Ryan Mendoza

Ryan Mendoza (born October 29, 1971 in New York City) is an American painter.

Counterbalancing old master techniques with contemporary themes, Mendoza is considered a rarity in the art world.[1]

In 2012 Mendoza and his 8 month pregnant wife Fabia got arrested in Naples, Italy after an art performance meant as an act of Solidarity for the Russian Punk Band Pussy Riot [2] In 2015 his controversial and intimate diary 'Everything is Mine' ('Tutto è mio') curated by Simona Vinci was released by the Italian publisher Bompiani.[3]

He works and lives between Naples and Berlin.

Selected Exhibits

2013 Les Aventures de la Vérité Peinture et Philosophie, Fondation Maeght, curated by Bernard-Henri Lévy

2013: Ryan Mendoza, Roger Ballen, Paul P., Gallerie Massimo Minini, Brescia

2011: Ryan Mendoza Selected works, Galerie Klueser2, Munich, Germany

2010: The Possessed Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina, Naples

2009: Chocolate Crocodile Galerie Lelong, Paris

2008: Ryan Mendoza Akira Ikeda Gallery, New York

2007: Don't look at me Galerie Lelong, Paris

2006: Happily ever Akira Ikeda Gallery, Berlin

2005: Ryan Mendoza Galerie Bernd Klueser, Munich

2004: Fear in a Time of Superheroes, Galleria Massimo Minini

2003: Sleeping Beauty Akira Ikeda Gallery, Taura, Japan

2002: Join Now for Instant Access White Cube, London

2002: Almost American, Museo di Castel Nuovo, Naples

2001: Ryan Mendoza, Overbeck Gesellschaft, Luebeck

2000: Ryan Mendoza Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto

1997: "Cadaver dog", Galleria studio legale, Caserta - Italy

Literature

2010: Ryan Mendoza The Possessed, Electa, MAdRE, Text by Tiziano Scarpa

2007: Ryan Mendoza The End, Text by Milan Kundera

2007: Ryan Mendoza Don't look at me, Galerie Lelong

2002: Ryan Mendoza Join Now for Instant Access, Text by Irvine Welsh

2003: Ryan Mendoza Sleeping Beauty, Taura, Japan

References

  1. ↑ Brushed by the Hand of Oblivion, Milan Kundera, Electa Mondadori, 2010.
  2. ↑ Solidarietà con le Pussy Riot alla Sanità con Ryan Mendoza, La Repubblica, Italy, August 2012
  3. ↑ ISBN 9788845279065

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