Aude Van Ryn
ARTIST STATEMENT
My practice explores the aesthetic of forms, found in nature, everyday objects and in the human figure through clay. Influences and visual inspiration come from various sources, from mid 20thth century art movements to ceremonial objects from primitive and ritualistic cultures.
The pieces are intriguing and curious yet familiar and tactile - their role or purpose undefined, allowing the viewer not to be overly guided and for the sculptures to have a language of their own.
My approach to work is through seeing and making, texturing clay, cutting, assembling, composing and creating alongside a visual vocabulary.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Born in Brussels Belgium in 1970. Moved to the UK in September 1991.
1991 Foundation in Art and Design Brighton Polytechnic
1992-1995 Central St Martins BA Graphics & Illustration (first)
1995-1997 Royal College of Art MA Illustration
1996 Winner of the Worshipful Company of Painter Stainers award for best student in Illustration at the Royal College of Art
2015-2017 Diploma course in ceramics CityLit Adult Education
1998-2018 Working as a freelance illustrator, represented by Heart Agency in London and New York
1999-2017 Teaching and lecturing at
Bucks University
Cambridge School of Art
Brighton University
Bath University
London college of Printing
Camberwell College of art
St Martins School of Art
Liverpool School of Art.
Bristol University
November 2008 Selected work exhibited a the Discerning Eye Exhibition Mall Gallery London
June 2017 New Designers Islington
July 2017 Group Show at Candid Arts Trust Islington
November 2017 Selected work exhibited at Discerning Eye Exhibition Mall Gallery London
November 2017 Selected to take part in the London Creative Network.
February 2018 Sculptural work exhibited at The New Craftsmen in London
April 2018 Exhibition at the Zetter Hotel in Clerkenwell London
May 2018 Exhibition at The New Craftsmen in London.
May 2018 September 2019 pieces exhibited at the new craftsmen
September 2019 How small a thought. Margate Group exhibition
November 2019 USA The Future Perfect shows in New York/ Los Angeles/ San Francisco