Rob Ryan (artist)

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Rob Ryan (born 1962) is a British visual artist specializing in papercutting and screen-printing. His artwork has featured in Vogue, and he has collaborated with fashion designer Paul Smith.[1] He has illustrated book and album covers, including John Connolly's novel The Book of Lost Things, Erasure's album Nightbird and the forthcoming Chambers Lost Crafts by Una McGovern. Ryan's first book, This Is for You, was published on October 4, 2007 by Hodder & Stoughton; it consists of a fairy tale told through paper cut-out art[2] and explores themes of love and loneliness.[3] Ryan also creates the Global Gift greeting cards for the charity Trocaire.[4]

Ryan was born in Cyprus in 1962 to Irish parents. He is the youngest of three brothers and his father was an RAF mess hall officer. He studied at Trent Polytechnic and has a Master of Arts in printmaking from the Royal College of Art. He lives in London with his wife and two daughters.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Farry, Eithne. "Rob Ryan: blade runner", The Daily Telegraph, 2007-09-15. Retrieved on 2008-02-02. 
  2. ^ Buckland-Hoby, Hermione. "Cut out and keep", New Statesman, 2007-10-04. Retrieved on 2008-02-02. 
  3. ^ Fulton, Lydia (2007-09-27). "Other worldly". Design Week 22 (39): 15. 
  4. ^ Nathalie (2007-11-19). Rob Ryan and Trocaire. Design Undercover. Retrieved on 2008-05-27.

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