Virginia Ryan Visual Artist

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1979

'Photographic Works' Arts Council of Australia, Canberra, Australia

1980

'Alice Prize', Alice Springs Northern Territory, Australia

1981

'National Women's Art Festival' Sydney, Australia

1982

Musee Des Beaux Arts Alexandria, Egypt

1983

'Jubilee D'Or' L'Atelier, Alexandria, Egypt

1984

'Expoconfusione' Galleria Interprize, Salerno, Italy

1986

'Genazzano 86, Castello di Genazzano, Rome

'Harambee' Der groote Meer, Amsterdam-

Palazzo degli Antichi Chiostri, Turin -Tromso Kunstforening, Norway

 'Elittica' L'Ariete Gallery, Rome -

'Project Against Apartheid', L'Ariete gallery, Rome

1987

'Harambee' Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Hamburg, Germania -

'Five artists from Italy 'Bank of Ireland Exhibition hall, Dublin, Ireland

'Supra Roma' Contemporary Art gallery of Anchorage, U.S.A.

Seminare l'Imprevisto L'Ariete Gallery, Rome

'Dieci e Lode' Valentini Palace, Roma - 'La Forma Nell'Immagine' Arezzo, Italy

1988

'Supra Roma' M.I.T. Cambridge, Massachussets, U.S.A.

'Festival Internazionale del Cinema per l'Ambiente', Viterbo, Italy

1989

'Acervo', Galleria Documenta, San Paolo, Brazil -

'8th survey of Drawing in Brazil', Museum of Contemporary Art, Parana, Brazil

1990

'Parabens Curitiba Galleria Bico Da Pena, Curitiba, Brazil

1991

'Plamena Zavesa' Galleria Duka Dinic, Belgrade, Yugoslavia -

'Prosveta' Galleria Kavkaz, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

'Horizont 'Knnjiizara Prosveta, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

1992

Small Works, Wide Visions Downlands College, Queensland, Australia -

C.D. show Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

1993

Witnesses of Existence University of Kingston, England and Obala Gallery, Sarajevo

Royal Scottish Academy Summer Exhibition, Scotland'

In Bloom' Kirkaldy Art Centre, Fife, Scotland

1994

'The British Affirmation' European Youth Parliament, Reichstag, Berlin

 'An east-west Dialogue' Demarco Art Foundation, Edinburgh

 Women light up the night Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin Mitte

 369 Gallery, Edinburgh -

A celebration of Art in Music, University of Edinburgh with composer Nigel Osborne.

1995

Mayfest Royal Society of Artists, Glasgow -

Art 95 Contemporary Arts Fair, London -

'College Collection- Small Works-Wide Vision' Toowoomba Art Gallery Australia

'Heart to Art' Lochgelly Art Centre, Fife, Scotland

'Edinburgh Festival Exhibition' Scottish Arts Club, Glasgow'

'S.A.A.C Exhibition' Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

'Symbols of Communication' Scotland Street Museum, Glasgow.

1996

'Progettolego' Palazzo Comunale, Spoleto and Galleria Larga, Firenze

Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh

'Spolia' Studio 87, in occasion of the Festival di Spoleto

'Laboratorio per il Fine Secolo' Per Mare e Monti Association, Macerata

Demarco Art Foundation, Festival of Edinburgh

 Artenatura: Una Rivoluzione Naturale Cancelli di Foligno, Umbria

1997

Anon Sherman galleries, Sydney Australia

Una Pietra Per S. Claudio Spello, Italy

Presenze: Foreign Artists In Italy curated by Gorgio Bonomi ,Padiglione Neri, Perugia

Parallel Time: Five Australian Artists in Umbria Pinacoteca di Trevi Italy

1998

Origini e Mutazioni  curated by Cecilia Metelli Palazzo Bachettoni, Spoleto -

'Luoghi Del Corpo e Dello Spirito' - Viaggiatori sulla Flaminia Trevi, Campello, Spoleto

Il PuntoVerso: Percorsi della Follia Teatro Della Villa, Roma

Lady Diana curated by Pio Monti, Trevi Flash Art Museum of Contemporary Art

'Mini-atura' Many H. Gallery Tel Aviv, Israel (travelling)

Artesacra SpazioImmagine, Foligno

Per un Museo Della Terracotta Marsciano, Italy

Guerra e rivoluzione Rocca Di Umbertide, centre for Contemporary Art, Italy ,curated by Enrico Mascelloni

I ritmi dell'Arte La Corte di Boboli, Rome,curated by Massimo Scaringella

Ombroso Chiesa di San Carlo, Spoleto.Italy.

