Biography
EDUCATION
1989-91 BA (Hons) Fine Art, West Surrey College of Art and Design
1986-87 BA (Hons) 3D Design, University of the West Midlands
1984-86 BTEC Diploma in General Art and Design, Eastbourne College of Art
SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
2008 'Pages from The Book of Days' Interactive Installation
Hugh Robson Building, Department of Psychology, UKSA 2008,
University of Edinburgh
2007 'moebius strip' - Installation of The Book of Days GREY AREA Brighton
2007 Book of Days' Site Specific Installation New College Oxford
2006 ‘Firebird Remix’ an Experience of Synaesthesia Portable Installation
2005 ‘Book of Hours – End of Days’ Ongoing magazine project
2005 Artist’s Book ‘Hotel Europa’ Artist’s Edition
2004 ‘Hotel Europa – Candyland Suite’ Magdalenaknast Brighton
2003 ‘Cabin 02 – The Firebird’ Bi-monthly publication Herbert Read Gallery Canterbury
‘Firebird Mix’ Sound Collage
2002-3 ‘Hotel Europa – Candyland Zoo’ Ongoing Multi Media Installation Brighton
2001 ‘The Little Paradise Garden – Part 2’ Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin
‘Visions of a Lost Utopia’ Illustrated Lecture at Eiszeit Kino ‘GA GA 2’ Film und Multimedia Fest’ Berlin
2000 ‘These Bruises are not the marks of love….’ Brighton Media Centre Gallery Brighton
‘The Little Paradise Garden – Part 2’ Ongoing Multi Media Installation Brighton
1999-00 ‘Barbonworld’ Digital Arts Project
1998 ‘Sauregurkenzeit’ Objects, Multiples and Drawings Blue Cat Studios Brighton
1996 ‘Wünderbäume – 100 Drawings’ Horsham Arts Centre West Sussex
1993 ‘Leaving Choppy Man’ Performance Oranienburger Strasse Berlin
1992 ‘The Little Paradise Garden’ Gallerie Assel Berlin
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
2007 'A Selection from the Autumnal Quarter'
from 'The Book of Days - A Synaesthesic Calendar' @ /SECONDS
an online publishing project initiated and edited by Derek Horton
Peter Lewis.
2006 ‘Batch 308 – 309’ Close Encounters SLSA University of Amsterdam
‘Firebird Remix’ SLSA Book Fair University of Amsterdam
2005 ‘Hotel Europa Archives – Batch 308’ AHRC Centre for Cultural Analysis, Theory and History National Museum of Photography, Film and Television Bradford
2004 ‘Candyland Zoo’ Herbert Read Gallery Canterbury
2002 ‘Year’ In collaboration with Martin Clark and Mark Dickenson, ‘The Movement began with a Scandal’ Hosted by…Kunstraum München zu Gast’ Lenbachhaus Munich
2000 ‘Parlour’ 14 Lansdowne Place Hove
‘Outside the Box’ Crossley Gallery Dean Clough Halifax
1999 ‘Flux – Landscape and Culture in Transition’ Dean Clough Galleries Halifax
1997 ‘Flux – Changing Landscape and Culture in Poland’ Rochester City Gallery
1996-7 ‘British School of Telepathy – Artist in Residence’ Online Arts Project in collaboration with Simon Lewandowski and Falmouth School of Art
1994 ‘Old Object, New Subject The Bonington Gallery Nottingham
‘El Djarida, No 12’ Noveller, Essays, Dikt, Grafikk, Montasjer Luna Publications Oslo
1993 ‘Zwergomenta’ Am Rathaus Rot am See Germany
‘Uni/vers (;) Visuelle und Experimentalle Poesie International’ Poetry Factory Halle
‘Flowers – Beyond the Real’ Coventry Gallery London
1992 ‘Kunst Meile’ Prenzlauerberg Berlin
SELECTED REVIEWS, ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS
2008 Ryan, Barbara 'Synaesthesia and the Neurotypical' Vacuum, Issue 3,
January 2008, Published by Grey Area/Permanent Gallery/Greg Daville
2007 Ryan, Barbara Begegnung mit Sprache - Errinerungen an Synaestetisches Dekodieren der Kindheit - 'Synästhesien - Roter Faden durchs Leben?' Alexandra Dittmar (Ed.): Verlag Die Blaue Eule Essen 2007
2005 Schultz, Deborah ‘Hotel Europa – Candyland Suite’ a-n magazine January 2005
2004 Clark, Martin ‘A Conversation between Martin Clark and Barbara Ryan’ Annual 03-04
Herbert Read Gallery Kent Institute of Art and Design
Walsh, Holly ‘Candyland Zoo’ Untitled No 32
Phoca, Sophia ‘Candyland Zoo’ Contemporary No 61
2001 Schultz, Deborah ‘The Little Paradise Garden – Part 2’ a-n magazine April 2001
Wildfang, Andreas ‘GA GA 2 – Medienfest zum Thema Behinderung’ EYZ Kino GbR, November 2001
2000 Ryan, Barbara; Wilson, Michael ‘The Little Paradise Garden Dialogue’ December 2000
