BIOGRAPHY
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| RYAN MCNAMARA | |
| 1979 | Born in Phoenix, AZ |
| Lives and works in New York, NY | |
| Solo Exhibitions and Performances | |
| 2015 | Gently Used, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2013 | Ryan McNamara’s Candid, Brand New Gallery, Milan, I |
| Survey: Personal Performances, Showroom, MAMA, Rotterdam, NL | |
| And Introducing Ryan McNamara, Collectorspace, Istanbul, TR | |
| 2012 | Still, Elizabeth Dee, New York, NY |
| 2010 | And Introducing Ryan McNamara, Elizabeth Dee, New York, NY |
| Group Exhibitions and Performances | |
| 2016 | Imagine, Brand New Gallery, Milan, IT |
| 2013 | To Be Real - performance and performativity, Kunstmuseum Bonn (Museum Of Arts, Bonn), Videonale, D |
| 2012 | Making friends, Josee Bienvenu, New York, NY |
| 2011 | Wind and Tears, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY |
| Meditation, Repetition, Trance, Mendes Wood, Sao Paolo, BR | |
| II, Watermill Performance Center, Water Mill, NY | |
| On Shuffle, Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY | |
| Jack Smith: Thank You For Explaining Me, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Dengue Dance Contest, Club Gong, Buenos Aires, RA | |
| 2010 | Formalist Sidewalk Poetry Club, Miami, FL |
| Phase 3: Robert Filliou, The Artist’s Institute, New York, NY | |
| Hallways, 100 Years of Performance, The Garage, Moscow, RUS | |
| Forever, The Kitchen, New York, NY | |
| Greater New York, MoMA PS1, New York, NY | |
| This Is My Condition, Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon, P | |
| Live on Five Songs Presents, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY | |
| 2009 | The Sacred Band of Thebes aka In Memory of Robert Isabell aka Any Fag Could Do That, Performa09, X Initiative, New York, NY |
| Ryan McNamara Presents: Klaus von Nichtssagend, The Musical, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Stars!, Salon 94 Freemans, New York, NY | |
| Heaven: Splendid Isolation, 2nd Athens Biennale, Athens, GR | |
| Ryan McNamara Presents: Bernie, the Magic Lady, Art Production Fund Lab, New York, NY | |
| Sam Kim’s Darling, PS122, New York, NY | |
| 2008 | When Fear Becomes Form, Centre d’Art de Neufchatel, CH |
| Situations | |
| 2013 | Performa, New York, NY |
| Body Scans, Collaboration with David Colman, Public Art Fun Spring 2013 Benefit, New York, NY | |
| 2012 | Relache, Performa, New York, NY |
| 2011 | Card Ending in 5589, Art Basel VIP Opening, Miami Beach, FL |
| Watermill Benefit, Watermill Arts Center, Water Mill, NY | |
| Collaboration with Michele Abeles, Public Art Fund, New York, NY | |
| This Charming Man, Public Art Fund benefit, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY | |
| Marina Abramovic Staring Contest, The Museum of Modern Art atrium, New York, NY | |
| 2010 | Move!, MoMA PS1, New York, NY |
| Production, in collaboration with Vogue’s Fashion’s Night Out, Louis Vuitton Fifth Avenue Maison, New York, NY | |
| MoMA Board Meeting, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY | |
| The Whitney Houston Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY | |
| 4’33”, The Starlight Lounge, Brooklyn, NY | |
| 2009 Move On Up, The Raleigh Hotel, Miami, FL | |
| Greater New York studio visit, Ryan McNamara studio, New York, NY | |
| 2008 Out of The Darkness, Into the Light, LGBT Center, New York, NY | |
| Taco Bell Pandemonium, Christ Lutheran School, Phoenix, AZ | |
| Fine Eulogy for a Damn Fine Grandma, Casa Franciscan Renewal Center, Phoenix, AZ | |
| Awards | |
| 2011 | Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant |
| 2010 | Art Matters Grant |
| Public Collections | |
| The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY | |
