.</ref> Ryan's work has been described as "exquisitely rendered, showcasing both excellent draftsmanship and painterly qualities. In fact, in nearly all of Ryan's paintings there are subtle details that shouldn't be overlooked."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://emptyeasel.com/2008/01/02/its-all-in-the-painterly-details-daily-paintings-by-abbey-ryan/|title=It's All in the Painterly Details: Daily Paintings by Abbey Ryan|date=2 January 2008|website=EmptyEasel.com|accessdate=13 December 2018}}</ref> and "Abbey Ryan makes some of the most exquisite still life paintings you will ever see. Her background includes undergraduate and graduate degrees in both fine art and medicine, a combination that would have been understood and appreciated by such great Renaissance artists as da Vinci and Michelangelo.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.boothbayregister.com/article/three-new-shows-open-gleason-fine-art/57147|title=Three new shows open at Gleason Fine Art|newspaper=Boothbay Register|access-date=2016-10-30}}</ref>"
==Teaching== Ryan is a painting instructor, known for her commitment to contemplative and mindful studio practice, and alla prima painting from life. She teaches studio art at Arcadia University as a Professor of Visual and Performing Arts<ref>{{Cite web |title=Abbey Ryan |url=https://www.arcadia.edu/faculty-and-staff/abbey-ryan/ |access-date=2026-04-10 |website=Arcadia University |language=en-US}}</ref>, as well as professional painting seminars at the John F. Peto Studio Museum<ref>{{cite web|url=http://petomuseum.org/a-painting-a-day-workshop-with-artist-abbey-ryan/|title=A PAINTING A DAY WORKSHOP WITH ARTIST ABBEY RYAN|publisher=|accessdate=13 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031090958/http://petomuseum.org/a-painting-a-day-workshop-with-artist-abbey-ryan/|archive-date=31 October 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and Falmouth Arts Center<ref>{{Cite web |title=Abbey Ryan: Explore "A Painting a Day" and Alla Prima Oil Painting |url=https://artscapecod.org/event/abbey-ryan-explore-a-painting-a-day-and-alla-prima-oil-painting/ |access-date=2026-04-10 |website=ArtsCapeCod.org |language=en-US}}</ref>.
==Live painting demonstrations== Ryan conducts live painting demonstrations, a practice reminiscent of the publicly visible Renaissance workshops that traditionally lined the Ponte Vecchio since at least the 12th century. For approximately two hours, she completes a painting from start to finish in front of a live audience and streamed live online. The recording is then compressed into a short time lapse video. In 2011, Ryan's live demo was broadcast on FOX 29's ''Good Day Philadelphia''<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdyjyeGrcko |title=Abbey Ryan '03 Featured on FOX 29 |date=2011-05-26 |last=Arcadia University |access-date=2026-04-10 |via=YouTube}}</ref>. Her live demonstrations are typically donation events with the painting auctioned as a fundraiser for various causes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ryan Auctions Painting to Benefit Jami Rodriguez Memorial Scholarship |url=https://www.arcadia.edu/about/arcadia-today/2012/02/ryan-auctions-painting-to-benefit-jami-rodriguez-memorial-scholarship/ |access-date=2026-04-10 |website=Arcadia University |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Catalogues== In 2006, Ryan assisted Hunter College professor of art Gabriele Evertz in curating ''Presentational Painting III'', February 16-April 15, 2006, The Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, 450 West 41st Street, New York, NY 10036. Ryan wrote all texts on exhibition artists, including Don Voisine, Matthew Deleget (co-founder of Minus Space),<ref>[http://matthewdeleget.com/2006/04/abbey-ryan-presentational-painting-iii-catalog-hunter-collegetimes-square-gallery-2006/ Matthew Deleget » Blog Archive » Abbey Ryan, Presentational Painting III catalog, Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, 2006<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Hartmut Bohm, Paul Corio, Daniel Crews, Lynne Harlow, Gilbert Hsiao, Changha Hwang, Susanne Jung, Steve Karlik, Rossana Martinez, Charlotte Nicholson, Francisca Reyes, Steven Salzman, Martijn Schuppers, and Mike Stack. 63 pages. Catalogue {{ISBN|1885998716}}.
==Scientific illustration== In 2001, Ryan completed a scientific Illustration Internship at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Plant Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. She did volunteer work and scientific illustration work at Pohnpei Agriculture and Trade School (PATS), Pohnpei, Micronesia and the Marine Science and SCUBA Study at Marine and Environmental Research Institute, Pohnpei, Micronesia. In 2004, Ryan worked as a Botanical Illustrator in collaboration with Dr. Chris Somerville at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Plant Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Youngs |first=Heather |date=2004 |title=Toward a systems approach to understanding plant cell walls |url=https://www.academia.edu/1546023 |journal=Science |volume=306 |issue=5705 |pages=2206–2211 |doi=10.1126/science.1102765 |pmid=15618507 |bibcode=2004Sci...306.2206S }}</ref>
==Professional memberships== * Oil Painters of America * International Guild of Realism * American Artists Professional League * American Women Artists, Associate with Distinction<ref>{{cite web |title=Associate with Distinction Members |url=https://americanwomenartists.org/membership/associate-w-distinction-directory/ |website=American Women Artists}}</ref> * National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society<ref>{{cite web |title=Membership Directory |url=https://www.noaps.org/member-directory |website=National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society}}</ref> * Daily Paintworks
==External links== *[http://www.abbeyryan.com/ AbbeyRyan.com] *[http://ryanstudio.blogspot.com/ RyanStudio.blogspot.com]
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