1999

Carissime Nemiche Il Politecnico Gallery, Rome, Cankaia Gallery, Ankara

Dalla Terra The Brewery, Los Angeles, U.S.A., Palazzo Dei Consoli, Gubbio, Italy

Simbiosi Museum of Gallese Rome

In Chartis Mevanie Bevagna, curated by Italo Tomassoni

'Praga Magica - Oro e Nero' Palazzo Dei Sette, Orvieto, curated by Enrico Mascelloni - Viaggatori Sulla Flaminia n.2: Strade primarie e Strade Secondarie Spoleto'

'Il Sogno, il Segno, Il Colore' Al Assad National Library, Damascus, curated by M.Scaringella

2000

AutoreDonna' Castello di Castoglincello, Livorno

Carissime Nemiche Italian C.Institute Cairo, Rabat Morocco and Academy of Fine Arts, Beirut - Incontri d'arte Contemporanea alla Majorana - 6 Rome, curated by Anna Cocchetti

Seventy over Two Thousand on the road to Meikle Seggie Kingston University, England, City Art Centre, Edinburgh, curated by Richard De Marco

'SacroSanto' in collaboration with the Galleria Comunale di Arte Contemporanea and Sala Uno, Rome

-ella Notte,Pio Monti Gallery Rome

AnnoDivino curated by Anna Cocchetti, Palazzo Baleani Iesi - Jolly Hotel Midas Rome - Waiblingen, Germany

2001

Hermanns Biennial Art Prize Sherman Galleries ,Sydney and travelling nationally in Australia : Tamworth City Gallery - Tweed River Regional Gallery - Hermanns Melbourne Stores - Bendigo Art Gallery and Arts Centre NSW

Amici Miei Trevi Flash Art Museum

41st Premio Suzzara, Civic Gallery of Contemporary Art, Suzzara, Mantova

Guardaroba curated by Grazia De Palma, monastero di Santa Scholastica, Bari.

2002

Hermann's Art Award: Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria - Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery NSW - Wollongong City Gallery and Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Victoria, Australia

'Extra Vergine' Flash Art Museum, Trevi curated by Pio Monti

Nero E Bianco Fantauzzi,Trevi, curated by Giorgio Bonomi

Biakoye Contemporary Spirits Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome - Palazzo Calabrese Viterbo and Alliance Francaise in Accra and Kumasi, Ghana

2003

Europe Paints Ghana -National Theatre Gallery, Accra, Ghana.

'Rose's Choice' (2nd edition) International Museum of Womens Art, Scontrone, Italy.

'Ahead', BahdeeBahdu Gallery, Philadelphia.

'20 x 30' and 'Ass.Culturale Dedalo, Trevi,Italy

'Matriacato' Ass.Culturale Dedalo, Trevi, Italy.

2004

'Vanitas', Certosa di Padula, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva,

'Artists for Peace', Assisi, Italy

'Artiade' Tavros, on occasion of Athens Olympics

Crudelia's project, Riparte, Genoa -

'Openasia', Lido of Venice on ocasion of Venice Film Festival

Stanze Crudelia's Project, Villa Massaioli,Le Marche Italy.

'LIBEROLIBROd'ARTISTALIBERO', Spoleto, Chiesa di S.Carlo, curated by G.Bonomi, A.Cochetti, C.Metelli, V.Tessitore.

2005

'Art in the Garden Six' French Embassy, October, Accra

'Notte Al Castello', Campello Alto, August, curated by Rita Rocconi, Umbria, Italy

'Viaggio in Italia', Palazzo Orsini, Bomarzo, November, curated by Antonella Pisilli

 'Viaggio in italia 2', Sala Uno Gallery, Rome , December

'Artisti in Soccorso' Ambra Jovanelli Theatre , Rome, December.

2006

'Art In The Garden 9' - French Embassy, Accra, Ghana.

'A Tale of Two Cities' Goethe Institute, Accra - Alliance Francaise, Kumasi

Artisti Stranieri in Umbria-Festival of Corciano' curated by M.Duranti and C.A. Ponti, Italy

'Sankofa' University of New York NYU In Ghana

'Art in the Garden 10'Canadian High Commission, Accra.

