'Untitled (Black Holes)', 2014
RARE Maple Skateboard Deck
Ryan McGinness is an international exhibiting artist whose work makes strong social commentary on iconography, language, and historical and contemporary symbolism. McGinness' work consists of an amalgam of icons and symbols in which originals do not exist. Instead, his graphic drawings and personal iconography are replicated, recontextualized, and materialized infinitely across a range of media-from paintings, prints, and installations, to skateboards, clothing, and videos. In 1999, he received critical acclaim for his first book, "flatnessisgod." Since then, many additional books of his works have been published.
'I'm trying to communicate complex and poetic concepts with a cold, graphic, and authoritative visual vocabulary. I concentrate on shape, line, color and composition to communicate within simplified picture plane. As such, the work resides somewhere between abstraction and representation. At the essence of our being is the need to know and the need to understand. I am interested in our need to read into and interpret-to make sense of chaos and give meaning to seemingly abstract forms. This interpretation involves an egocentric faith in the fact that there must be a meaning for us to understand. We surrender our logic to the belief that answers do indeed exist, and so, by default, we invent them. With my work, interpretations are not absolute, but guided, to allow for multiple reads. This allows the viewer to bring to the work his own history, memories, and knowledge to find a personalized meaning.'
-- Ryan McGuinness, 2005
Alien Workshop (AWS) was an American skateboarding company that was founded in 1990 by Chris Carter, Mike Hill, and Neil Blender. Following periods under the ownership of the Burton snowboard company and original team rider Rob Dyrdek, the company was acquired by Pacific Vector Holdings in October 2013. Alien Workshop produced skateboard decks, wheels, apparel, and other skateboard accessories, prior to its closure in May 2014.
SELECT RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2024
'Ryan McGinness: WYSIWYG', Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY (3/28 - 5/11)
2023
'Ryan McGinness: Drawings', Quint Gallery, San Diego, CA
2022
'Ryan McGinness', Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
'Ryan McGinness: kraftworks', Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO
2021
'Ryan McGinness', Weber Fine Art, Greenwich, CT
2020
'Ryan McGinness: Pedaling in Sauerkraut', Quint Gallery ONE, La Jolla, CA
'Ryan McGinness: Mindscapes', Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2019
'Ryan McGinness: Warhol Flower Icons', Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO
'Ryan McGinness: Mother & Child', Harper's Books, East Hampton, NY
2018
'Ryan McGinness: Warhol Flower Icons', AishoNanzuka, Hong Kong
'Ryan McGinness: Warhol Flower Icons', EchoOne Nanzuka, Bangkok, Thailand
2017
'Ryan McGinness: Studio Views and Collection Views ', Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
'Ryan McGinness: Ocular Evidence', Quint Gallery, San Diego, CA
2016
'Ryan McGinness: #metadata', Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015
'Ryan McGinness: Sign Trees', Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
'Ryan McGinness: Studio Visit', Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), Richmond, VA
2014
'Ryan McGinness: Community Identity Stability', Quint Gallery, La Jolla, CA
'Ryan McGinness: Figure Drawings', Pace Prints, New York, NY
'Ryan McGinness: Everything is Everywhere', Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
'Ryan McGinness: Art History Is Not Linear (Boijmans)', VOUS ETES ICI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2012
'Ryan McGinness: Units of Meaning', Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO
'Ryan McGinness: Women: Blacklight Paintings & Sculptures', Charles Bank Gallery, New York, NY
'Ryan McGinness: Women: Sketches & Solutions', Gering & López Gallery, New York, NY
'Ryan McGinness: Geometric Primitives', Pace Primitive, New York, NY
2011
'Ryan McGinness: Press Play & Record at the Same Time', Pace Prints, New York, NY
'Ryan McGinness: SponsorshipREDUX', Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles, CA
'Ryan McGinness: Trophies', PRISM, Los Angeles, CA
'Ryan McGinness: Works on Paper', Country Club, Los Angeles, CA
'Ryan McGinness: Recent Paintings', Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
'Ryan McGinness: Art History is Not Linear', Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
'Ryan McGinness: ColorOblicuo', Espai Cultural Caja Madrid, Barcelona, Spain
2010
'Ryan McGinness: Black Holes', Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, NY
'Viva la Revolución: A Dialogue with the Urban Landscape' (group exhibition), Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD), San Diego, CA
'Ryan McGinness: Art History is Not Linear', Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), Richmond, VA
'Ryan McGinness: Tuoreita Tondi', Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
'Ryan McGinness: Studio Franchise', La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
2009
