Giles Ryder
Education
2008- 09
Master of Arts, Kunsthochschule Berlin – Weißensee Sommer Academie, Autocenter, Berlin (with Marc Bijl)
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
2001
Student exchange Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland
Residencies and Awards
2011
Asia Pacific Artist Fellowship-Artist in Residency, The National Art Studio, Korea
2010
Mount Eyre Vineyards Art Prize: Second Prize
NSW Artists Marketing Grant Scheme, National Association for the Visual Arts
2008
Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship
2007
ANZ Bank & Art and Australia: ‘RIPE’ Emerging Artist Award
2007
Australian Postgraduate Award
2005
Zelda Stedman Young Student Scholarship
Grant in Aid for International Travel, (For Research in Germany, Vienna), University of Sydney, Sydney College of the Arts
2004
Zelda Stedman Young Student Scholarship
2001
Griffith University International Experiences Incentive Scheme (to study at Edinburgh College of Art)
Individual Exhibitions
2013
Numb and Minimal, White Street Project, Frankston
2012
Black Magic, Blockprojects, Melbourne
2011
Solo exhibition, Artereal Gallery, Sydney
2010
Life without Rituals, Blockprojects, Melbourne
The New Nouveax Nullism, Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane
2009
Giles Ryder, CCNOA, Brussels
Vectorize, Raum Weiss, Berlin
Berlin Boogie Woogie, Le Petit Port, Leiden, Netherlands
2008
Dark Matter, John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne (cat.)
Building Pyramids for the Lost, Peloton Gallery, Sydney
Trans-Futures, Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane
Giles Ryder, SNO Projects, Sydney
2007
The Speed of Night, Block Projects, Melbourne
Some Kind of Electric, Peloton, Sydney
Light Works, George Petelin Gallery, Gold Coast
Neon Modernist, MSSR Projects, Brisbane
2006
GR06, John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne (cat.)
NEW06, Curated by Juliana Engberg, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne (cat.)
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
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012
Future Shock One Two, Dr Julius AP, curated by Matthias Seidel, Berlin (cat.)
Berliner Liste 2012,exhibiting with, First Floor Gallery Harare
Conflicts of Interest II, H Gallery, Bangkok Thailand
Through Your Eyes, Korean Cultural Office, Sydney, Australia
Less is More, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
L´oiseau présente: SNO@BHO, Ballhaus Ost, Berlin
Trouble in Paradise, Paradise Hills Gallery, Melbourne
2011
Retour aux bases, International festival D’Art Non-objectif, Ville de Pont de Claix
Korean International Art Fair (KIAF), with Annandale Galleries, Seoul
Project Standing By 2011 organised by LOOP Alternative Space, Seoul
Summer Calling ’11, Galeria 3 + 1Arte Contemporanea, Lisbon, Portugal
Black elastic, two umbrellas, a mint leaf... MUMA, Melbourne, Australia
Closer & Closing, Goyang Art Studio, Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea
Light Space Project, Gallery SeeScape, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2010
IS Projects: editions at GKG, GKG, Bonn
Collective Contemporary Art, (curated by Helen Carey), Royal Dublin Society
The Payback, Jeremy Kibel & Giles Ryder, Utopian Slumps, Melbourne
The 1st Berlin Kreuzberg Biennial: ‘AYRAN & YOGA’, The Forgotten Bar
The 2010 Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, Artspace, Syd. (cat.)
Formeel 2010, EXP23, Edam, The Netherlands
The Shilo Project, Mildura Arts Centre, SH Ervin Gallery/travelling exhibit
Surya Gied presents: I Wish Myself and Exhibition, West Germany, Berlin
Mount Eyre Vineyards Art Prize 2010, Rex-Livingston Gallery, Sydney
SNO 57;5th year exhibit and catalogue release, SNO projects, Sydney (cat.)
RAMPE, Parkhaus Projects, Berlin
2009
Pancake Astronaut, The Forgotten Bar Project, Berlin
Reductive, ACGA Gallery @ Federation Square, Melbourne Australia (cat.)
Zombie Kunsthalle, Presented by The Talent Agency, Berlin
The Shilo Project, Curated by Dr. Chris McAuliffe:
The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne / travelling exhibition (cat.)
UND 5, Maison Abandonnee/Villa Camelie Nice, France.
Autocenter Rundgang, Autocenter, Berlin
Kosmos, IS projects, Leiden, Netherlands (cat.)