Wilson, Michael ‘Souvenirs of Parlour’ Essay June 2000
Phillips, Andrea ‘Digitising Disability’ The Arts Council of England in association with a-n magazine January 2000
1999 ‘Artist Profile’ The View – Issue 14 The Art House Spring 1999
1997 ‘Flux – Changing Landscape and Culture in Poland’ Art Review June 1997
COLLECTIONS
Mathius Friedrich Galerie Assel Berlin
Jana Sprenger (Private Collection) Berlin
Krzystof Wretowski Galeria Djiekanka Warsaw
Steven Risby Montsanto Portugal
CATALOGUES
‘Candyland Zoo’ Annual 03-04 Herbert Read Gallery 2004
‘GA GA 2 – Medienfest zum Thema Behinderung’ Eiszeit Kino Berlin EYZ Kino GbR November 2001
‘Outside the Box’ Crossley Gallery Dean Clough Halifax The Art House 2000
‘Flux – Landscape and Culture in Transition’ Dean Clough Galleries January 1999
‘Sauregurkenzeit’ Objects, Multiples and Drawings Editions, the artist May 1998
‘Flux – Changing Landscape and Culture in Poland’ Rochester City Art Gallery 1997
‘Wunderbaume’ Drawings and Prints Horsham Arts Centre 1996
‘Zwergomenta 93’ Mail Art Katalog Das Deutsche Gartenzweig Museum 1993
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2001 Major Awards – Support for Individual Artists South East Arts Board
1999-0 Co Founder of ‘Parlour’, a collaborative cross media timebased event, set within specific
domestic environment. Funded by the Arts Council of England and South East Arts Board
1999 Digital Arts Bursary The Arts Council of England
Disability Pairing Scheme Award South East Arts Board
1998 Artists’ Network Forum Education through Art
1996 Mentor Scheme Bursary Arts Training South
1994 Major Award Funding South East Arts Board
Travelled to Warsaw with ‘Frontiers’, delegation of artists and curators from the South East of England. Funded by The Arts Council of England and South East Arts Board
1992-3 Cultural Exchange Programme Kunstverein Buch Berlin
1991 Kay Pemberton Award for Fine Art
TEACHING AND ADVISORY
2002 – 2004 Curatorial Advisor to Martin Clark Herbert Read Gallery Kent Institute of Art and Design
May 2003 Visiting Lecturer Kent Institute of Art and Design
1995 – 7 Education and Access Advisor Visual Arts Committee Fabrica Brighton
1992 -3 Art and English Teacher Juedische Gemeinde Berlin
1989-91 BA (Hons) Fine Art, West Surrey College of Art and Design
1986-87 BA (Hons) 3D Design, University of the West Midlands
1984-86 BTEC Diploma in General Art and Design, Eastbourne College of Art
SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
2008 'Pages from The Book of Days' Interactive Installation
Hugh Robson Building, Department of Psychology, UKSA 2008,
University of Edinburgh
2007 'moebius strip' - Installation of The Book of Days GREY AREA Brighton
2007 Book of Days' Site Specific Installation New College Oxford
2006 ‘Firebird Remix’ an Experience of Synaesthesia Portable Installation
2005 ‘Book of Hours – End of Days’ Ongoing magazine project
2005 Artist’s Book ‘Hotel Europa’ Artist’s Edition
2004 ‘Hotel Europa – Candyland Suite’ Magdalenaknast Brighton
2003 ‘Cabin 02 – The Firebird’ Bi-monthly publication Herbert Read Gallery Canterbury
‘Firebird Mix’ Sound Collage
2002-3 ‘Hotel Europa – Candyland Zoo’ Ongoing Multi Media Installation Brighton
2001 ‘The Little Paradise Garden – Part 2’ Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin
‘Visions of a Lost Utopia’ Illustrated Lecture at Eiszeit Kino ‘GA GA 2’ Film und Multimedia Fest’ Berlin
2000 ‘These Bruises are not the marks of love….’ Brighton Media Centre Gallery Brighton
‘The Little Paradise Garden – Part 2’ Ongoing Multi Media Installation Brighton
1999-00 ‘Barbonworld’ Digital Arts Project
1998 ‘Sauregurkenzeit’ Objects, Multiples and Drawings Blue Cat Studios Brighton
1996 ‘Wünderbäume – 100 Drawings’ Horsham Arts Centre West Sussex
1993 ‘Leaving Choppy Man’ Performance Oranienburger Strasse Berlin
1992 ‘The Little Paradise Garden’ Gallerie Assel Berlin
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
2007 'A Selection from the Autumnal Quarter'
from 'The Book of Days - A Synaesthesic Calendar' @ /SECONDS
an online publishing project initiated and edited by Derek Horton
Peter Lewis.
