Biography
![John Ryrie]( "John Ryrie")
Born in Melbourne in 1961, John grew up in the rural Victorian town of Maffra, going on to the Gippsland campus of Monash University B.A. course in 1982 and the V.C.A 1983-1986. He studied under Euan Heng, Geoff Dupree, Peter Booth, Ian Parry, Alan Mitelman and John Walker.
John’s works include drypoints, etchings, lithographs, monoprints, screenprints, wood engravings, linocuts, paintings, drawings, sculptures, and artist’s books, including poetry.
This year he was awarded the Grand Prize in the Silk Cut Award for Linocut Prints and selected as a finalist in the Geelong acquisitive print awards.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
1961 Born Melbourne, Australia
1982 Studied BA Visual Art at Monash University, Gippsland Campus
1983-86 Studied BA Visual Art at Victorian College of the Arts
1983 Mid-Year Award, Victorian College of the Arts
1984 Lowenstein, Sharp, Feiglin and Ades Prize, Victorian College of the Arts
1997 Geelong Acquisitive Print Prize, Acquired (also 2003 & 2007) Geelong Art Gallery
2001 Monash University, Gippsland Patron Print Commission
2004 Judge for Nowa Nowa Nudes Nowa Nowa VIC
2005-06 State Library of Victoria Creative Fellowship
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1982 Switchback Gallery, Gippsland VIC
1986 Final Year Exhibition, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne VIC
John Ryrie, Powell Street Graphics, Melbourne (also 1988, 1990, 1992) VIC
1990 Exhibition of Paintings Prahran College Melbourne VIC
Woodcuts, Tasmanian State Institute of Technology, Launceston TAS
1991 North Hitch Book Launch, The Surgery, Melbourne VIC
1995 Trees/Ladders, Detail Gallery, Melbourne VIC
John Ryrie, Australian Galleries, Melbourne VIC
1996 John Ryrie 100 Works, Cowwarr Art Space Cowwarr, Gippsland VIC
1997 Recent Works, Gallery B, Tasmania University, Launceston TAS
1998 The Essoign Club 'Chrysalis Publishing, Melbourne VIC
Exhibition; Yering Station Winery and Gallery VIC
1999 Stories Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale VIC
2000 Old and New Dreams Mildura Art Centre VIC
Prints, Paintings & Drawings Mitchelton Cellar Door Gallery VIC
2001 Gluttony Café, Prints Collingwood VIC
2001-02 Myths & Fables The American Consulate, Melbourne VIC
2002 John Ryrie, Prints Chrysalis Publishing East Melbourne VIC
An Enchanted Loom, Reascent Paintings & Prints Gabriel Gallery Footscray VIC
2003 Awake Within a Dream Gippsland Art Gallery: Sale VIC
Prints & Paintings Main Street Editions Studio/Gallery Adelaide SA
John Ryrie, Prints Chrysalis Publishing East Melbourne VIC
2004 John Ryrie Sculpture & Books St Vincent’s Hospital Fitzroy VIC
John Ryrie Sculpture & Books St George’s Hospital Kew VIC
Æsop Life and Fables Stonington Stables Museum of Art VIC
2006 Art In Public Places Café Fidama Yarraville VIC
2007 Prints Café Kaos Lorne VIC
The Tragic Comedy or Comic Tragedy of Punch and Judy, The State Library of VIC
Prints, paintings, drawings and sculpture Steelwise Seddon VIC
2008 Æsoic Voices Melbourne University. VIC
2009 Recent Work Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale VIC
Master of the Line, Chrysalis Gallery, East Melbourne, VIC
GROUP & INVITATION EXHIBITIONS
1977 Sale Regional Art Gallery VIC (also 1978, 1979 and 1980)
1983 Australian Student Printmakers, Print Council of Australia VIC
Australian Prints for Secondary Schools, Project No. 3 VIC
San Francisco Bay Area Exchange Exhibition USA
1987 New Work, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne VIC
Gippsland Prints and Printmakers, Sale Regional Art Gallery VIC
Alice Springs Art Foundation SA
Henri Worland Memorial Print Award, Warrnambool Art Gallery (also 1989)
