About
There are two of me at work in the studio: one is deliberate, contemplative, the other rash and restless. I rarely make preliminary drawings, but react instead to visual clues - a whiff of something real, but veiled, which I attempt to explore and expose on canvas. The process is mostly intuitive, involving much trial and more error.
Plunging straight into color may be haphazard, a reckless use of time and material, but I enjoy the immediacy and suspense of working at full throttle, allowing the stuff to surprise me.
I use oil for portraits and pieces requiring more precision or polish, and acrylic or water-based mediums for abstracts and bolder statements. Oil paintings are forged in the classical fashion, upright, at the easel, while the acrylics remain flat on the table or floor, to allow the saturated colors to flow.
Work
2000 -
Working independently in Hamburg
1995 - 2000
Working independently in Amsterdam
1993 - 1994
Florence Academy of Art, Italy
1990 - 1993
Pennsylvania School of Art and Design
private study in Atelier Richard House
1985 - 1989
BA, English and Philosophy Major, College of William and Mary
Exhibitions
2016
Galerie Hafenliebe, Hamburg, Germany
2014
Galerie Hafenliebe, Hamburg, Germany
Parkresidenz Galerie Alstertal, Hamburg, Germany
Clark County Historical Association, Art at the Mill, VA
2013
BVE, Hamburg, Germany
Clark County Historical Association, Art at the Mill, VA
2012
Clark County Historical Association, Art at the Mill, VA
Fabrik Der Kuenst, Hamburg, Germany
2011
Fabrik Der Kuenst, Hamburg, Germany
Clark County Historical Association, Art at the Mill, VA
2010
Galerie Im Elysée, Hotel Elysée, Hamburg
2009
Clark County Historical Association, Art at the Mill, VA
Clark County Historical Association, Art at the Mill, VA
2008
Clark County Historical Association, Art at the Mill, VA
Künstlerhaus eins eins, Hamburg-Osdorf
2007
Clark County Historical Association, Art at the Mill, VA
Galerie Karkredder, Gadendorf-Panker, Ostsee
Trowbridge-Lewis Galleries, Middleburg, VA
2006
Alumni Show, Florence Academy of Art, Italy
W.H. Patterson Gallery, London
Clark County Historical Association, Art at the Mill, VA
2005
Künstlerhaus eins eins, Hamburg-Osdorf
Clark County Historical Association, Art at the Mill, VA
2004
Gimsinghoved Museum, Struer, Denmark
The Brigham Galleries, Nantucket, MA, USA
Künstlerhaus eins eins, Hamburg-Osdorf
Kiskan Studios, Hamburg
2003
Century Gallery, Alexandria VA / Washington D.C.
Schlutius, Espey & Partner, Hamburg
Künstlerhaus eins eins, Hamburg-Osdorf
2001
Künstlerhaus eins eins, Hamburg-Osdorf
2000
Holland Art Fair, The Hague
Galerie De Twee Pauwen, The Hague
1998
Galerie Zona, Amsterdam
Holland Art Fair, The Hague
1996
Galerie Zona, Amsterdam
1994
Florence Academy of Art, Italy
1992
Venable-Neslage Gallery, Washington D.C.
1991
Venable-Neslage Gallery, Washington D.C./p>
1990
Venable-Neslage Gallery, Washington D.C.
Atelier Ryan Bongers - ryan@ryanbongers.de - Jeddinger Dorfstrasse 16, 27374 Visselhövede, Germany