Big Bang Beautiful, Parkhaus Projects, Berlin
Royal Bank of Scotland Emerging Artist Award, Sydney Australia
The Stan & Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast Arts Centre (cat.)
The Narrows poster project, Melbourne, Australia
Rashomon, PP44/ Le Petit Port, Leiden Netherlands (cat.)
New Order, Redcliffe City Gallery, Australia, Curated by Emma Lindsay (cat.)
LAUNCH – The Clayton Utz travelling scholarship, Metro Arts, Brisbane (cat.)
The Churchie National Emerging Art Exhibition, Brisbane
2008
Leiden Assemblage No.1, PP44/ Le Petit Port, Leiden, Netherlands,
Curated by Billy Gruner and Jan Maarten Voskuil
Premonitions: Monash University Collection 1961-2007 Curated by Kirrily
Hammond and Penny Teale, McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Victoria
3-D Painting, Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney|Cologne
My Eyes Keep Me In Trouble, Curated by Tilman and CCNOA Brussels,
Sydney College of the Arts Gallery, Sydney
Kibel/Ryder: Beautiful Burnouts, Blockprojects, Melbourne
The Fragile Absolute, Curated by Associate Professor Brad Buckley and Nick
Vickers, Delmar Gallery, Sydney
The Mono Brow Show, Hell Gallery, Melbourne
PRINT WORKSHOP, The Narrows, Melbourne (cat.)
Flash, Curated by Jan Duffy and Geoff Newton, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne
2007
Motion Pictures Curated by Tristian Koenig, PICA, Perth, Australia
Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship 2007, Artspace, Sydney
Living Elvis, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne (cat.)
Work and Non- Work, The Narrows, Melbourne
In the Gap, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
Disco Baroque, UTS Gallery, Sydney (cat.)
Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast Arts Centre
The Prometheus Visual Arts Award, All Saints Anglican School, Gold Coast
Bubenik, Brandl, Gerber, Reiter Raabe, Reyle, Ryder, Peloton, Sydney
Little Monsters, Downtown Artspace, Adelaide
Making and Breaking Pattern, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
2006
Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship 2006, Artspace, Sydney Neo-Minimalism, John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne
The End, an 'Orange/Brown Project', Block Gallery, QUT, Brisbane
Transpainting, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney Transformative, Blindside, Melbourne
Examples, Peloton Gallery, Sydney
2005
Artists Against Sedition Laws, Casula Powerhouse, Sydney
[Untitled], MOP Projects, Sydney
The Adventure Project (invited exhibit) , Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
SNO Group 2, curated by Dr. Billy Grunner, SNO Showroom, Sydney
Polyformalism, A Peloton Project at Danks Street Depot, Sydney
2004
SUPRA Postgraduate Exhibition, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney
Cromwell's Art Prize (Exhibition and Auction), Cromwell's Auction House,Sydney
2003
Straticulation, Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane
The Writing on the Wall, Phatspace, Sydney
Abused Child Trust Art Exhibition, Riverside Centre, Brisbane
Graduate Show, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
Nework, Newspace Gallery, Sydney
2002
Third Year Degree Painting Show, Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland UK
To What Degree? – Graduate Show, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane
2001
Gene Pool, Modus Gallery, Brisbane
End of Year Student Group Show, Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland U.K.
Sound Installation and Performance, Modus Gallery, Brisbane
2000
Levitron, Cambell Mahony Exhibiting Space, Brisbane
Professional Activities
2013
Guest Artist/Lecturer – Light Space Workshops, University of Phayao and KMITL, Bangkok.
