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KAREN RYAN

Contemporary British Designer
Graduated with an MA in Design Products at the Royal College of Art London in 2001.
Necessity, fate, autobiography and subversion are the key influences upon my practice.
I use materials that are provided as a product of continuous waste driven by mass consumption and fashion.



EDUCATION


2001 - Master in Arts in Design Products at The Royal College of Art London UK.

1998 - Master in Arts By Project in Fine Art at University of Portsmouth UK.

1996 - Bachelor of Arts in 3 D Design and Fine Art at University of Portsmouth UK.

Higher B-Tech Graphic Design at Hounslow Borough College UK.

Foundation Art at Goldmiths, London University UK.





SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS


2011 - Verwandlungen - Metamorphosen Galerie Handwerk, Munich.
'Second Hand' Plates.

2011 - Superdesign, London.
'Custom Made in England' Vanity Series.

2011 - Useless, The Wandering Pain, EXD'11, Lisbon.
'Custom Made' Chair.

2011 - Sit Chair Project, London Design Week.

2011 - New Olds, Holon Design Museum, Tel Aviv.
'Custom Made' Chair.

2011 - Next Art Fair, Balloon Contemporary, Chicago.
' In The Woods USA' & 'Body USA'.

2011 - Dallas Art Fair, Converso & Balloon Contemporary,Dallas.
'In The Woods USA' & 'Body USA'.

2011 - Overlap, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen.
' In The Woods' Pair.

2011 - Loaded, Spring Projects, London.
' Custom Made Vanity' Chair.

2011 - Body Installation, Portsmouth UK.
'Body'.

2010 - Awkward, Marsden Woo Gallery, London.
'Awkward' Whittle & Black Ink.

2010 - Straw Dogs, Spring Projects Gallery London.
'Custom Made in England' Vanity series.

2010 - New Olds, IFA- Gallery Stuttgart.
'Custom Made' Chair.

2010 - Next Art Fair, Balloon Contemporary, Chicago.
'Custom Made U.S.A' Series No.1.

2010 - 13.798 Grams of Design, Lambretto Art Project, Milan.
'Whittle Chair'.

2010 - Object Rotterdam, Rabih Hage Gallery, Rotterdam.
'Custom Made' chairs, 'Untitled' lights and 'Another Chair.

2009 - Sketch popup cafe, The Royal Academy London.
'In The Woods' Pair.

2009 - Exhibition on my Dining Table, installation in Portsmouth, England.
'Dining table Politics'.

2009 - 'Wish List' Li Edelkoort Exhibition and Auction at Pierre Berge, Brussels.
'In The Woods' Chair.

2009 - Milan Exhibition in a room in Portsmouth, England.
‘Litter’ & ‘In The Woods’ Chair.

2009 - Work In Progress, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth.
'Litter' installation.

2008 - Designersblock ,London.
‘Boarded Up’ Lights & ‘Another Chair’

2008 - Volta VIP Lounge Rabih Hage, Basel.
‘Custom Made’ Chairs & ‘Untitled’ Light.

2008 - Modern English, Anthropologie, New York.
'Unmade 07’ Vases & ‘Second Hand’ Plates.

2008 - Fuorisalone, Rossana Orlandi, Milan.
‘Wood Work’ Lights & ‘Made Modern’ Chair.

2008 - Nest, CBK Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn.
‘Custom Made’ Chair.

2008 - DesignArt, Rabih Hage Gallery, London.
‘Custom Made’ Chairs 'Landscape Table’ & ‘Untitled’ Lights.

2007 - Trash Luxe, Liberty’s, London.
‘Unmade 07’ Vases, ‘Custom Made’ Chairs & ‘Landscape Table’.

2007 - Designersblock, London.
'Untitled Lights & ‘Landscape Tables’.

2007 - Handle With Care, Designboom, Designersblock, London.
‘Second Hand’ Plates.

2007 - Deptford Design Market Challenge, Royal Festival Hall, London.
'I Remember This Book'.

2006 - 100% Design, London.
‘Custom Made’ The Blue Collection & ‘Second Hand’ Plates.

2006 - Custom made, Rabih Hage Gallery, London.
‘Custom Made’ Furniture & ‘Second Hand’ Plates.

2006 - Entratalibera, Glamour Design store, Milan.
'Custom Made’ Chairs & Table.

2006 - Classic Lab, Salon Du Meuble, Paris.
‘Custom Made’ Chairs & Tables.

2006 - Renewal and Reinvention, Rabih Hage Gallery, London.
‘Custom Made’ Chairs & Table.

2005 - 100% Design, London.
Wasted installation ‘Custom Made’ Chairs & Tables.

2003 - 100% Design, London.
‘Tilt’ Chair & ‘Portsmouth’ Magazine Fruit Bowl.

2002 - Aram Gallery, London, group exhibition.
‘Visual Mechanics’ Conceptual Furniture Graphics.

2002 - Habiter, Paris.
‘Folding Chairs’ ‘Tuck Table’ ‘Plate Sleeves' & ‘Visual Mechanics'.

2002 - 100% Design, London.
‘Folding Chairs’ ‘Visual Mechanics’ ‘Plate Sleeves' & 'Plasticine shelf’.

2001 - Summer Show, Royal College of Art, London.
‘Folding Chairs’ ‘Plate Sleeves' & ‘Visual Mechanics’.

2000 - Day Out, Oxo Tower Gallery, London.
‘Contemporary Rubbings’.

1996 - Nine Artists, Cubit Gallery, London.
‘The Chair’.




AWARDS


2008 - Aspex Gallery Designer Maker Award.

2002 - Craft Council 100% Design Bursary Winner.

2002 - 100% Design, Best Newcomer Nominee.

1995 - Swedish Timber Award, 1st Prize for Product Design.