ABOUT

Johanna Aenderl Ryan is a visual artist who works in a range of mediums including trace monotypes and fiber arts. These different processes allow her to approach psychological and spiritual themes in distinct ways. Her monotypes use a subtly surrealist, figurative approach, while her textiles connect to the physical and material. 

 

Her work is the embodiment of psychological processes, such as rumination, repetition, fragmentation. Through these processes she attempts to understand the difficult reality of impermanence; an existence where everything must change eventually. The effect is like looking at the sun: you can’t stare at it, but by looking indirectly you still know it's there. 

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Johanna Aenderl Ryan (b. 1984, Saint Paul, MN) is based in Brooklyn, NY. She received her MFA from New York Academy of Art in 2020. She has been a recipient of grants and scholarships through Penland School of Craft (2023), Brooklyn Arts Council SU-CASA (2023), New York Academy of Art (2017-2020). Solo exhibitions include: Chashama (Brooklyn, NY). Select group exhibitions include: Ethan Cohen KuBE, Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition, Equity Gallery, ChaShaMa Space to Present, and Cape Cod Museum of Art. She has been an artist-in-residence at Voice x NYAA and ChaNorth.