Kathleen Ryan

Excess and decay define contemporary life. In Kathleen Ryan’s hands, the jeweled crust of a lemon becomes an emblem of appetite and contamination, while the bowling ball chain transforms leisure into constraint.
“A good work doesn’t answer ‘what is it?’ It makes you stop asking,” @katieryankatieryan says.
Ryan’s practice disrupts the edited smoothness of modern life, directing attention back to a tactile reality where beauty carries a visceral residue.
In Issue 10, @kimmmmjae examines how Ryan’s sculptures navigate the uneasy space between attraction and deterioration.
📷: @shanajade

Excess and decay define contemporary life. In Kathleen Ryan’s hands, the jeweled crust of a lemon becomes an emblem of appetite and contamination, while the bowling ball chain transforms leisure into constraint.
“A good work doesn’t answer ‘what is it?’ It makes you stop asking,” @katieryankatieryan says.
Ryan’s practice disrupts the edited smoothness of modern life, directing attention back to a tactile reality where beauty carries a visceral residue.
In Issue 10, @kimmmmjae examines how Ryan’s sculptures navigate the uneasy space between attraction and deterioration.
📷: @shanajade

Excess and decay define contemporary life. In Kathleen Ryan’s hands, the jeweled crust of a lemon becomes an emblem of appetite and contamination, while the bowling ball chain transforms leisure into constraint.
“A good work doesn’t answer ‘what is it?’ It makes you stop asking,” @katieryankatieryan says.
Ryan’s practice disrupts the edited smoothness of modern life, directing attention back to a tactile reality where beauty carries a visceral residue.
In Issue 10, @kimmmmjae examines how Ryan’s sculptures navigate the uneasy space between attraction and deterioration.
📷: @shanajade

New ring sculptures are on view @karmakarma9 LA through this Saturday 1/10!
𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵, 2025
Cast iron, glass
18.25 x 19.5 x 19 inches
𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 2025
Aluminum, bowling balls
22.75 x 18.75 x 22.25 inches

New ring sculptures are on view @karmakarma9 LA through this Saturday 1/10!
𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵, 2025
Cast iron, glass
18.25 x 19.5 x 19 inches
𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 2025
Aluminum, bowling balls
22.75 x 18.75 x 22.25 inches

New ring sculptures are on view @karmakarma9 LA through this Saturday 1/10!
𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵, 2025
Cast iron, glass
18.25 x 19.5 x 19 inches
𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 2025
Aluminum, bowling balls
22.75 x 18.75 x 22.25 inches

New ring sculptures are on view @karmakarma9 LA through this Saturday 1/10!
𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵, 2025
Cast iron, glass
18.25 x 19.5 x 19 inches
𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 2025
Aluminum, bowling balls
22.75 x 18.75 x 22.25 inches

Hi LA! I’m here installing a big show @karmakarma9 that opens tomorrow night. I’ve been working on this for a long time, and I’m so happy to share it here in my home town with so many people I love.
Souvenir - opening 12/8 6-8 pm
November 8–December 20, 2025
7351 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles#
The sculpture:
Sunset Strip, 2025
Amethyst, rose quartz, agate, calcite, chalcedony, kyanite, celestite, stilbite, apophyllite, aquamarine, rhodonite, sodalite, quartz, cherry quartz, glass, acrylic, aluminum, steel pins on coated polystyrene
75.5 H x 81 L x 25 W inches

Hi LA! I’m here installing a big show @karmakarma9 that opens tomorrow night. I’ve been working on this for a long time, and I’m so happy to share it here in my home town with so many people I love.
Souvenir - opening 12/8 6-8 pm
November 8–December 20, 2025
7351 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles#
The sculpture:
Sunset Strip, 2025
Amethyst, rose quartz, agate, calcite, chalcedony, kyanite, celestite, stilbite, apophyllite, aquamarine, rhodonite, sodalite, quartz, cherry quartz, glass, acrylic, aluminum, steel pins on coated polystyrene
75.5 H x 81 L x 25 W inches

Hi LA! I’m here installing a big show @karmakarma9 that opens tomorrow night. I’ve been working on this for a long time, and I’m so happy to share it here in my home town with so many people I love.
Souvenir - opening 12/8 6-8 pm
November 8–December 20, 2025
7351 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles#
The sculpture:
Sunset Strip, 2025
Amethyst, rose quartz, agate, calcite, chalcedony, kyanite, celestite, stilbite, apophyllite, aquamarine, rhodonite, sodalite, quartz, cherry quartz, glass, acrylic, aluminum, steel pins on coated polystyrene
75.5 H x 81 L x 25 W inches

Hi LA! I’m here installing a big show @karmakarma9 that opens tomorrow night. I’ve been working on this for a long time, and I’m so happy to share it here in my home town with so many people I love.
Souvenir - opening 12/8 6-8 pm
November 8–December 20, 2025
7351 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles#
The sculpture:
Sunset Strip, 2025
Amethyst, rose quartz, agate, calcite, chalcedony, kyanite, celestite, stilbite, apophyllite, aquamarine, rhodonite, sodalite, quartz, cherry quartz, glass, acrylic, aluminum, steel pins on coated polystyrene
75.5 H x 81 L x 25 W inches

