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Ryan Simonson

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Contact Information

contact name: Fort Ryno
email: ryan@fortryno.com

location address:
Whittier Neighborhood
Minneapolis MN 55408

open to public: no

Pseudonym: Ryno, Ryanocerous

Related Organizations:
Fire Brand Art Works

Hoss, Hoss, and Hoss Design Co.

Draplin Design Company

Experience

Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD), Minneapolis, MN
BFA, Fine Arts Studio, May 1999
MCAD Institute For Public Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Inaugural Class, Summer 1998
Careerline Tech Center, Grand Haven, MI
Certificate of Completion, Advertising Design Program, 1995

Awards

Selected Artist, Visible Fringe 2002 (Minnesota Fringe Festival)
Seward Neighborhood Group/NRP Studio Grant, for Matthews Center Art Programming, 2000
Jean Bender Schutz Memorial Scholarship Recipient, MCAD,1998-99
Holland Area Arts Council Wilma Reed Memorial Scholarship Recipient, 1995

Exhibitions/Performance History

CO Exhibitions, Minneapolis, Smell The Glove, group show, August 210

Vitality, Saint Paul, It Could Be More Than Forever, solo exhibition, December 2009 - January 2010

Midway Stadium , Saint Paul, Featured Artist: 2009 Saint Paul Saints Artist Series, June 20

MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, Paradigm Shift: MCAD Alumni and Friends Honor Kinji Akagawa, February 2009

Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, Draw, group show, Nov/Dec 2004

Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, Play Ball! Images and Objects From Our Nation's Passtime, group show, June - August 2004

Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, 55408, group show, 2003

Rogue Buddha Gallery, Minneapolis, Visible Fringe 2002, group show August 2002

Visible Fringe Central, Thorpe Building, NE Minneapolis, Visible Fringe 2002, group show, August 2002

Minneapolis Foundation, Foshay Tower, Minneapolis, Visible Fringe 2002, group show, July/August 2002

Acadia Cafe, Minneapolis, Visible Fringe 2002, solo exhibit, August 2002

Charles E. Matthews Community Center, Minneapolis, Seward Neighborhood Art Crawl, November 2000

Minneapolis College of Art and Design Gallery, Minneapolis, MCAD Commencement Exhibition, May 1999

MCAD/Calhoun Square Gallery, Minneapolis, several Exhibitions, 1996-99

Galleries

CO Exhibitions, Minneapolis
Vitality Studios, Saint Paul
Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis
Pizza Luce Uptown, Minneapolis
Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis
Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis
Caffetto, Minneapolis
Rogue Buddha Gallery, Minneapolis
Acadia Cafe, Minneapolis
Visible Fringe Central, Thorpe Building, NE Minneapolis
MCAD/Calhoun Square Gallery, Minneapolis
Holland Area Arts Council, Holland Michigan
MCAD Gallery 229

Publications

Ink Collective (One), Literary Journal, Spring 2006, Cover Illustration

Drapln Design Company, Once-A-Month Postcard Series, Card #3: Turn It Up, 2002, Illustration

Snowboarder Magazine, October '00, Babble On, Illustration

MCAD Annual Report '97-'98, On Public Art, Essay

Biographical Information

Country of Citizenship:
United States

Birth Place:
Cedar Falls, IA

Birth Date:
May 28, 1977

Gender:
Male

Active Place:
Twin Cities

Minnesota County:
Hennepin