GILES RYDER
Born in Brisbane 1972
Resides and works in Annandale, NSW
Currently based in Berlin
EDUCATION
2005 Master of Visual Arts, Sydney College of Art, University of Sydney
2003 Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours), Sydney College of Art, University of Sydney
2002 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Griffith University, Brisbane
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Dark Matter, John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne
2008 Trans-Futures, Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane
2007 Speed of Night, Block Projects, Melbourne
2007 Some Kind of Electric, Peloton, Sydney
2007 Light Works, George Petelin Gallery, Gold Coast
2007 Neon Modernist, MSSR Projects, Brisbane
2006 GR06, John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne
2006 NEW06, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
2005 Metallic, Peloton, Sydney
2004 Fade in, Fade out, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
2003 3 Colours, Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane
2002 A Night at the Drags, Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Neo Pop, John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne
2008 My eyes keep me in trouble, Sydney College of the Arts Gallery, Sydney
2007 Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship 2007, Artspace, Sydney
2007 Living Elvis, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
2007 Work & non-work, The Narrows, Melbourne
2007 In the Gap, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
2007 Disco Baroque, UTS Gallery, Sydney
2006 Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship 2006, Artspace, Sydney
2006 Neo-Minimalism, John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Transpainting, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney
2006 Transformative, Blindside, Melbourne
2005 Artists Against Sedition Laws, Casula Powerhouse, Sydney
2005 [Untitled], MOP Projects, Sydney
2005 The Adventure Project, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
2005 SNO Group 2, SNO Showroom, Sydney
2004 SUPRA Postgraduate Exhibition, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney
2003 Straticulation, Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane
2002 Third Year Degree Painting Show, Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland UK
2001 Gene Pool, Modus Gallery, Brisbane
2000 Levitron, Cambell Mahony Exhibiting Space, Brisbane
CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2004-05 Curator of Annual Programming, Peloton Gallery, Sydney
2005 Curator of Transformative, Peloton, Two Sydney Artists and Two Brisbane Artists
2004 Perception, Conception, Deception, Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane
2004 The Lay of the Land, Fourth Floor Gallery, Sydney Publications
COLLECTIONS
Monash University Museum of Art
Artbank, Sydney
Private Collections
Australia: Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Gold Coast, Newcastle, Perth, United Kingdom: London, Edinburgh, Vienna
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006 50 Most Collectable Artist’s, In Australian Art Collector Issue 35,Jan - Mar 2006, pg 84-85
2006 Artforum.com, Critic’s Pick’s for NEW 06, Author: Charles Green
2006 Inside the fantasy world of the young and the edgy, Review of NEW 06, In: The Australian, 03rd of April Author; Edward Colless
2006 A shot of the new, In: The Age, Preview, 26th of March Author: Luke Benedictus
2005 Review of Solo Show Metallic, Critic’s Picks, In: Sydney Morning Herald, Metro,29th 0f April Author: Tracey Clement
2005 Reviews for curated show Transformative, Art Almanac, Author: Giles Ryder selected by Art Almanac
Also In: Sydney Morning Herald, Metro, 17th June Author: Tracey Clement, January 2006 issue of Sculpture Magazine, USA by the International Sculpture Centre
2004 The Shock of the Repeat,Internet Review; Author: Gail Hastings
2004 Runway Issue 4 (Work edition), Artist’s Writings; Publisher: Firstdraft Inc
2004 Cromwell’s Art Prize 2004 Auction, Auction Catalogue
AWARDS & GRANTS
2008 Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship
2007 ANZ Bank ‘RIPE’ Emerging Artist Award
2007 Australian Postgraduate Award
2005 Zelda Stedman Young Student Scholarship
2004 Zelda Stedman Young Student Scholarship
2001 Griffith University International Experiences Incentive Scheme