Photo by Kenzie Fields
1980-2014
Worked as artist and designer based in NYC. Including . . .
Making art-based lamps that were sold worldwide through art galleries, craft galleries, furniture retailers and designers
Working as designer on cable tv makeover show, Trading Spaces
Running interior design business serving clients in NYC, upstate NY and Connecticut
My work from this period was (and is) displayed online at Dez Ryan Studio
1977-1980
Taught Art History of Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Education
MFA Sculpture and Painting 1980, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
MA History of Art 1977, University of California, Davis, CA
2017 Selected exhibitions and gallery representation
Gail Garcia Studio, New York, NY
Meeting House Gallery, New Marlborough, MA
No. 6 Depot, West Stockbridge, MA
Odegaard art + design, Naples, FL
1980 - 2016 Selected exhibitions and gallery representation
Archtetype Gallery, New York, NY
Archon Gallery, New York, NY
Art in General, New York, NY
Civilization, New York, NY
Davis Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Detail, NYC
Ferrara Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Gilbraltar Gallery, Charleston, NC
Gilmor Gallery, Millerton, NY
Meeting House Gallery, New Marlborough, MA
Motif, Chicago IL
Neo, Buffalo, NY
Odegaard art + design, Naples, FL
Timothy Burns, St. Louis, MO
Uncommon Angles Gallery, Austin, TX