Isabelle Ryan

Isabelle is a multidisciplinary artist, working primarily in the medium of paint. She uses photography in her work, as a vehicle for research and also as a medium for artwork. She has previously used installation and sound as elements of her practice, as a method of capturing atmosphere and creating an immersive experience for viewers. She graduated from the National College of Art and Design in 2019 with a BA, first class honours degree in Fine Art Painting with Visual Culture.

Isabelle Ryan’s work deals with the sensory and atmospheric qualities of space. Examining a variety of architectural settings and objects, and rendering them through the mediums of painting, photography and installation. 

Through a process of contemplation, the subject is chosen and isolated. Ryan creates a sense of atmospheric tension and silence in her paintings and photography, thus drawing on the unspoken connection between the objects and those who interact with them. The result is a delicate push and pull, between abstraction and thoughtful focus.

Exhibitions: 

Solo

2023

Oasis, The People’s Museum Limerick, Limerick

Group 

2016 ​

First Year Exhibition of Painting - The Granary Building, NCAD, Dublin. 

2017 

First Year End of Year Exhibition, Design Building, NCAD 

2018

Topophilia, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios - Atrium

I was a contributing artist, and also played a role in organising and curating the exhibition

2019 

The Office for Common Sound, by Sven Anderson, NCAD Gallery 

 NCAD Degree Show, Granary Building, NCAD 

Emerging Artists Exhibition, St Patricks Hospital, James Street 

Ideologies, Market House Festival, Gorey, Co. Wexford 

2020

NCAD Creative Journeys, Dublin Airport 

2021 

Assorted, BKB Visual Arts Studio, Glasnevin, Dublin  

2023

Open Submission, curated by Blaise Smith, Dunamaise Arts Centre,  Laois 

2024 

Antirust, Ormond Art Studios, Dublin 

As Curator: 

2024 

Irene O’Neill, Environmenta, Cow Shed Theatre Gallery, Farmleigh House, Dublin