1988 Four Painters Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne VIC
Woodcuts, with Rebeka Koska Print Council of Australia, Melbourne VIC
Member Print, Print Council of Australia, Melbourne (also 1989, 1996) VIC Homage to Munakata Shinko, Macquarie Gallery, Sydney NSW
Goldfields Print Award, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, VIC
1989 Three Painters, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne VIC
Goldfields Print Award, The Fiveway Gallery, Sydney NSW
Heidelberg and Heritage 9 by 5, Linden Gallery VIC
International Master Print Fair, Sydney NSW
1990 Henri Warland Memorial Print Award, Warrnambool VIC
100 Artists Against Animal Experimentation, Deutscher Gallery, Melbourne VIC
New Acquisitions, National Gallery of Victoria
Acquisitions, Mornington Peninsula Art Centre, Victoria (also 1993, 1994) VIC
1991 Henri Worland Memorial Print Award, Warrnambool VIC
16th Fremantle Print Exhibition, Perth WA
Not the Archibald Prize, Fitzroy Town Hall, Melbourne VIC
Bookbinding Exhibition, Royal Melbourne Agricultural Show (3rd prize) VIC
Book Exhibition, South Yarra Library, Melbourne VIC
1992 Bound to Please, Caulfield Arts Complex, Melbourne VIC
Booked Up, Hub Art, Melbourne VIC
1993 Margaret Stewart Endowment, National Gallery of Victoria
18th Annual Fremantle Print Award, Perth WA
1994 Less Ness, Gallery B, Launceston and Bernie TAS
Fourth Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne VIC
Australian Artist's Book Fair, State Library of Queensland
1996 The Cafe Exhibition, Earth Art, Melbourne VIC
Unwrapped at Roar, Roar 2, Melbourne VIC
Translations From the Greek and Latin Classics, Monash University Library VIC
Shell Fremantle Print Award, Perth WA
1997 Artist’s Book Fair, London UK
Artist’s Books, Mainstreet Editions, Adelaide SA
Fourth Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Prints, Bhopal, India
Boxed - Institut Teknilogi, Mara, Malaysia
International Works on Paper Fair, Sydney NSW
In Relief: Australian wood engravings, woodcuts & linocuts, National Gallery of Victoria
Geelong Acquisitive Print Prize, Geelong Art Gallery (also 1999, 2009) VIC
Paging the book, (Artists Books) Lopdell House Gallery New Zealand
Book binding exhibit Royal Melbourne Agricultural Show (2nd prize) VIC
Made in Cuba Leviathan Visual Arts Melbourne, (Melbourne Fringe Festival)
Rena Ellen Jones Memorial Print Award 1997 Warrnambool Art Gallery VIC
1998 Made in Cuba The Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Gippsland Regional Gallery VIC
Made in Cuba Qdos Gallery Lorne VIC
From The Book Zone Gallery Adelaide SA
A Flourishing Ecology Side Space Gallery Hobart TAS
Kunst RAI Contemporary Art Fair, Amsterdam Holland
The Ladder-Maverick, Arts Victoria, Vista Hotel VIC
1998 Book & Multiples Fair Brisbane QLD
FUSE Melbourne Fringe Festival, AAGA VIC
An Australian Icon, Melbourne Fringe Festival National Gallery of Victoria
The Fifth Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne VIC
Illawarra Acquisitive Print Award, West Woolongong NSW
Book binding Exhibition, Royal Melbourne Agricultural Show (2nd & 3rd Prizes)
ExLIBRIS & ARTISTS’ BOOKS, Akki Van Ogtrop Fine Art Gallery NSW
The “Big” Small print show Grahame Galleries & Editions Brisbane QLD
1999 Modern Australian Poetry Monash University Library Melbourne VIC
1999 Nillumbik Art Award Greensborough VIC
Geelong Print Prize VIC
1999 Darebin-La Trobe Acquisitive Art Prize VIC
Illawarra Acquisitive Print Award NSW
Shell Fremantle Print Award WA
The 1999 Hutchins Art Prize TAS
2000 Swan Hill Prints and Drawing Award Swan Hill Regional Gallery VIC
BAREN Exchange Print Exhibition Skokie Public Library, Skokie Illinois USA
Artz Blitz Kingston Arts Centre Moorabbin VIC
