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Elizabeth H. Ryan
b. 1948


Education

B.F.A., Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Elkins Park, PA. 1970.


Selected Exhibitions



2008
_ 28th Annual Juried Show, Monmouth County Arts Council, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ. January 2008.
_ Monmouth Reform Temple - Festival of the Arts Invitational Show, Tinton Falls, NJ. March 2008.
_ Cafe Artiste Gallery, Spring Lake, NJ. January - September 2008..
_4th Annual Belmar Arts Council Jersey Shore Art Show, Belmar, NJ. March 2008.
2007
_ 15th Annual Open Juried Show, Guild of Creative Art, Shrewsbury NJ. October 2007.
_ Art & Craft Concepts Show, The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ, August 2007.
_ Group Show, Splash Contemporary Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ, January 2007.
_21st Annual Juried Art Show, Brookdale Community College Alumni Association. May - June 2007.
_3rd Annual Belmar Arts Council Jersey Shore Art Show, Belmar, NJ. March 2007.
_Group Show, Splash Contemporary Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ, May-July 2007
_Monmouth Reform Temple Festival of the Arts Invitational Show , Tinton Falls, NJ, March 2007.


2006
_Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY.
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Group Show, Splash Contemporary Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ. November 2006-January 2007.
_ 14th Annual Open Juried Show, Guild of Creative Art, Shrewsbury NJ. October 2006.
_ "Found Objects," Art Alliance, Red Bank, NJ. October 2006.
_ Exhibiting and Associate Artists, Guild of Creative Art, Shrewsbury, NJ. May 2006.
_"Grey," Art Alliance, Red Bank, NJ. April 2006.
_2nd Annual Belmar Arts Council Jersey Shore Art Show, Belmar, NJ. March 2006.
_ "Air, Wind, Earth" and "Heraclitus," Art Alliance, Red Bank, NJ. March 2006.
_ Monmouth County Arts Council 27th Annual Juried Show, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ, January - March 2006.
_"The Human Face," Art Alliance, Red Bank, NJ. February 2006.

2005
_ "100 Square Inches," Art Alliance, Red Bank, NJ. December 2005.
_ Associate Member Show, Guild of Creative Art, Shrewsbury, NJ. November 2005.
_Two-person Exhibition, Brodsky Gallery, Chauncey Conference Center, Princeton, NJ. November 2005.
_ 19th Annual N.J. State Juried Exhibition, Art Alliance. Red Bank, NJ. November 2005.
_ 13th Annual Juried Open Show, Guild of Creative Art, Shrewsbury, NJ. October 2005.
_ Annual Open Juried Exhibition, Montgomery Center for the Arts, Skillman, NJ. May- June 2005.

2004
_Two-person Exhibition, "Like Mother, Like Daughter," Full Spectrum Gallery, Lakewood, NJ. June 2004.
_ Featured artist, "Window Gallery," Full Spectrum, Lakewood, NJ. April - June 2004.
_ Monmouth County Arts Council 25th Annual Juried Show, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ. January- March 2004.
_ 21st Annual International Juried Miniature Show, Jane Law's Long Beach Island Gallery, Surf City, NJ. November 2003 - January 2004.

2003
_ Two-person Exhibition, Asbury Above: The Artists Loft Tour, Asbury Park NJ. July 12, 2003.
_ 17th Annual Juried Art Show, Brookdale Community College Alumni Association. May - June 2003.

1997-8
_ 14th Annual International Juried Miniature Show, Jane Law's Long Beach Island Gallery, Surf City, NJ. November 1997 - January 1998.
_ E.H. Ryan Studio, Student Show, Monmouth County Library. May 1997.

1992-3
_ E.H. Ryan Studio, Student Show, Hwy. 71, Sea Girt, NJ. June 1993.
_ E.H. Ryan Studio, Student Show, Hwy. 71, Sea Girt, NJ. April 1992.

1990-1
_ E.H. Ryan Studio, Student Show, Monmouth County Library. May 1990.
_ 7th Annual International Juried Miniature Show, Jane Law's Long Beach Island Gallery, Surf City, NJ. November 1988 - January 1989.

1987
_ Monmouth County Arts Council 8th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ. January 1987.
_ 3rd Annual International Juried Miniature Show, Jane Law's Long Beach Island Gallery, Surf City, NJ. November 1986 - January 1987.

1985
_ 2nd Annual International Juried Miniature Show, Jane Law's Long Beach Island Gallery, Surf City, NJ. November 1985 - January 1986.
_ Monmouth County Arts Council 6th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ. January1985.

1984
_ Monmouth County Arts Council 5th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ. January 1984.
_ Guild of Creative Art, Shrewsbury, NJ. 1984.



Awards


People's Choice Award, 15th Annual Open Juried Show, Guild of Creative Art, October 2007.
Mitchell Award For Acrylic, Guild of Creative Art, October 2007.


Experience


Art Instructor, 1998 - present. Wall, NJ.
Teach private art lessons (one-on-one or small group).


Art Instructor
, January 2004 - February 2007. Full Spectrum, Howell, NJ.
Teach group studio art classes in watercolor and acrylic painting.


Decorative Painter, June 1995 - present. Bruchelle Interiors, Spring Lake, NJ; Interiors by Rosalie, Toms River; ARC Interiors, Colts Neck, NJ; Eryanstudio.com, Wall, NJ. Paint original wall designs and murals in homes and offices. Decorate furniture and custom-designed floorcloths.

Gallery Curator, January 2004 - February 2005. Full Spectrum Gallery, Lakewood, NJ. Plan, organize and install solo & group exhibitions. Contact and promote individual artists, catalog inventory, sell work, handle public relations, and advertise shows.

Gallery Owner, January 1990 - January 1994. E.H. Ryan Studio, Sea Girt, NJ. Owner and director of art studio and gallery. Managed sales of original local landscape watercolor paintings. Offered custom framing and commissioned house portraits.

Exhibition Coordinator, Student Art Shows, May 1990 - 1997. E.H. Ryan Studio, Sea Girt, NJ; Monmouth County Library, Wall, NJ. Planned, organized, and implemented shows of students' art from private and group classes.

Art Instructor, January 1988 - January 1999. E.H. Ryan Studio, Sea Girt, NJ; Sea Girt Lighthouse, Sea Girt, NJ. Taught group studio art classes in watercolor, drawing, and pottery. Organized plein air painting classes in Spring Lake, Sea Girt, Manasquan, and Ocean Grove.

Gallery Framer, April 1988 - December 1994. Evergreen Gallery, Spring Lake, NJ; E.H. Ryan Studio, Sea Girt, NJ. Retail sales & gallery operations, including custom framing facility.


Memberships

Manasquan River Group of Artists
Belmar Arts Council, Belmar, NJ
Guild of Creative Art, Shrewsbury, NJ
Art Alliance, Red Bank, NJ
Monmouth County Arts Council, Lincroft, NJ



Representation


Cafe Artiste, Spring Lake, NJ
Splash Contemporary Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
Full Spectrum, Lakewood, NJ
E.H. Ryan Studio, Sea Girt, NJ
Sea Girt Art Gallery, Sea Girt, NJ
Art Effects, Spring Lake, NJ
Evergreen Gallery, Spring Lake, NJ