Ryan Matthew Russell
Education
Diploma, Worcester Academy, 1977 (art major)
BA, University of Rochester, 1982 (double major, art and history)
MFA, James Madison University, 1985 (painting and drawing)
European Experience
Independent Study, Escola de Belas Artes, Oporto, Portugal, Spring 1984
Assistant Director of James Madison University art program abroad, Florence, Italy, Spring 1986
Teaching Experience
Workshop, “Interpreting the Landscape,” Ashton House, Staunton, VA, Summer 2001
Beginning Drawing, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, VA, 1998
Painting/Pastel, Beverly Street Studio School, Staunton, VA, 1992-1995
Beginning Drawing, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD, Spring 1988
Advanced Painting, Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD, Spring 1988
Seminar, Visionary Art of the 20th Century, Maryland Hall, Spring 1988
Residencies
Resident Fellow, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA, Summer 1989, 1993, 1995
Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, Summer 1994
Artist-in-Residence/Lecturer, Shenandoah Valley Art Center, Waynesboro, VA, Spring 1989
Wolf Kahn Workshop, Graves Mountain Lodge, Syria, VA, Spring 1989
One and Two Person Shows
Warm Springs Gallery, Warm Springs, VA, June 2003, July 2005, November 2006
Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, October 2003, September 2001, September 1998
Beverly Street Studio School, Staunton, VA, June 2001
Studio 11, Lexington, VA, October 2000
Morris Gallery, Columbia, SC, October 1999
Lexington Art Gallery, Lexington, VA, April 1999
Staunton Augusta Fine Arts Center, Staunton, VA, June 1997
Dematteis Gallery, Annapolis, MD, April 1997, October 1995, December 1993, November 1992
Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA, January 1997
Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC, July 1995, June 1993
Clack Art Center, Alma College, Alma, MI, January 1990
Invitation Group Shows
Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC, Summer 2001, December 1991
Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN, December 2000
Callen McJunkin Gallery, Charleston, WV, October 2000, October 1992
“Still Life Paintings,” Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, June-August 1999
Barton Museum, Wilson, NC, February 1999
Elon College, Elon, NC, August 1999
Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Summer 1997, Summer 1995
Franz Bader Gallery Washington, DC, June 1992
duPont Gallery, Washington & Lee University, September 1990
J.B. Speed Musuem, Louisville, KY, Fall 1989
Publications
The Virginia Landscape: A Cultural History, art catalogue, J. Kelly & W. Rasmussen, 2000, p. 44.
“At Home in the Landscape” Southern Accents, Sept./Oct. 2000, pp. 116, 118, 120
Cover, Shenandoah Literary Review, Fall 2000.
The News-Gazette, Lifestyle Section, December 15, 1999.
Free Times, Art Review “Ryan Russell” Columbia , SC , October 1999.
The Artist & The American Landscape, John Driscoll, p. 72, 75.
Collections
Atlanta Design
Atlantic Securities
Augusta County Hospital
Bell Atlantic Corporation
Carrier Library, JMU
Chevy Chase Bank of Maryland
Coopers & Lybrand
Circuit City
Duke University Health Center
Federal Reserve Bank
Health Sciences Center, Hospital UVA
Hotel Roanoke
Hyatt Hotels
Johnson & Johnson
Media General, Inc.
Metra Health
Microview, Inc.
North Carolina National Bank
SAS, Inc.
Signet Bank
Sovran Bank
Southern Living Magazine
VA State Bar President’s Collection
Warner Brothers Studio
Wheat First Securities
Worcester Academy
Zornow Center, University of Rochester