Curator – Photo Activist – Educator
With a degree in Peace Studies, photography & curation is a means of peace work to me in addition to being a visual art. Most of the 400+ exhibitions i have curated and organized were with artists, subject matter and locations that
Having seen the positive impact image making & exhibitions can have firsthand drives me to continue to work on the frontlines of this medium in places like the Kachin MicroNation, were the world’s media and NGO’s continue to ignore.
in addition to his own curitorial projects, ryan has worked as a guest curator and reviewer for several photo festivals & organizations
Most recently curating Rebels & Reform – a showcase of photography from Burma with 5 exhibitions.
Foundry Photojournalism Workshop
Local host for 2012.
Rebels & Reform
A showcase of contemporaty photography from Burma
7 exhibitions & panel for the Month of Photography - Denver
Rebels & Reform
A showcase of contemporaty photography from Burma
7 exhibitions & panel for the Month of Photography - Denver
Organizational Affiliations
Chapnick Grantee
Jury
Advisor
Jury
Nominator
Guest Curator
Curatorial, Educational & Photo Activist Projects
selected past curation
Ansel Adams
Born Free & Equal
Diana Markosian
Goodbye my Chechnya
Jongwoo Park
Forbidden Forest
Hkun Li
Life on the front line
Noriko Hayashi
Unholy Matrimony
Mohammad Golchin
Mountain Schools
Athit Perawongmetha
Red Yellow
Seokjin Kim
Three-line slippers blues
Hkun Lat
The People’s War
Suthep Kritsanavarin
Sihpandon
Foundry Workshop
2012 selected works
(co-curated with Alison Morley)
Kachin Refugees
Let my voice be heard
Director – Curator & Founder of Doc Arts Asia & CDAF – Co-founder of f/28 Month of photography
In 2011 Ryan was awarded the Chanpnick grant from the prestigious W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund
The grant is to “encourage and support leadership in fields ancillary to photojournalism”
He used the grant to start a photo gallery/library/theater/residency program & workshop center in Thailand to serve the South East Asia region & beyond.
In addition to my own projects Ryan loves to help out with other photo projects.
Some places Ryan works with include, International Photography Awards, UNESCO, The Photography Ethcis Centre, The Olympic Committee, Photo Lucida, Dali Photo Festival, Suwon Photo Festival, KyotoGraphie, UNPD, the EU, Red Dot Design Awards and more.
If you would like Ryan to be involved as a curator, juror, reviewer or instructor for other projects please get in touch