BORN
1971 New York, NY

EDUCATION
BFA with Honors, School of Visual Arts Fine Arts/Art Education, New York

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2008
Bars Blocks, and Stacks, Stalke Up North, Gilleleje, Denmark
William Traver Galery, Tacoma, WA

2007
Kantor / Feuer Window, New York, NY

2006
Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY

2005
School Daze, Carol Shen Gallery, The Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn, NY
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Modus Ponens, The Phatory LLC, New York, NY

2004
NK, Stockholm, Sweden

2003
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA

2002
Suite 106, New York, NY

2001
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Galerie Windows Bernier / Eliades, Brussels, Belgium

2000
Open Art, Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany
Cordy Ryman in Italy –The Pietrubbia Encaustic Constructs, Garner Tullis, New York, NY

1999
Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, New York, NY
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA

1997
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Windows Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

1993
Tennisport Arts, Long Island City, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
Color Climax, James Graham and Sons, curated by Joe Fyfe, and Precilla Caldwell
One More, Esbjerg Museum of Modern Art, Esbjerg, Denmark curated by Dove Bradshaw
Into The Trees, curated by Lily Wei and Amy Lipton, The Fields Sculpture Park at Omi International Arts Center, Columbia County, NY
Crowded, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis TN
Ice Cream Show, Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden
A Roller Coaster In the Dark ,curated by Ben La Rocco Galeria Janet Kurnatowski
Abstraction in Appearance, Jason Rulnick Gallery, New York, NY

2007
Laura Newman, Cordy Ryman, Claire Seildl, Judith Page, Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Still Flying - 25th Anniversary Outdoor Sculpture Show, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Empire Fulton Ferry and Brooklyn Bridge Parks, Brooklyn, NY
Small Work, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
De Cirkel, Roger Raveelmuseum, Deinze, Belgium

2006
Drift, curated by Eileen Torpey, Bronx River Arts Center, Bronx, NY
Transformall, curated by Tyrome Tripoli, NY Arts Magazine, 473 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
Mid-Life Crisis, curated by Tara Subkoff, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY
181st Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy Museum and School of the Arts, New York, NY
Searching for Love & Fire, David Castillo Modern and Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
The Seventh Side of the Die, Alona Kagan Gallery, New York, NY
Clarissa Dalrymple's Exhibition of Young Artists to Benefit the Foundation for
Contemporary Arts, Bortolami Dayan Gallery, New York, NY
Blender, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, NY
Cuarto, Sumi, New York, NY

2005
Greater New York 2005, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY
Walls and Things, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery New York, NY
New York’s Finest, CANADA, New York, NY
112 Mercer, Suite 106, New York, NY
Evan Ellsworth Jourden, Chris Ketchie, Leif Ritchey, Cordy Ryman, ATM Gallery, New York, NY
Brian Pilliod, Cordy Ryman, Alex Yudson, Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, New York, NY

2004
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Fresh Paint, Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, New York, NY
Drift 2004, Valentino Pier Park, Brooklyn, NY

2003
Medium Rare, Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA

2002
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA

2001
Presenting Suite 106, Suite 106, New York, NY Bernier/Eliades, Athens, Greece
A Celebration of Abstract Art, The Wright Exhibition Space, Seattle, WA
Open House Exhibition, Garner Tullis, New York, NY
Selections from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL

2000
Bumberbiennale, Seattle, WA
Assemblage, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA

1999
Studio Artists, Garner Tullis, New York, NY
Mod, Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Bernier/Eliades, Athens, Greece

1998
A Slice of Apple, Ruth Bachofner, Santa Monica, CA
Abstraction, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA

1996
A Shaping Up, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
The Art Exchange Show, John Good Gallery, New York, NY

1995
John Good / Downtown Alliance, New York, NY
Abstraction=Representation, Open Space, Victoria, BC
John Good / Victoria Anstead Gallery, New York, NY

1994
John Good Gallery, New York, NY

1993
Silent Echoes, Tennisport Arts, Long Island City, NY

AWARDS
2006 Helen Foster Barnett Prize, National Academy Museum, New York, NY
1997 Rhodes Family Award for Excellence, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2008
Knowles, Carol, “Yong at Art” The Memphis Flyer, June 26 2008
Davidson, David R. “Review” Tacoma Weekly, March 2008
Gorbachev, Natasha “Spew” Weekly Volcano, March 16
Hoggard, Barry “Notes on Pulse” Artcal Zine, March 29

2007
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“Still Flying”, This Week in New York, August 8-22.

2006
Behringer, David Behringer, “Cordy Ryman @ Nicole Klagsbrun, Dan Flavin @ Paula
Cooper”, thetwopercent.com, November 12.
Fyfe, Joe, “Dana Frankfort (review)”, Art in America, February, p. 206.
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Tripoli, Tyrome, “Blender”, NY Arts Magazine, Vol. 11 no 5/6, p. 29.
Haber, John, “The 2006 National Academy Annual, Wiliam Wegman and Bo Bartlett”,
New.York.Art.Crit.
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2005
Tan, Lumi, “Greater New York 2005 Book”, Fall, pp. 302-303.
Comer-Greene, Rachael, “Reviews”, Time Out New York, August 4-10, p. 64.
Cotter, Holland, “Fanciful to Figurative to Wryly Inscrutable – the best in group shows”, The New York Times, July 8, p. E31.
Heartney, Eleanor, “Report From New York I – Return To the Real?”, Art In America, June-July, pp. 84-89.
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2004
Hackett, Regina, “Art shows in November”, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 4.

2003
Kangas, Matthew, “Artists Continue the Evolution of Abstract Painting”,
The Seattle Times, November 21, p. 47.
2002 Robinson, Walter, “Weekend Update”, artnet, February 5.

2000
Hackett, Regina, “Vibrant collage of eclectic work from Northwest and elsewhere”,
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 1.
Hackett, Regina, “Art review”, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 14, p. 28.
Smith, Courtenay, “International Reviews: Dieter Detzner and Cordy Ryman at
Galerie Tanit, Munich”, ARTnews, November, p.219.

1999
“Galleries: Soho”, The New Yorker, July 5.
Hackett, Regina, “Ryman’s Modest Work Has Intelligence”, Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
March 18, p. E1.
Kangas, Matthew, “Reviews”, Art in America, July, pp.104-105.
Haub, Christian, “A Studio Visit with Cordy Ryman: An Informal Collage”,
Tennisport Art, May.