Hi LA! I’m here installing a big show @karmakarma9 that opens tomorrow night. I’ve been working on this for a long time, and I’m so happy to share it here in my home town with so many people I love.
Souvenir - opening 12/8 6-8 pm
November 8–December 20, 2025
7351 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles#
The sculpture:
Sunset Strip, 2025
Amethyst, rose quartz, agate, calcite, chalcedony, kyanite, celestite, stilbite, apophyllite, aquamarine, rhodonite, sodalite, quartz, cherry quartz, glass, acrylic, aluminum, steel pins on coated polystyrene
75.5 H x 81 L x 25 W inches

Hi LA! I’m here installing a big show @karmakarma9 that opens tomorrow night. I’ve been working on this for a long time, and I’m so happy to share it here in my home town with so many people I love.
Souvenir - opening 12/8 6-8 pm
November 8–December 20, 2025
7351 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles#
The sculpture:
Sunset Strip, 2025
Amethyst, rose quartz, agate, calcite, chalcedony, kyanite, celestite, stilbite, apophyllite, aquamarine, rhodonite, sodalite, quartz, cherry quartz, glass, acrylic, aluminum, steel pins on coated polystyrene
75.5 H x 81 L x 25 W inches

My survey’s last stop at @kistefos in Norway! Installed in their historic Pulp Mill factory and Nybruket gallery.
Curated by Jasper Sharp and Kate Smith. Photo by Tor S. Ulstein.

My survey’s last stop at @kistefos in Norway! Installed in their historic Pulp Mill factory and Nybruket gallery.
Curated by Jasper Sharp and Kate Smith. Photo by Tor S. Ulstein.

My survey’s last stop at @kistefos in Norway! Installed in their historic Pulp Mill factory and Nybruket gallery.
Curated by Jasper Sharp and Kate Smith. Photo by Tor S. Ulstein.

My survey’s last stop at @kistefos in Norway! Installed in their historic Pulp Mill factory and Nybruket gallery.
Curated by Jasper Sharp and Kate Smith. Photo by Tor S. Ulstein.

My survey’s last stop at @kistefos in Norway! Installed in their historic Pulp Mill factory and Nybruket gallery.
Curated by Jasper Sharp and Kate Smith. Photo by Tor S. Ulstein.

My survey’s last stop at @kistefos in Norway! Installed in their historic Pulp Mill factory and Nybruket gallery.
Curated by Jasper Sharp and Kate Smith. Photo by Tor S. Ulstein.

Big news! I am excited to be represented by @gagosian . Huge thanks for all the support, I am really grateful to everyone who has helped me along the way to get here.
Repost @gagosian
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Gagosian is pleased to announce the global representation of Kathleen Ryan (@katieryankatieryan). Her debut exhibition with the gallery will be held in 2026.
A California-born sculptor, Ryan produces meticulously crafted interpretations of everyday objects that prompt meditation on themes of seduction and repulsion, refinement and excess. Profoundly influenced by her West Coast roots, the artist often focuses on pop-cultural artifacts associated with Los Angeles, such as muscle cars and bowling balls, alongside biological forms like fruit, flowers, and spiderwebs. By applying traditional craftsmanship to natural and industrial materials in a wide range of scales and formats, Ryan unites the organic and the artificial, transforming her subjects into tongue-in-cheek allegories for the entropic cycle of life and death.
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Photo: Jeff Henrikson (@jeffhenrikson )

ICA SF is pleased to spotlight a selection of work by New York-based artist Kathleen Ryan.
@katieryankatieryan’s larger-than-life sculptures reimagine the detritus of American life. Molding, rotting, and spoiled fruits are rendered in gems and crystal—at once beautiful and grotesque. Glittering surfaces of fruit slices invite close looking, while automotive scrap metal and found materials invite us to think differently about the materials we consume and discard.
Kathleen Ryan‘s works will be on view alongside our fall exhibitions, opening October 25.

Something new…
Shell
September 9–October 28, 2023
Opening reception: Saturday, September 9, 6–8pm
@karmakarma9
Karma, New York
22 East 2nd Street
New York, NY, 10003
Come say hi! 👋🐚
Shell, 2023, steel car parts, rose quartz, resin, 57 1⁄2 × 98 1⁄2 × 50 inches

Something new…
Shell
September 9–October 28, 2023
Opening reception: Saturday, September 9, 6–8pm
@karmakarma9
Karma, New York
22 East 2nd Street
New York, NY, 10003
Come say hi! 👋🐚
Shell, 2023, steel car parts, rose quartz, resin, 57 1⁄2 × 98 1⁄2 × 50 inches

Something new…
Shell
September 9–October 28, 2023
Opening reception: Saturday, September 9, 6–8pm
@karmakarma9
Karma, New York
22 East 2nd Street
New York, NY, 10003
Come say hi! 👋🐚
Shell, 2023, steel car parts, rose quartz, resin, 57 1⁄2 × 98 1⁄2 × 50 inches

Something new…
Shell
September 9–October 28, 2023
Opening reception: Saturday, September 9, 6–8pm
@karmakarma9
Karma, New York
22 East 2nd Street
New York, NY, 10003
Come say hi! 👋🐚
Shell, 2023, steel car parts, rose quartz, resin, 57 1⁄2 × 98 1⁄2 × 50 inches

Something new…
Shell
September 9–October 28, 2023
Opening reception: Saturday, September 9, 6–8pm
@karmakarma9
Karma, New York
22 East 2nd Street
New York, NY, 10003
Come say hi! 👋🐚
Shell, 2023, steel car parts, rose quartz, resin, 57 1⁄2 × 98 1⁄2 × 50 inches

Happy Halloween from Dallas! Such an honor to visit Jackie here at the @nashersculpturecenter 🙏
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