BIOGRAPHY: Vanessa Ryan was born in Los Angeles, California. She is an abstract painter and sculptor and has exhibited her art on the West and East Coasts. She has lived in New Mexico and in the mountains of Southern California, so her work is influenced by the landscape of these areas. She currently resides in Long Beach, California. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from UCLA and a Master of Fine Arts from UCI.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

2019 Group Show, Simpson-Brown Art Consultants, Orange, California

2013 Solo Show, Simpson-Brown Art Consultants, Orange, California

2011 Orange! Group Show, Elisa Contemporary Art, Riverdale, NY

2010 Group Show, Elisa Contemporary Art, Riverdale, NY

2009 Solo Show, Simpson-Brown Art Consultants, Orange, California

2006 Group Show, JMS Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2005 Solo Show, Simpson-Brown Art Consultants, Orange, California

2004 Group Show, World Trade Center, Long Beach, California

2002 Group Show, McCarthy Fine Arts, Newport Beach, California

2000 Solo Show, “Contemporary Exhibitions in Corporate Spaces,”

Seattle, Washington

1997 Solo Show, Denise Roberge Gallery, Palm Desert, California

1995 Group Show, Valerie Miller Gallery, Palm Springs, California

1994 Three-Person Show, Convergence Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

1993 Solo Show, Chapman College, Orange, California

Group Show, Spirit Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Monoprints, College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico

1992 Group Show, Diane Nelson Gallery, Laguna Beach, California

SELECTED COLLECTIONS:

Downey Museum of Art, Downey, California

Masushin Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

Clarion Hotels: San Francisco, California; Las Vegas Nevada

National Association of Securities Dealers, Los Angeles, California