BAREN Exchange Print Exhibition the National Gallery of Uganda Africa
Group Exhibition Eckersley’s Open Space Gallery VIC
Unveiling…the QUT Art Collection QUT Art Museum QLD
The 2000 Silk Cut Award for Linocut Prints Glen Eira Art Centre VIC
Woodcut.com”, Beit-Gavriel Cultural Centre, Jordan Valley, Israel
Melbourne Artfair 2000 VIC
Working of the Mind Melbourne Prints of the 60’s to the 90’ s QUT Art Museum QLD
2001 Woodcut.com” Yad le Banim Gallery, Tiberias, Israel
Geelong Print Prize Geelong Art Gallery VIC
The Toronto International Art Fair 2001 Canada
Manningham Gallery VIC
BAREN Exchange Print Exhibition #2 Skokie Public Library, Skokie Illinois USA
Artist’s Books Stephen McLoughlin Gallery VIC
MLC Acquisitive Art Show VIC
The Sydney Works on Paper Fair NSW
The Camberwell Art Fair VIC
2002 Smorgon Steel Contemporary Art Prize Williamstown VIC
The 2002 Silk Cut Award VIC
2003 Hermanns Art Award Christine Abrahams Gallery VIC then touring VIC & NSW
The Smorgon Steel Contemporary Art Prize Williamstown VIC
Toorak Village Sculpture Festival Toorak VIC
Geelong Print Prize Geelong Art Gallery VIC
National Works on Paper Award Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery VIC
Sydney Art on Paper Fair Sydney NSW
Works on Paper Art Award Banyule City Council VIC
Shell Fremantle Print Award Fremantle WA
2004 Vietnamese Cultural Arts Project Exhibition Altona VIC
Life Drawing at Gas Works Gas Works VIC
The 2004 Silk Cut Award VIC
National Works on Paper Award Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery VIC
Melbourne Art Fair 2004 VIC
Between a Rock and a Hard Place Lancaster Press Brooklyn VIC
Music in their lives Winshaut Gallery Port Fairy VIC
Each day a picture – The art of Chrysalis Montsalvat Eltham VIC
A year in the studio Chrysalis East Melbourne VIC
2005 Expansion Lancaster Press Brooklyn VIC
The Hanover Collection Chrysalis Publishing VIC
33 Print folio Port Jackson Press VIC
double TAKE Arts Project Australia VIC
Recent Acquisitions National Gallery of Victoria VIC
Works on Paper Art Award Banyule City Council VIC
A year in the studio Chrysalis East Melbourne VIC
2006 The Libris Awards Artspace Mackay QLD
The Tattersall’s Contemporary Art Prize 06 Williamstown VIC
Art Bound a selection of artist’s books University of Melbourne VIC
The 2006 Silk Cut Award VIC
2006 Artist Book Award Southern Cross University Lismore NSW
Impressions 2006 Australian Print Workshop Fitzroy VIC
The Hanover Print Collection 2006 Chrysalis Publishing East Melbourne VIC
2007 Geelong Print Prize Geelong Art Gallery VIC
Page or Not The East Gippsland Art Gallery Bairnsdale VIC
Fremantle Print Prize Fremantle Art Centre Fremantle WA
Works on Paper Art Award Banyule City Council VIC
Book & Multiples Fair Brisbane QLD
2008 What’s in a name? Burnie Regional Gallery TAS
The 2008 Silk Cut Award VIC
Double Wagga Wagga Art Gallery NSW
2009 Darebin LaTrobe Art Prize Bundoora VIC
Artist’s Books From the Deakin University Collection Geelong Art Gallery VIC
Recent Acquisitions Monash University Library Clayton VIC
Books beyond words Award The East Gippsland Art Gallery Bairnsdale VIC
More Beasties Charles Sturt University NSW
Geelong Acquisitive Print Awards, Geelong Gallery VIC
Grand Prize, Silk Cut Award for Linocut Prints, VIC
RESIDENCIES
1991 The University of Tasmania, Launceston Tasmania
1997 The University of Tasmania, Launceston & Hobart Tasmania
1998 The James Cook University, Townsville Queensland
2001-03 Hydra Studio Footscray Community Art Centre
2003-04 St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne
ARTIST’S BOOKS
1982 10 Woodcuts
15 Woodcuts
1985 Untitled Book
1990 North Hitch (with Campbell Thompson), Cockatoo Press
Nelly, Cockatoo Press
