Mark Ryan
PHOTOGRAPHICS
“Wherever there is light, one can photograph.”
- Alfred Stieglitz
Lake Mille Lacs, MN
Calling card
Brighton Beach, Duluth, MN
Science Museum of Minnesota
Minnesota State Fair
Charleston, South Carolina
Duluth, MN
North Shore of Lake Superior, Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
New Mexico
Desert Hot Springs, CA
Bayfield, Wisconsin
Minnesota
Scenic, South Dakota
Grand Marais, Minnesota
Playa del Carmen
Composite (background photo by Stu Spivack)
I'm an award-winning photographer, writer, and filmmaker. I was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and raised on the north shore of Lake Superior in the city of Duluth. The advent of digital imagery and photo manipulation software has expanded photography's possibilities. as well as my interest in the artform. I favor shooting landscapes, and natural history subjects, particularly paleontology and geology, although I will shoot just about anything that piques my interest. I often use my photographs to illustrate my writing or in the creation of graphics. Go to the following links to see samples of my and writing.
filmmaking
Duluth Air Show
Burpee Museum, Rockford, IL
Sedona, AZ
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Colorado Springs, CO
Oklahoma
Lake Mille Lacs, Minnesota
Caribou Lake, MN
Lake Harriet, Minneapolis, MN
Geological Museum, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
Grand Marais, MN
Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport (MSP), Minnesota
Savannah, GA
Bayfield, WI
Seven Bridges Road, Duluth, MN
California
Arizona
Sheephole Valley
Art Institute of Chicago
Mexico
Duluth, Minnesota
Como Bluff, Wyoming
New York
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Bosler, Wyoming
Triceratops horridus vs. Tyrannosaurus rex
South Dakota
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5604 Upton Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55410
612-926-6095
markryan_earthlink.net
Exhibitions
Awards & Honors
Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, 2000, 2004, 2007
Solo Exhibition, Sebastian Joe's, Minneapoli, MN 2005
Duluth Art Institute, FINS & FEATHERS Show, Duluth, MN, 2005
Minneapolis Foundation, WISH YOU WERE HERE Exhibition, 2005
Hopkins Center for the Arts, SALON 300, Hopkins, MN, 2005, 2006, 2008
Postcard Art Competition/Exhibition, Curt Teich Postcard Archive, 2005
Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO, 2006
AZ Gallery, EARTHSCAPE Show, St. Paul, MN 2006
Como Zoo Art Show & Sale, St. Paul, MN 2006
Stevens Square Center for the Arts, CAR ART Show, Mpls, MN 2007
Solo Exhibition, ART IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, Mpls, MN Sep-Oct, 2007
Belfry Center for Social and Cultural Change, Mpls, MN 2007
Making a Great Lake Superior Conference ART Exhibition, Duluth, MN 2007
Stevens Square Center for the Arts, GUARD ART Show, Mpls, MN 2008
AZ Gallery, SAVORING SUMMER Show, St. Paul, MN 2009
Two Wall Gallery, GEO SAPIENS Show, Vashon , WA 2009
Minneapolis Institute of Art, FOOT IN THE DOOR 4 Show, 2010
Minneapolis Photo Center, LANDSCAPE show, Mpls, MN 2010
Minnesota State Arts Board Filmmaking Grant, 1983
City Pages' Annual Fiction Contest, 1988 1st Place
Jerome Foundation Travel & Study Grant, 1993
Loft-McKnight Award for Creative Prose, 1994
Northern Lights Photography Contest, Minnesota Monthly, 2003
MN State Fair Fine Arts Juried Show (Photography), 2000, 2004, 2007
Postcard Art Competition & Exhibition, Honorable Mention - Photo, 2005
Skyline Parkway Photo Contest, Duluth, MN, 2008, 1st Place
AZ Gallery, SAVORING SUMMER, St. Paul, MN, 2009, Peoples Choice Award