2006 ‘Batch 308 – 309’ Close Encounters SLSA University of Amsterdam
‘Firebird Remix’ SLSA Book Fair University of Amsterdam
2005 ‘Hotel Europa Archives – Batch 308’ AHRC Centre for Cultural Analysis, Theory and History National Museum of Photography, Film and Television Bradford
2004 ‘Candyland Zoo’ Herbert Read Gallery Canterbury
2002 ‘Year’ In collaboration with Martin Clark and Mark Dickenson, ‘The Movement began with a Scandal’ Hosted by…Kunstraum München zu Gast’ Lenbachhaus Munich
2000 ‘Parlour’ 14 Lansdowne Place Hove
‘Outside the Box’ Crossley Gallery Dean Clough Halifax
1999 ‘Flux – Landscape and Culture in Transition’ Dean Clough Galleries Halifax
1997 ‘Flux – Changing Landscape and Culture in Poland’ Rochester City Gallery
1996-7 ‘British School of Telepathy – Artist in Residence’ Online Arts Project in collaboration with Simon Lewandowski and Falmouth School of Art
1994 ‘Old Object, New Subject The Bonington Gallery Nottingham
‘El Djarida, No 12’ Noveller, Essays, Dikt, Grafikk, Montasjer Luna Publications Oslo
1993 ‘Zwergomenta’ Am Rathaus Rot am See Germany
‘Uni/vers (;) Visuelle und Experimentalle Poesie International’ Poetry Factory Halle
‘Flowers – Beyond the Real’ Coventry Gallery London
1992 ‘Kunst Meile’ Prenzlauerberg Berlin
SELECTED REVIEWS, ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS
2008 Ryan, Barbara 'Synaesthesia and the Neurotypical' Vacuum, Issue 3,
January 2008, Published by Grey Area/Permanent Gallery/Greg Daville
2007 Ryan, Barbara Begegnung mit Sprache - Errinerungen an Synaestetisches Dekodieren der Kindheit - 'Synästhesien - Roter Faden durchs Leben?' Alexandra Dittmar (Ed.): Verlag Die Blaue Eule Essen 2007
2005 Schultz, Deborah ‘Hotel Europa – Candyland Suite’ a-n magazine January 2005
2004 Clark, Martin ‘A Conversation between Martin Clark and Barbara Ryan’ Annual 03-04
Herbert Read Gallery Kent Institute of Art and Design
Walsh, Holly ‘Candyland Zoo’ Untitled No 32
Phoca, Sophia ‘Candyland Zoo’ Contemporary No 61
2001 Schultz, Deborah ‘The Little Paradise Garden – Part 2’ a-n magazine April 2001
Wildfang, Andreas ‘GA GA 2 – Medienfest zum Thema Behinderung’ EYZ Kino GbR, November 2001
2000 Ryan, Barbara; Wilson, Michael ‘The Little Paradise Garden Dialogue’ December 2000
Wilson, Michael ‘Souvenirs of Parlour’ Essay June 2000
Phillips, Andrea ‘Digitising Disability’ The Arts Council of England in association with a-n magazine January 2000
1999 ‘Artist Profile’ The View – Issue 14 The Art House Spring 1999
1997 ‘Flux – Changing Landscape and Culture in Poland’ Art Review June 1997
COLLECTIONS
Mathius Friedrich Galerie Assel Berlin
Jana Sprenger (Private Collection) Berlin
Krzystof Wretowski Galeria Djiekanka Warsaw
Steven Risby Montsanto Portugal
CATALOGUES
‘Candyland Zoo’ Annual 03-04 Herbert Read Gallery 2004
‘GA GA 2 – Medienfest zum Thema Behinderung’ Eiszeit Kino Berlin EYZ Kino GbR November 2001
‘Outside the Box’ Crossley Gallery Dean Clough Halifax The Art House 2000
‘Flux – Landscape and Culture in Transition’ Dean Clough Galleries January 1999
‘Sauregurkenzeit’ Objects, Multiples and Drawings Editions, the artist May 1998
‘Flux – Changing Landscape and Culture in Poland’ Rochester City Art Gallery 1997
‘Wunderbaume’ Drawings and Prints Horsham Arts Centre 1996
‘Zwergomenta 93’ Mail Art Katalog Das Deutsche Gartenzweig Museum 1993
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2001 Major Awards – Support for Individual Artists South East Arts Board
1999-0 Co Founder of ‘Parlour’, a collaborative cross media timebased event, set within specific
domestic environment. Funded by the Arts Council of England and South East Arts Board
1999 Digital Arts Bursary The Arts Council of England
Disability Pairing Scheme Award South East Arts Board
1998 Artists’ Network Forum Education through Art
1996 Mentor Scheme Bursary Arts Training South
1994 Major Award Funding South East Arts Board
Travelled to Warsaw with ‘Frontiers’, delegation of artists and curators from the South East of England. Funded by The Arts Council of England and South East Arts Board
1992-3 Cultural Exchange Programme Kunstverein Buch Berlin
1991 Kay Pemberton Award for Fine Art
TEACHING AND ADVISORY
2002 – 2004 Curatorial Advisor to Martin Clark Herbert Read Gallery Kent Institute of Art and Design
May 2003 Visiting Lecturer Kent Institute of Art and Design
1995 – 7 Education and Access Advisor Visual Arts Committee Fabrica Brighton
1992 -3 Art and English Teacher Juedische Gemeinde Berlin