1991 The Fables of Æsop, Canning Street Press
1992 There was a Mad Man, Canning Street Press
1993 A Miracle by the Holy Saint Magnus of Orkney (with Rodney Miller)
1995 Trees/Ladder (with Alex Selenitsch and Hamish Hill), Hybrid Production
1996 More Fables of Æsop
1997 Cycle
Pelican Poems (with Adrian Rawlins)
1998 Night
Magpie Song (with Alex Selenitsch)
2004 The night has a thousand eyes
2007 The Selfish Giant (with Oscar Wild)
2008 A Man Who Went To See The Sea
PRINT PORTFOLIOS
1999 BAREN woodcut Print Exchange #3
BAREN woodcut Print Exchange #4
2000 BAREN woodcut Print Exchange #5
2001 FORMS Print Australia
2004 33 Print Folio
2007 50 a folio of prints by Victorian artists
2008 double Print Folio
2009 52 a folio of prints by Victorian artists
PUBLICATIONS
Directory of Australian Printmakers, D.W. Thorpe, 1988
Australian Books in Print - D.W. Thorpe, 1997
National Association for the Visual Arts Data Base, 1992
Limited Book Production with an Emphasis on the Relief, 1992
Printed Artist's Book - Jo Wild, 1992
Occasional Publications No. 2 - Victorian Bookbinders Guild, 1993
Beware Artist's Books, State Library of Queensland, 1994
Who's Who of Australian Visual Artists - D.W. Thorpe, 1995
Grishin, Sasha, Australian Printmaking in the 1990s: Artist Printmakers, Craftsman House, 1995
Fourth Bharat Bavan International Biennial of Prints, Roopankar Museum of Fine Arts, 1997
Grant, Kirsty, In Relief: Australian Wood Engravings, Woodcuts and Linocuts, 1997
Directory of Prints '97 CD-ROM International Print Society. Krakow Poland 1997
Premier Collection, Collected Works, Stonington Stables Museum of Art Dekin University 1998
The Ladder, Catalogue 1998
Who’s Who in the World, W.D. Thorpe 1998
Modern Australian Poetry Monash University Library Rare Books Collection 1999
Special collections selected works, Stonington Stables Museum of Art, Deakin University 1999
The 2000 Silk Cut Award For Lino Prints, Catalog Dianne Waite
The 2002 Silk Cut Award For Lino Prints, Catalog Dianne Waite
The 2004 Silk Cut Award For Lino Prints, Catalog Dianne Waite
The 2006 Silk Cut Award For Lino Prints, Catalog Dianne Waite
The 2006 Silk Cut Award For Lino Prints, Catalog Kirsten Rann
West of the West Common Ground Publications P/L 2003
Æsop Life and Fables Catalogue Stonington Stables Museum of Art 2004
The Sleepers Almanac 2007 Sleepers Publishing Australia
Extempore Vol’ One
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COLLECTIONS
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Artbank
Artspace Mackay
Australian National Gallery
Burnie Regional Gallery, Tasmania
Canson Australia Pty. Ltd.
Charles Sturt University
Deakin University Melbourne
Geelong Art Gallery
Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale
Ipswich Regional Collection
Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education
State Library of Victoria
Melbourne University Library
Australian National Library
The Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston
The America Consulate Melbourne
National Gallery of Victoria
Bibliotheca Librorum apud Artificem NSW
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State Library of Queensland
The Hamilton Collection
University of Technology, Queensland
Victorian College of The Arts
Warrnambool Regional Gallery
Monash University Library
Mornington Peninsula Art Centre
La Trobe Regional Art Gallery
National Australia Bank
State library of NSW
The Defence Force Academy ACT
New York Public Library, USA
Portland Museum, USA
The Silk Cut Collection
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne
The Banyule City Council VIC
Charles Darwin University Alice Springs
Wagga Wagga Art Gallery NSW
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