Cordy Ryman (b. 1971, New York, NY) engages with minimalist and constructivist ideologies, creating artwork that operates architecturally and organically. By employing elements of site-specificity, shadow, raw materiality and dimension, he creates “specific objects” that utilize environment as an extension of surface. Paint, wood, Velcro swatches, staples, metal and debris playfully conjoin as self-referential qualities that allude to process and materiality, while a deliberate use of tonal planes and gradation bespeak a progressive variation of color-field aesthetics.
SmartSpaces presented Ryman’s Green Wave (2008) in the Regeneration exhibition in the windows of 88 Greenwich Street in downtown Manhattan.
Ryman received his B.F.A. with Honors, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY. In addition to solo shows in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Munich, Brussels and Gilleleje, he has been featured in exhibitions at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art (KS), P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center (NY) and Museum of Contemporary Art (FL). His work has been acquired for the public collections of Microsoft (WA), Museum of Contemporary Art (FL), Raussmuller Collection (Basel), RD Merrill (WA), Rubell Family Collection (FL), Speyer Family Collection (NY) and the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection (WA). The artist lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
- Project: Regeneration
- Artist Website: https://cordyryman.com