ArteHotel,Perugia,Italy, November 2006

'Geo-graphic'(Ryan,Decarvahlo,Marini), La Casa Verde, Foligno, Italy

Artists for the Rita Levi-Montalcini Foundation, Palazzo dei Sette, Orvieto,curated by G.Marini.

2007

'14 Banners for Fourteen Trees- an art action' (curator and artist) Foundation of Contemporary Art , INSITU at Cantonments Roundabout, Accra, Ghana,

 'Equal Exchange'New York University , Dubois Centre for Pan African Culture , Accra -

'Sconfinamenti'(Homage to Piero Dorazio) Palazzo della Vignola, Todi, curated by G.Marini -

'Terra Dei Maestri' Villa Fidelia, Spello, invited by Giorio Bonomi

- In Cartis Mevanie 1997-2007' Bevagna, Italy,curated by Antonio Carlo Ponti -

'ADUSUMETCOMODUM PEREGRINORUM '(Ex Voto per il San Carlo di Spoleto) curated by Franco Troiani, Complesso Monumentale San Carlo di Spoleto,

'Food For Thought' : Bamonte, McPeake, Ryan' Marfuga, Campello, Italy-

' Intramoenia'Extra Arte ',  Castle of Acaya, Puglia, curated by A. Bonito Oliva and Giusy Caloppo

-'Mater Dulcissima' Museum of Modern Art, Spoleto,curated by Anna Leonardi.

2008

'ORO GIALLO ORO VERDE' Palazzo Casagrande ,Campello sul Clitunno, Italy,curated by Loredana Bucchi ,Museum of Bevagna, Italy, March

Recent World Bank Aquisitions ,World Bank European Office, Paris, France,curated by Marina Galvani.

'LIBEROLIBROdARTISTALIBERO 4' Biennale of Artists's Books Spoleto, Museo Archeologico,Spoleto curated by Giorgio Maffei / Emanuele De Donno.

-'La Magia di Un'arte ' Museo della Ceramica di Deruta,Italy.

.-1st Biennale of Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture,Deruta,Italy,curated by Pino Bonanno.

-'The Treasures of La Spina' Campello, Italy, August 2008,curated by Loredana Bucchi -

CavourAr t curated by Franco Profili,Palazzo Mazzancolli Terni

Prima e Dopo Festival,Todi festival,September.

'Ventidue-20 2' Communal Hall of Bastia Umbra,Italy,curated by Enrico Sciamanna-

-Artegaya 2008 at the Sound and Relation Festival of Sofia,Bulgaria - October.

ECOMONDO  curated by BlueLine Ass.Culturale, Rimini, October .

oma Arte Weekend October, L'Hofficina Galleria d'Arte,Rome

Verona and Padova International Art Fairs ,Oct-Nov.-represented by L'Hofficina Gallery.

2009

'Chiamata all'Arte '  Sala Vincenzo Gremito,Galleria Principe Di Napoli;Naples,

curated by the SABU cultural association,January.

If Filo D'Arianna'  ' Torre Prendiparte,Bologna,curated by Marco Testa for 'Bologna Off' at ArteFiera January

and Rocca Albornoziana, Narni, February.

-  "Rifiuti in cerca d'Autore ", Palazzo Vanvitelliano Mercato San Severino Salerno

SPAZI d' ARTE  - Gualdo Cattaneo-curated by Associazione Contemporanea 

- Collezione ASPS Varalli-Cortesi, Pantalla di Todi Italy 

'Officine dellUmbria' and 'Premiata officinia Trevana' Palazzo Lucarini Contemporary, Trevi-

-'Libero Libro d'Artista Libero 4' - Art Library Luigi Poletti,Modena,Italy 

- 'ARTERIE:Spazi espositivi non convenzionali nel centro storico di Magione,' curated by Fabrizio Segaricci and Zone, Umbria 

- 'AR[t]CEVIA'  International Art Festival, Le Marche, Italy.

'I-n Ordine Sparso # 2 ' curated by Marco Testa,San Gemini,Italy September.

'OroBlu' curated by Francesco Santaniello and Graziano Marini, Assisi,Italy.

'Nsoroma: The Legacy of Joe Nkrumah'. Dei Centre for Contemporary Art, Ghana, curated by Lyle Ashton Harris and Nancy Barton nin collaboration with NYU, November.

