BIO
Photo by Kenzie Fields
2014 - PRESENT
Working as artist based in Naples, FL and Castine, ME
1980-2014 -
Worked as artist and designer based in New York, NY, 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 New York City, upstate NY and Connecticut
My work from this period is displayed online at Dez Ryan Studio
1977-1980
Taught Art History at 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
1980 - PRESENT - 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, New York, NY
Ferrara Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Gail Garcia Studio, New York, NY
Gilbraltar Gallery, Charleston, NC
Gilmor Gallery, Millerton, NY
Meeting House Gallery, New Marlborough, MA
Motif, Chicago IL
Neo, Buffalo, NY
No. 6 Depot, West Stockbridge, MA
Odegaard art + design, Naples, FL
Timothy Burns, St. Louis, MO
Uncommon Angles Gallery, Austin, TX