Ryan Mosley
Ryan Mosley (b. 1980, Chesterfield, UK) is a narrative painter who uses pictorial cues — from beards to brick walls and top hats — as triggers for art historical reference, class commentary, and pure formalism. Mosley has been represented by Josh Lilley since 2020, 11 years after his appearance in the gallery’s inaugural show and a decade in which he presented multiple solo exhibitions at Alison Jacques, London; Tim Van Laere, Antwerp; and EIGEN + ART, Berlin and Leipzig. He participated in the important figurative painting survey Radical Figures at the Whitechapel Gallery in Spring 2020.
Ryan Mosley lives and works in Sheffield.
Education
2007, MFA, Painting, Royal College of Art, London
2003, BFA, Drawing and Painting, Huddersfield University
Solo Exhibitions
2023
The Disappearing Land, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp
2022
Upon Peaceable Land, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Leipzig
2021
Three Corner Field, Josh Lilley, London
2020
Verses in Time, Larsen Warner, Stockholm
2019
A Planets Revolution, Galerie Eigen + Art, Berlin
Rival Poets, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
2018
Under Moon, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp
2017
From the Verges, Galerie Eigen+Art, Leipzig
2016
Coup de Grâce, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp
Anatomy and the Wall, Alison Jacques, London
2015
The Mirror Never Reflects, Galerie Eigen + Art, Berlin
2014
Band of None, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles
2013
Thoughts of Man, Tierney Gardarin Gallery, New York
2012
Reversed Limbo, Eigen + Art, Berlin
2011
Alison Jacques, London
2010
Painting Séance, Grand Arts, Kansas City
Alison Jacques Gallery, London
Project Room, Alison Jacques, London
2009
A Gathering, Regina Gallery, Moscow
Project Room, Alison Jacques, London
2008
Census, Engholm Engelhorn, Vienna, Austria
2004
Eight Years Ago and Before, Bloc Space, Sheffield
Group Exhibitions
2022
The Kingfisher’s Wing, curated by Tom Morton, GRIMM, New York
2021
Everyday Heroes, Hayward Gallery and Southbank Centre, London
2020
Enjoy and Take Care!, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp
Radical Figures: Painting in the New Millennium, Whitechapel Gallery, London
2019
Gifts for you, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin
GMA XXX AAR, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
Drawing Biennial 2019, London
The Last Waltz (For Leon), Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp
2018
Heads Roll, Graves Gallery, Sheffield
The Wall Have Ears, Aston Hall Museum, Birmingham
Malevolent Eldritch Shrieking, Paul Morrison's Studio, Sheffield
Apartment of Mr. Reverend, Regina Gallery, Moskow
Always Trust The Artist, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp
2017
A New kitchen Sink, Josh Lilly, London
JUMP BALL, Dio Horia, Mykonos, Greece
Everything Flows, Millennium Gallery, Sheffield
INTER YOUTH, Museum of China Academy of Art, Hangzhou
2016
PAINTERS' PAINTER, Saatchi Gallery, London
Bühnenreif / 1. Akt (1900 - 2016), Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen
Rohkunstbau XXII - Between the worlds, Kulturschloss Roskow, Roskow
Four calling birds, Satellite Berlin, Berlin
Accrochage, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Leipzig
Imagine, Brand New Gallery, Milan
2015
offen, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin
The Islanders, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
One Day, Somthing Happens: Paintings of People, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds; Hayward Touring & Arts Council exhibition
June: A Painting Show, Sadie Coles HQ, London
2014
Hurvin Anderson, Nick Goss, Norbert Schwontkowski, Ryan Mosley, Josh Lilley, London
100 Painters of Tomorrow, Beers Contemporary, London
2013
Zero Hours, S1 Artspace, Sheffield
Re-opening, Eigen + Art, Berlin
on paper, Eigen + Art, Berlin
2012
Nightfall, Modem Museum, Debrecen
London Twelve: Contemporary British Art, City Gallery, Prague
Merging Bridges, Museum of Modern Art, Baku
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2011
LABOR, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin, Germany
Make Believe, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden
FIFTEEN: 15 Years of S1 Artspace, S1 Artspace, Sheffield
Saatchi Gallery in Adelaide: British Art Now, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Visions, Monica de Cardenas Gallery, Milan, Italy
Stories Being Told, BolteLang, Zurich, Switzerland
2010
Newspeak: British Art Now, Saatchi Gallery, London
2009
Daily Miracles, Josh Lilley, London
Newspeak: British Art Now, Saatchi Gallery at The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Jerwood Contemporary Painters Prize, Jerwood Space, London (touring to PSL, Leeds, Norwich Gallery, Norwich and New Pitville Gallery, Cheltenham)
Golden Agers & Silver Surfers: Old age and ageing in contemporary art, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel
2008
Moravia, Cell Project Space, London
Make Believe, Concrete & Glass, London
Cory Michael Project, London
The Painting Room, Transition Gallery, London
2007
Wassail, Cell Project space, London
Summer School, Ibid Projects, London
The Great Exhibition, Royal College Of Art, London
Celeste Art Prize, Old Truman Brewery, London
Droppings, Blythe Gallery, Imperial College, London
2006
SAUDADE, Highbury Studios, London
Seeking Tacit Utopias, Surface Gallery, Nottingham
Pleasure Yourself, Howie Street, London
2004
Dialogues and Disclosures, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield
Press
CV
Exhibitions
Celeste Rapone + Ryan Mosley - LA Pop-up Exhibition
Group Show
Three Corner Field
Solo Show
Frieze New York
Solo Show
Stains on a Decade
Group Show
A New Kitchen Sink
Group Show
4 Painters 10 Works
Group Show
Daily Miracles
Group Show