'Around The Sacred Tree' Outdoor installation in the city square,City Council of Spello,Italy,curated by E.Gubbini and A.Belli

'Artisti Per Epicentro' , Epicentro Museum,Barcelona, Sicily, curated by Italo Tomassoni e Ninno Abbate

2010

Colletiva cutrated by Franklin Watts,Studio Watts, San Gemini Italy, July

Le Stanze dell'Arte,curated by Rita Rocconi, Museum of Montefalco, Italy August

'Dak'art Off, Biennale of Dakar,Senegal,May,curated by Yacouba Konate'

'Invito all'Opera' curated by Achille Bonito Oliva,Il Ponte Contemporanea,Rome,October -Nov

'De L'Eau e De L'Esprit' Fondation Charles Donwahi,Abidjan.

2011

3-rd Biennale of Malindi, Kenya,curated by Sarenco and Achille Bonito Oliva,January

'Arkady' Centre Culturel Francaise, Abidjan, curated by Prof.Marie-Jose Hourantier,January

-'All'Altezza Dell''Uomo' WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN video in 6 parts Palazzo Lucarini Contemporary, curated by Matilde Martinetti - March

- La Casa Sensoriale'  1 Biennale di Sostenibilita',La Spezia,Italy

'Pino Pascali-Ritorno a Venezia'.Palazzo Michael Brusa' - 54th International Biennale of Venice,curated by G.Caroppo di Monterisi.

SIAPA Sa/on International Des Arts Plastiques de Abidjan , Palais de la Culture,Ivory Coast-curated and invited by Professor/commissionaire Simone Guirandot.

2012

Limen International Art Prize, Vibo Vallentina,Calabria, Italy ,selected by Lara Caccia . and curated by Giorgio di Genova. (first prize)

`Ella Fu' City of Assisi Palazzo Comunale.Italy,curated by Luisi Benevieri.

Un Museo Per Un Museo Museo del Mare e delle Migrazione ,Genova

Un Museo Per Un Museo Museum of Civilisations,Abidjan ,Ivory Coast.

Il Parco dell'Arte ,Permanent Sculpture Park, installation . Castelbuono, by the Lunelli Winery.italy

Caravanserraglio , Palazzo del Vignola ,Todi curated by Graziano Marini, August.

Autori/Tratti , curated by Giorgio Flamini,Istituto Leoncilli,for the International Festival of Spoleto,July

Open 15  curated by Paolo De Grandis,Venice Lido,Venice,Italy

Acque/Les Eaux  Italian Embassy, Ivory Coast~Palazzo della Penna Perugia, Italy,curated by Trebisonda

2013

' DivinaCommedia'  Museo Arcos di Benevento,  curated by Pietro Tatafiore,Achille Bonito Oliva e Giuseppe Ruffo.

"ICASTICA'  1st Biennale of Arezzo, Italy, June~August 2013

IL Guardo Zero Dello Sguardo,Citta' Sant'Angelo,August, curated by Maurizio Coccia and Enzo de Leonibus

Pavilion for Tibet, invited artist, Biennale of Venice 2013,curated by Ruggero Maggi

Open 16, Isola di San Servolo,Venice,curated by Paolo de Grandis

Contemporary African Art Fair, Galerie Cecile Fakhoury,Somerset House London.

2014

Artists of Galerie Cecile Fakhoury,Dakar Biennale OFF @ Espace Totale, Senegal.

La Grande Illusione curated by Manuela de Leonardis,Temple University,Rome.

DonnexDonne  curated by Manuela de Leonardis,Galleria Il Cembalo, Rome

Ricognizione:  Centro italiano Arte Contemporanea C.i.A.C. Foligno

Gallery Artists' Alliance, Accra,Ghana 

Agua,Arte Mujeres,Vida: University of Los Lagos,Santiago,Chile/ Sindacato ATE,Posadas Argentina curated by Francesca Petrucci .

#ChiaveUmbra ( sez.Scandolaro) curated by Mara Predicatori

2015

Africa E La Sua Ombra Marta Massaioli Contemporanea, March, Fabriano,Italy.

Bologna Art Fair ,Galleria Montoro 12 ,January,Italy

Kahsruhe Art Fair, Galleria Montoro 12, Germany,March

Embedded Revisited ,Tacit Galleries, Melbourne, Australia

Open Doors , Todi Festival , Umbria curated by Manuela de Leonardis and Andrea Baffoni.

WOMAHR : Women_ Art_ Human Rights curated by Lorenzo Canova, Campobasso,Fondazione Molise Cultura , Italy 

Contaminazioni Aliene curated by Matteo Pacini, Palazzo della Penna , Perugia Italy

2021

Point 4, curated by EAN Group, Alexandria,Egypt,invited/curated by Moataz el Shafty.