'Abstract America 2: New Painting from the U.S.' (group exhibition), The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
'Quint: Three Decades of Contemporary Art' (group exhibition), California Center for the Arts, Escondido Museum, Escondido, CA
'Ryan McGinness Works', Deitch Projects, New York, NY
'Ryan McGinness: Mindscapes & Black Holes', Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO
'The Garden at 4AM' (group exhibition), Gana Art, New York, NY
2008
'Ryan McGinness: No Sin / No Future', Cais Gallery, Seoul, Korea
'Ryan McGinness: Aesthetic Comfort', Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
'Ryan McGinness: Aesthetic Comfort', Artcore / Fabrice Marcolini, Toronto, Canada
'Ryan McGinness: A Shadow Feeling of Loss', Galleria Paolo Curti/Annamaria Gambuzzi & Co., Milan, Italy
'Branded and On Display' (group exhibition), Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
'Ryan McGinness: Have You Seen Him?', P.S.1 MoMA, New York, NY
'New Work: Ryan McGinness, Chuck Close, Justine Kurland,', Danziger Projects, New York, NY
'Branded and On Display' (group exhibition), Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford, MA
2007
'Ryan McGinness: A Rich Fantasy Life', John McWhinnie @ Glenn Horowitz Bookseller and Art Gallery, East Hampton, NY
'USA Today: new works of art from the Saatchi Gallery collection' (group exhibition), The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
'Ryan McGinness: Varied Editions', Pace Prints, New York, NY
'Existencias' (group exhibition), MUSAC - Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castiila y Léon, Spain
'Landscape: Form & Thought' (group exhibition), Waqas Wajahat Gallery, New York, NY
'Ryan McGinness', Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
'Branded and On Display' (group exhibition), Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
'Wallflowers' (group exhibition), Danziger Projects, New York, NY
'Ryan McGinness: A Rich Fantasy Life', Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
'Branded and On Display' (group exhibition), Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL
'Monumental Drawings' (group exhibition), Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, TX
2006
'Ryan McGinness: Neveroddoreven', Galeria Moriarty, Madrid, Spain
'Ryan McGinness: Neveroddoreven', Vous Etes Ici, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
'The World is Round' (group exhibition), Public Art Fund, MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY
'Will Boys Be Boys?: Questioning Adolescent Masculinity in Contemporary Art' (traveling group exhibition, 2004-2007), Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN
'USA Today: new works of art from the Saatchi Gallery collection' (group exhibition), The Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
'Ryan McGinness: Neveroddoreven', Galleria Paolo Curti/Annamaria Gambuzzi & Co., Milan, Italy
'Ryan McGinness: Gas, Grass, or Ass (Nobody Rides for Free)', Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, East Hampton, NY
'Beautiful Losers: Contemporary Art and Street Culture' (traveling group exhibition, 2004-2007), Le Tri Postale, Lille, France
'Ryan McGinness: Mildly Subversive', Montserrat Gallery, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
'Beautiful Losers: Contemporary Art and Street Culture' (traveling group exhibition, 2004-2007), Triennale di Milano, Milano, Italy
2005
'Will Boys Be Boys?: Questioning Adolescent Masculinity in Contemporary Art' (traveling group exhibition), Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
'Beautiful Losers: Contemporary Art and Street Culture' (traveling group exhibition), Contemporary Art Museum / Institute for Research in Art, University of South Florida (USF), Tampa, FL
'Ryan McGinness: New Paintings', Danziger Projects, New York, NY
'Ryan McGinness: installationview', Deitch Projects, New York, NY
'Ryan McGinness: installationview', Publico Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
'Ryan McGinness: The Burden of Keeping It Real', André Simoens Gallery, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
'Greater New York 2005', (group exhibition), P.S. 1 / Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
'Ryan McGinness: Pain-Free Kittens', Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
2004
'Ryan McGinness: Multiverse', Galerie du Jour Agnès b., Paris, France
'Ryan McGinness: Bucky Balls', Printed Matter, New York, NY
'Ryan McGinness: Living Signs', Galeria Moriarty, Madrid, Spain
2003
'Ryan McGinness: Project Rainbow', 222 Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
'Ryan McGinness: Worlds within Worlds', Deitch Projects, New York, NY
'Ryan McGinness: Sponsorship', Black Market Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002
'Ryan McGinness: This Dream Is So Life-Like', Gas Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
'Ryan McGinness: Products Are The New Art', Printed Matter, New York, NY
'Dream Garden' (with Julia Chiang), Deitch Projects, New York, NY
'Ryan McGinness: Fancy Is a Verb', Twentyfour, Vancouver, Canada
'Ryan McGinness: Sign Language', Stux Gallery Project Room, New York, NY
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