Artist Robert Ryan
Robert Ryan
Limerick born Robert Ryan graduated from Limerick School of Art & Design in 1987. He worked in London and Copenhagen before returning to Ireland in 1994.
Over the years Robert has traveled extensively in Europe, Africa, Asia, The Americas and, most recently, Australia. He has been intrigued by the many different eco-systems he has encountered; the way in which all living things interact and how we value that fact; how we see ourselves and other evolutionary groups.
Robert has had many solo exhibitions and has regularly shown in major annual exhibitions like the Oireachtais, R.H.A., R.U.A., Iontas, E.V.A. and Eigse. He has exhibited in several countries and his work is in many public and private collections.
Robert now lives in historic Lough Gur, Co. Limerick, where he grew up. A unique environment that is a constant source of inspiration for his evocative images.
“I sometimes work till the break of dawn. The hours of darkness, silence and stillness almost feel timeless, infinite. My images are of a universal landscape where generic creatures as if in limbo wander in search of sanctuary, like lost souls”.