WOMAHR : Women_ Art_ Human Rights curated by Lorenzo Canova, Museum Venanzo Crocetti, Rome.

Le Tendenze Attualizzanti Trevi ,artist-run initiative in collaboration with FreeMocco Cultural Association (Deruta)  and Trebisonda Centre for Contemporary Art (Perugia) italy.

Invited Artist, B.I.D (BIENNALE ARTE DONNA) 3rd Internation Biennale of Women Artists, 'TRASFORMAZI SILENZIOSE' Trieste, Italy invited by Luisa De Marinis curated by Gabriela Von Hapsburg.

Hide ‘n Seek: la cultura della Maschera e la Maschera nella cultura. curated By  Veronica Montanino and Shara Wasserman, Temple University Gallery ,Rome.

'KAPKAP'  National Archeological Museum of Umbria,  organised by 'Associazione Culturale Tangram' curated by MUseum Director Maria Angela Turchetti with Sophie Persello e Christine Noel.

"Stitching Change' in vited by Naarm Textile Collective, Gallery FortyFiveDownstairs, Melbourne Australia.

'IL Sangue Delle Donne' curated by Manuela De Leonardis, Palazzo Fruscione Salerno Italy

2022

DETOUR - Selected works from the Moleskin International  Collection, Palais de Tokyo,Paris.

'E quindi uscimmo a riveder le Stelle…'34 Artists for 34 Canti of Dante's Inferno, Permanent installation in Piazza Dante, Rome,invited by ass.Arco Di Gallieno cultural association.

Arte Come Cura curated by  Nello Teodori and Robeto Vecciarelli,  March/April, Scuola Brufalini, Citta Di Castello, Italy.

Invited artist to represent Australia Biennale Alto  *4th Edition 'The Key To Be Free'Forte di Monte Riccio - Pieve di Cadore, Belluno, Italy.

Anthropos e Kairos curated by Rita Bassano, Galleria T.A.G. Rome.

Reminiscenze  Storica Villa del Colle del Cardinale,  a cura di Lara Caccia, in associazione con la rivista filosofica Amica Sofia.

Esposti a Fortuite Consequenze, a cura di Serafino Amato, Galleria Polid'Arte,Festival di Spoleto 2022.

Iron curated by Virginia Ryan and Benedetta Galli in association with freemocco, Il Granaio Deruta, Italy

"Insegui L'Arte",  a cura di Lara Caccia. 6" Festival della Ri-Conoscenza, Bardolato, Calabria, Italy. 

2023

Iron curated by Virginia Ryan and Benedetta Galli Studio Campo Boario Rome, May --Museo della Canapa , Sant' Anatolia Di Narco Italy September 2023

Seminiamo Arte MUBAQ (Museo dei Bambini l'Aquila) curated by Lea Contestabile and Antonio Gasparrini

Presenti/ Trent'Anni di Palazzo Lucarini, Mostra Diffusa nella citta' May

Detour (Moleskin Foundation Artist Books) Saatchi Gallery, London September 

I Will Shield You Fleurieu Art House, South Australia, November. 

ARTElaCURA curated by Franco Profili and Enrico Corsi.  Gallery CC2Contemporary Terni and Museo Diocesano, Terni.

L'Impeto della Fratezza curated by Graziano Marini and Franco Profili,Gualdo Cattaneo November (in association with 'Ass. Libera Mente Donna')at CAVOUR ART FESTIVAL

2024

Suthra Artist Residence Exhibition, Tasara Art Centre, Kerala India

Palazzo Lucarini Permanent Art Collection , Trevi Italy curated by Maurizio Coccia and Mara Predicatori

A Cavallo di Un Manico di Scopa. Fiaba, Mito, Narrazione curated by Manuela De Leonardis, l'Aquila, 

Ti-Segno Me.Sia Space for Contemporary Art, (as part of the two year project UMANITA?) September, Rome

Border Crossing Hypothesis curated by Massimo Scaringella and Shareen Badr, Egyptian Cultural Institute, Rome, October for RAW (Rome Art Week)

IL Libro Che Sei Tu, (Libri D'Artista) curated by Antonella Pesola, Freemocco , Deruta December 

Linee d'Umbra 2 curated by Giorgio Bonomi, Rocca di Umbertide, December