EDUCATION
2006 Vermont College of Fine Arts, MFA, Montpelier, VT              
1990 Studio Camnitzer/Printmaking Workshop, Lucca, Italy
1988 College of Charleston, BA, Magna Cum Laude, Charleston, SC
1987 Vermont Studio School/Summer Residency, Johnson Vermont
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITS
2009 “When We Were Young”  - Sumter Gallery of Art, Sumter, SC
2009 “Kristi Ryba”  - Dialect Design Studios - paintings & video Charlotte, NC
2008 “House Tales” - Columbia College - Goodall Gallery, paintings & video– Columbia, SC
2007 “Keeping House” - Kristi Ryba paintings and video, Corrigan Gallery, Charleston, SC
2007 “Adams Rib, Eve’s Air in Her Hair” - SoHo 20 Gallery, New York, NY - Juror Melissa Messina, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art
1999 “The Queen of Sheba and Other Women of Note” - DuBose Heyward Hall, Charleston, SC
1996 “Recent Work: Kristi Ryba” City Gallery at the Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
1990 “An Artist and Her Style” Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITS - PAINTING
2010 “Untold Stories”  - City Gallery at Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC
2009 “Fall Artists In Residence” – McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
2006 “Hibernation” -  Silo, New York, NY
2006 “Compare and Contrast” – Paintings, Corrigan Gallery, Charleston SC
2005 “Helping Hands” – City Gallery at Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC Paintings
2004 “Contemporary Charleston” – City Gallery at Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC Paintings and Video
2002 “Larger Than Life: A Second Story Show, 10 Artists in an outdoor exhibit of large scale. paintings. Piccolo Spoleto, 2002 Various locations in peninsular Charleston
2002 “Allegory” Michael Ananian, Victor Faccinto, Kristi Ryba - Theatre Art Galleries, High Point, NC
2000 “Painters In Italy” MMC Gallery at Marymount Manhattan College, New York, N Y
1999 “The Queen of Sheba and Other Women of Note” – DuBose Heywood Hall, Footlight Players, Charleston, SC
1999 “Print Studio South At Newberry College, Langford Center Gallery, Newberry College, Newberry, SC
1997 “Artistic Visions” - Works by the Gibbes Faculty, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC
1997 “Dipinto In Italia” - Theatre Art Galleries, High Point, NC
1996 “8th Annual National Print Exhibition, Florida Printmaking Society, Jacksonville, FL
1995 “Painters In Italy: Mary Walker, Linda Vinson, Kristi Ryba, Glenna Hartmann, Linda Fantuzzo” The New Gallery, Charleston, SC
1992 “Artist’s Who Teach” Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC
1991 “At The Edge - A National Print & Drawing Exhibition - Austin, Texas - Juror’s Merit Award
1990 “LaGrange National” LaGrange, GA – Juror’s Merit Award
1988 “New Directions: Piccolo Spoleto at the College of Charleston, Halsey Gallery, Charleston, SC
SELECTED VIDEO EXHIBITS
2010 "The Litany of Everyday Life" - SoHo20 Chelsea, New York, NY
2008 "Eye Am Woman: Behind the Lens" Fall season 8-9 pm on Manhattan Neighborhood Network Channel 34 in NYC and streaming live at www.mnn.org. Episode 18 July 6, or http://eyeamvideo.blogspot.com
 

"Cutie Pie" - Tennessee State University, Hiram Van Gordon Gallery - curator - Jodi Hayes, Nashville, TN

2007 "Toaster Film Festival"  - Columbia, SC at the Nickelodeon Theatre, Columbia, SC
 

"Women’s Caucus For Art International Video Shorts Festival" - Barnard College, NYC - Juror Sheryl Mosley, curator of Film/Video Walker Art Center Minneapolis, MN.

2006 "Kristi Ryba" MFA Graduate Exhibition, Wood Art Gallery, Vermont College, Montpelier, VT
 

"Sisyphean Desires, Systems & Devices" - curator Avantika Bawa, a series of time based works; Drain Magazine - online journal of contemporary art & culture,. Saltworks Gallery Atlanta, GA, - Sarai Media Lab New Delhi - screened Tilt Gallery and Project Space, Portland, OR, and part of Indie Show case of Cox Communications

 

"Eye Am: Women Behind the Lens" Fall season 8-9 pm on Manhattan Neighborhood Network Channel 34 in NYC and streaming live at www.mnn.org. Episode 1 Oct 4.or http://eyeamvideo.blogspot.com

  "Queer As Film" Festival, Boise State University, Boise, ID
 

"60 Seconds of Play" - curated by Avantika Bawa Drain Magazine - journal of contemporary art & culture.  Screening– Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta, GA Screening - Forum Gallery at Cranbrook Academy of Art, MI

2004 "Laura Moss & Kristi Ryba" - Silo, New York, NY Video projection
AWARDS/RESIDENCIES:
2009 McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC  (Sept 8 – Nov 23, 2009)
2006 Lowcountry Quarterly Arts Grant
2001 Lowcountry Quarterly Arts Grant
1999/2000 South Carolina Art Commission Artist Project Grant
1997

Print Studio South, Charleston, SC – resident printmaker.

1991 Charleston Area Arts Council/Small Projects Grant
1991 Charleston Area Arts Council/Small Projects Grant
1990/91 South Carolina Arts Commission Artist Project Grant
1990 Studio Camnitzer/Printmaking Workshop, Lucca, Italy
1989 Laura Bragg Award - College of Charleston
1987 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
1987 Vermont Studio School/Residency & work exchange, Johnson. VT
1987 Janet Simcox Visual Art Award -  College of Charleston
LECTURES
2010 Artist Lecture - The City Gallery at Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC
2009 Visiting Artist - slide lecture Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, SC
2009 Visiting Artist - slide lecture Sumter Gallery of Art, Sumter, SC
2009 Visiting Artist - lecture Dialect Design, Charlotte, NC
2008 Visiting Artist - lecture Columbia College, Columbia, SC
BIBLIOGRAPHY
 

Charleston Magazine, Artisan Profile, November 2008
College of Charleston Magazine
, Volume XII, Issue 3, Summer 2008
Cheek, Vol. II Winter 2007-2008; Women’s & Gender Studies, College of Charleston, Spring 2008
New York Times  Art in Review;
Hibernation By Roberta Smith January 27, 2006
Carolina Arts September 2006 Issue, Corrigan Gallery in Charleston, SC,
Features Works by Kristi Ryba and Candice Flewharty
The Post and  Courier By Olivia Pool August 17, 2006 Corrigan Gallery decides to Compare and Contrast
Grand Street News By Carol Markel September 2004 Alley Oop Oop

COLLECTIONS AND GALLERY REPRESENTATION
collections Medical University of South Carolina - Ashley River Tower
Maryland Printmakers Society
Southern Graphics Council
Numerous Private Collections
gallery representation

Corrigan Gallery, 82 Queen Street, Charleston, SC
Mary Praytor Gallery, Main Street, Greenville, SC

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