2012
Casual Painting Lecturer, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
2011
Organiser, Australia/Thailand Light Space Projects, Sydney/ Chiang Mai
Guest Artist/Lecturer –Light Space Workshop, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Artist Mentor for student project Standing By.., Loop Alternative Space, Seoul
2010
Guest Artist/Lecturer, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand
2009
Curator, Zombie Kunsthalle, Berlin
2004-08
Founding Director, Peloton Gallery, Sydney
2007
Curator, Little Monsters, Downtown Artspace, Adelaide
2004-07
Curator, Annual Programming, Peloton Gallery, Sydney
2006
Invited Professional Practice Artist Lecturer, Queensland College of Arts, Brisbane
2005
Curator, Transformative, Peloton, Sydney and Blindside, Melbourne
2004
Curator, Perception, Conception, Deception, Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane
Bibliography
2012
Review of Black Magic, In The Melbourne Age, May 19th 2012, Life and Style
Section ‘Arts and Entertainment’ Author: Dan Rule
2011
Review of Solo Exhibition, at Artereal Gallery In The Sydney Morning Herald
‘Critics Picks’ Author: Andrew Frost
2010
Internet review of Life without Rituals, Title: “..Giles Ryder’s ..show. .poses questions about art’s role..”.http://www.broadsheet.com.au/melbourne/artsand-entertainment/article/giles-ryder-life-without-rituals Author: Dan Rule
2009
Internet review of Dark Matter, Title: ‘Frankfort & Ryder Explore the Universe’ Author: TRYHARDER, L.A. In: http://try-har-
der.blogspot.com/2009/02/frankfort-ryder-explore-universe.html
2008
‘Alternative Realities’ In Catalogue ‘Samstag: The 2008 Anne & Gordon
Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarships’ Author: Louise Martin-Chew.
ISBN 978-1-920927-57-8
‘There are only practices: expanded foam and cosomology...’, In catalogue essay for Dark Matter exhibition Melbourne, Author Carolyn Barnes ISBN 978 0 9803315 4 7
‘Giles Ryder has set a trap.’ In catalogue essay for Dark Matter exhibition
Melbourne, Author Bryan Gaensler ISBN 978 0 9803315 4 7
Essay for Flash exhibition, Melbourne, ‘Colour is...’ Author Louis Nowra
Review of Solo exhibition |Dark Matter|, Title: ‘Darkness Maters’ In
http://www.artinfo.com.au/opinions/read/darkness-matters Author: Tony Lloyd
Review of Solo exhibition dark Matter, Title: ‘Giles Ryder – Dark Matter opening’ In http://www.thevine.com.au/blog/paintergirl/giles-ryder-dark-matteropening.aspx Author: Gemma Jones
2007
‘The Secret to Experiencing the Art of Giles Ryder’ in Vol 44:4 edition of Art and Australia artist profile as part of the ‘RIPE’ emerging artist award Author: Jesse Stein
Exhibition essay for Solo exhibition ‘Neon Modernist’, at MSSR, Brisbane Author: Kris Carlon.
Critics picks ‘The tyranny of distance for Australian art (six of our best contemporary artists)’ in The Age, Author: Gabriella Coslovich July 2007, page 3.
Review of exhibition Work and Non-Work, at The Narrows, Melbourne in The Age, Author: Penny Webb.
Review of Solo exhibition The Speed of Night, at BLOCKPROJECTS, Melbourne in The Age, Author: Megan Backhouse.
Review of Solo exhibition ‘Giles Ryder Lightworks’, at George Petelin Gallery, Gold Coast in Eyeline No: 64 Spring, Author; Kris Carlon.
Exhibition text for curated exhibition Monolithic at Peloton Gallery, Sydney March, Author: Giles Ryder.
Open Gallery review of group exhibition ‘Disco Baroque’, in The Sydney Morning Herald Spectrum March 10-11, Author Clara Iaccarino.
Exhibition Essay for exhibition: Making and Breaking Pattern, at Carniegie Gallery, Hobart Author; Judith Duquemin.
2006
Artforum.com, Critic’s Pick’s for NEW 06, Author: Charles Green
‘50 Most Collectable Artist’s’ 2006, pg 84-85. ISSN 1328-9586
‘Inside the fantasy world of the young and the edgy’, Review of NEW 06, In: The Australian, 03rd of April Author; Edward Colless.
‘There’s no denying affects…’ Catalogue Essay for NEW 06, ACCA March
2006, Author: Carolyn Barnes ISBN 0-947220-96-8
‘A Cool Armageddon’ Catalogue Essay for GR06, John Buckley Gallery July 2006, Author: Ashley Crawford.
‘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.
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
Runway Issue 4 ( Work edition ) , Artist’s Writings; Publisher: Firstdraft Inc. ISSN; 1448-8000
The Shock of the Repeat, Internet Review; Author: Gail Hastings.
Cromwell’s Art Prize 2004 Auction, Auction Catalogue.
Collections
Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, APT, Artist Pension Trust, New York,
Artbank, Sydney, Griffith Artworks; Griffith University Collection, Brisbane.
In various private collections: Wien: Austria, Dusseldorf, Berlin, Munich: Deutschland,
Leiden: Netherlands, Edinburgh, London, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane: Australia
, In Australian Art Collector Issue 35, Jan - Mar
