Cirriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
--2010-Present // Master of Fine Arts Candidate // Studio Visual Arts // University of Colorado // Boulder, CO
--2004-2007 December // Bachelor of Fine Arts // Emphasis In Studio Painting // Fort Hays State University // Hays, KS
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
--2011 August // Group Exhibition // Relevant 2011 Exhibition // Kimball Art Center // Park City, UT
--2010 July // Solo Exhibition // Technomysticism: The Chicago Years Retrospective of Ryan W. Ruehlen // Sapere Gallery // Chicago IL
--2010 May // Group Exhibition // Modern Masters Exhibition // Flat Iron Arts Building // Chicago IL
--2009 September // Group Exhibition // smART Show: Flat Iron Arts Association Seasonal Exhibition // Sapere Gallery // Chicago IL
--2009 August // Group Exhibition // “No Borders, No Walls” Exhibition // Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival // Chicago ARTillery Organization // Chicago IL
--2009 July // Group Exhibition // Naked July: Performance and Visual Art Exhibition // National Pastime Theater // Chicago IL
--2009 June-July // Group Exhibition // Hotei Gallery & Arts Center // Chicago IL
--2009 June // Group Exhibition // 2nd Annual Rogers Park Art Walk // Chicago IL
--2009 March-April // Group Exhibition // Extra-Dimensionality: The Artwork of Ryan W. Ruehlen, Timmy Samuel, Sam Adams and Steve Perry // Avram Eisen Gallery // Chicago IL
-–2008 August // Group Exhibition // Blue Moon Art Exhibition: Juried Competition // The Museum of Contemporary Art // Chicago IL
–2008 May-September // Group Exhibition // Gallery Showcase Exhibition // Avram Eisen Gallery // Chicago IL
–2008 January // Group Exhibition // Infusion Gallery // Los Angeles CA
–2007 May // Group Exhibition // Spring Gallery Show // Hays Public Library // Hays KS
–2007 March // Solo Exhibition // Harmonious Fields of Consciousness: Ryan W. Ruehlen Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition // Hays Arts Center // Hays KS
–2006 December // Group Exhibition // 107-A: The Artwork of Ryan W. Ruehlen, Jared Hulstine, Kyle Chaput // Hays Public Library // Hays KS
--2006 September // Dual Exhibition // The Artwork of Ryan W. Ruehlen and Crystal Hammerschmidt // Gallery Semolino // Hays KS
–2006 June // Group Exhibition // Kansas Collegiate Aesthetic: State-wide Juried Exhibition // Birger Sandzen Gallery // Lindsborg KS
–2006 May // Group Exhibition // Smokey Hill Exhibition: State-wide Juried Exhibition // Hays Arts Center // Hays KS
–2006 April // Group Exhibition // Fort Hays State University Annual Juried Student Exhibition // Special Honors Scholarship Award // Moss-Thorns Gallery // Hays KS
–2005 April // Group Exhibition // Fort Hays State University Annual Juried Student Exhibition // Special Honors Scholarship Award // Moss-Thorns Gallery // Hays KS
AWARDS/RESIDENCIES/OCCUPATIONS
--2011 July // Resident Artist // Relevant 2011 Residency // Kimball Art Center // Park City, UT
--2010-Present // Featured-Sponsored Artist // Liquitex Paint Products // www.liquitex.com
--2010-Present // Graduate Part Time Instructor // Department of Art & Art History // University of Colorado // Boulder, CO
--2010-Present // Graduate Committee Member // Studio Arts Representative // Department of Art & Art History // University of Colorado // Boulder, CO
--2009-2010 // Feminist Creative Alliance // Organization Founding Member, Art Direction // www.feministcreativealliance.org // Chicago, IL
--2009-Present // Resident Artist // Sapere Gallery // Chicago, IL
--2008-2010 // Curator // Avram Eisen Gallery // Chicago, IL
--2008-2010 // Artist Member // Chicago Artists Coalition // http://caconline.org // Chicago, IL
CURATION & BEYOND
--2011 June // Recording & Visual Artist // Sentimental Robot: Trapdoor Migrations // Full Length Studio Album // www.bandcamp.com/murmurandtheanti-broadcaststation // Boulder, CO
--2010 August // Recording & Visual Artist // Xylomoans & Viperbones // Full Length Studio Album // www.bandcamp.com/murmurandtheanti-broadcaststation // Chicago IL & Boulder CO
--2010 June // Commissioned Artist // Calendar of the Strange // 12 Month Calendar Artist & Designer // Chicago IL
--2010 May // Curator, Promotion, Assistant Programmer // Not Your Mother’s Doily: An Examination Of Intimate Spaces // Feminist Creative Alliance // Avram Eisen Gallery // Chicago IL
--2009 October // Assistant Curator // Points of View: Wicker Park-Bucktown Arts Competition // Sapere Gallery // Chicago IL
--2009 May // Collaborative Recording & Visual Artist // Pervertable Tongues // Full Length Studio Album // www.myspace.com/pervertabletongues // Chicago IL
--2009 May // Curator // 3rd Annual May Flower Exhibition: Group Show // Avram Eisen Gallery // Chicago IL
--2009 March-April // Artist & Curator // Extra-Dimensionality: The Artwork of Ryan W. Ruehlen, Timmy Samuel, Sam Adams and Steve Perry // Avram Eisen Gallery // Chicago IL
--2009 February // Curator // The Colorful Life: Group Exhibition // Avram Eisen Gallery // Chicago IL
--2009 January // Curator // Two Dreams: Danny Vu & Richard Lapidus // Avram Eisen Gallery
--2008 December // Curator // Body Language: Group Exhibition // Avram Eisen Gallery // Chicago IL
--2008 November // Curator // Energy Output: Group Exhibition // Avram Eisen Gallery // Chicago IL
–-2008 August // Recording & Visual Artist // Telefuzz Fairytale // Full Length Album // Hays KS & Chicago IL
-–2008 January // Collaborative Recording Artist // My Uncle is a Cannibal // Full Length Studio Album // www.myspace.com/myuncleisacannibal // Hays KS
–-2007 September // Programmer, Curator, Performer, Artist, Promotion, Etc // Quadrapalooza: Music & Art Spectacle // Music Fest // Fort Hays State University // Hays KS
–-2007 April // Producer, Organizer, Performer, Promotion // Second Annual 4/20 Frontier Park Music & Arts Festival: Food Drive-Benefit Concert // Hays KS
–-2006 April // Producer, Organizer, Performer, Promotion // First Annual 4/20 Frontier Park Music & Arts Festival: Food Drive-Benefit Concert // Hays KS
–-2005 January // Recording Artist // Slumber and the Grass Noise // Full Length Solo Album // Hays KS