Ryan Vahey (b.1982) is an artist living and working in Brooklyn, NY. He completed his BA in Studio Art at the University of Vermont in 2005 before moving to New York City where he earned his MFA in the Photo, Video, and Related Media Department at the School of Visual Arts in 2014. He employs a variety of media such as sound, sculpture, photography and painting to create multisensory installations that concentrate on the mutability of memory and the ways that individual recollections can trigger a universal response. His work has been shown nationally and internationally in a number of galleries and can be seen as part of the permanent collection of Pioneer Works in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
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EDUCATION
MFA Photo, Video, & Related Media
School of Visual Arts, New York 2014
B.A. Studio Art
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT. 2005
RESIDENCIES
LM Studio Hyeres, France 2017
Le Moustaches ArtCenter Tende, France 2016
The Children’s Museum
of Art New York, NY 2015
Pioneer Works Brooklyn, NY 2014
The Wassaic Project Wassaic, NY 2014
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
Echoics
LM Studio
Hyeres, France
August 2017
WNYC Carl Sagan Golden Record Anniversary Show and Live Broadcast
Performance with Tenth Intervention
September 2017
La Moustaches
Tende, France
July – September 2016
Deep End
The Wassaic Project
Wassaic, New York
May – August 2015
Echoics, North
AYZART
New York, NY
April – May 2015
SVA
Miami Project Art Fair
Miami, Florida
December 2-7 2014
A Personal Thing
184 Project Space
Brooklyn, NY
October – November 2014
The Cart Road
Pioneer Works Center For Art and Innovation
Brooklyn, NY
August – November 2014
Between Two Thoughts
SVA Chelsea
New York, NY
July – August 2014
The Cart Road
SVA Chelsea
New York, NY
June – July 2014
Projections Performance with Tenth Intervention
Firehouse Space
Brooklyn, NY
February 2014
Come Together: Surviving Sandy
Industry City
Brooklyn, NY
October – December 2013
Projections Performance with Tenth Intervention
Spectrum
New York, NY
December 2013
Projections and Performance
Acadia National Park
Acadia, Maine
July 2013
Projections Performance with Tenth Intervention
Dixon Place Lounge
New York, NY
March 2013
Black and White
Kentucky Art Speaks Gallery
Louisville, KY
February 2011
Photographer Showcase
Photostop Gallery
White River Junction, VT
January 2011
The Human Condition
(Diana Stoll), Asheville, NC.
December 2010
Riding the Rails
Photostop Gallery
White River Junction, VT
November 2010
Unintentional Words
University of Vermont Gallery
Burlington, VT
November 2004
Group II Visiting Artist Studios, Uxbridge, MA. 2001
Group I Visiting Artist Studios, Uxbridge, MA 2000
EDUCATION
MFA Photo, Video, & Related Media
School of Visual Arts, New York 2014
B.A. Studio Art
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT. 2005
RESIDENCIES
LM Studio Hyeres, France 2017
Le Moustaches ArtCenter Tende, France 2016
The Children’s Museum
of Art New York, NY 2015
Pioneer Works Brooklyn, NY 2014
The Wassaic Project Wassaic, NY 2014
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
Echoics
LM Studio
Hyeres, France
August 2017
WNYC Carl Sagan Golden Record Anniversary Show and Live Broadcast
Performance with Tenth Intervention
September 2017
La Moustaches
Tende, France
July – September 2016
Deep End
The Wassaic Project
Wassaic, New York
May – August 2015
Echoics, North
AYZART
New York, NY
April – May 2015
SVA
Miami Project Art Fair
Miami, Florida
December 2-7 2014
A Personal Thing
184 Project Space
Brooklyn, NY
October – November 2014
The Cart Road
Pioneer Works Center For Art and Innovation
Brooklyn, NY
August – November 2014
Between Two Thoughts
SVA Chelsea
New York, NY
July – August 2014
The Cart Road
SVA Chelsea
New York, NY
June – July 2014
Projections Performance with Tenth Intervention
Firehouse Space
Brooklyn, NY
February 2014
Come Together: Surviving Sandy
Industry City
Brooklyn, NY
October – December 2013
Projections Performance with Tenth Intervention
Spectrum
New York, NY
December 2013
Projections and Performance
Acadia National Park
Acadia, Maine
July 2013
Projections Performance with Tenth Intervention
Dixon Place Lounge
New York, NY
March 2013
Black and White
Kentucky Art Speaks Gallery
Louisville, KY
February 2011
Photographer Showcase
Photostop Gallery
White River Junction, VT
January 2011
The Human Condition
(Diana Stoll), Asheville, NC.
December 2010
Riding the Rails
Photostop Gallery
White River Junction, VT
November 2010
Unintentional Words
University of Vermont Gallery
Burlington, VT
November 2004
Group II Visiting Artist Studios, Uxbridge, MA. 2001
Group I Visiting Artist Studios, Uxbridge, MA 2000
LM STUDIO
PRESS RELEASE
"Ryan Vahey (b.1982) is an artist living and working in Brooklyn, NY. He employs a variety of media such as sound, sculpture, photography and painting to create multisensory installations that concentrate on the mutability of memory and the ways that individual recollections can trigger a universal response. The interiority of this space transcends Vahey’s own subjective recollections and leads viewers to engage in their own exploration of these surreal fantasy landscapes. Subtle and sparse representational elements hint at loose narratives, allowing the simultaneous experience of the vaguely familiar and the decidedly strange.
In this installation of smaller work, Vahey gives the viewer a momentary glimpse into the larger worlds that are often created in his installations. “Echoics” was formed from parts of many different sculptures and mixed media processes and investigates the apertures in which we often view the world. Through the use of lenses, screens, and references to common viewing formats, Vahey explores the works relationship to shifting perspectives and the ways in which one idea informs the following idea, as well as how the works function as part of an ongoing exploration in changing perspectives."
PRESS RELEASE
"Ryan Vahey (b.1982) is an artist living and working in Brooklyn, NY. He employs a variety of media such as sound, sculpture, photography and painting to create multisensory installations that concentrate on the mutability of memory and the ways that individual recollections can trigger a universal response. The interiority of this space transcends Vahey’s own subjective recollections and leads viewers to engage in their own exploration of these surreal fantasy landscapes. Subtle and sparse representational elements hint at loose narratives, allowing the simultaneous experience of the vaguely familiar and the decidedly strange.
In this installation of smaller work, Vahey gives the viewer a momentary glimpse into the larger worlds that are often created in his installations. “Echoics” was formed from parts of many different sculptures and mixed media processes and investigates the apertures in which we often view the world. Through the use of lenses, screens, and references to common viewing formats, Vahey explores the works relationship to shifting perspectives and the ways in which one idea informs the following idea, as well as how the works function as part of an ongoing exploration in changing perspectives."
RYAN VAHEY ︎