Lives and works in London and Sheffield, UK

1980

Born in Chesterfield, UK

2007

Master of Arts in Painting, Royal College of Art, London, UK

2003

Bachelor of Arts, Huddersfield University, Huddersfield, UK

Selected Exhibitions

2016

“Anatomy and the Wall,” Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK

“Coup de grâce,” Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

2015

Galerie Eigen + Art, Berlin, Germany

2014

Band of None, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA

Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK

2013

Thoughts Of Man, Tierney Gardarin, New York, NY

2012

Reversed Limbo, Eigen + Art, Berlin, Germany

2011

Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK

2010

Painting Sance, Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO

Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK

2009

A Gathering, Regina Gallery, Moscow, Russia


Project Room, Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK

2008

Census, Engholm Engelhorn, Vienna, Austria


Art Basel Miami Beach, Engholm Engelhorn, Miami, FL

2004

Eight Years Ago and Before, Bloc Space, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Group Exhibitions

2015

One Day, Something Happens: Paintings of People, curated by Jennifer Higgie, Southbank Centre, London, UK

The Islanders, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen, Denmark

A Painting Show, Sadie Coles Gallery, London, UK

2014

Hurvin Anderson, Nick Goss, Norbert Schwontkowski, Ryan Mosley, Josh Lilley Gallery, London, UK

Zero Hours, S1 Artspace, Sheffield, UK

2013

Re-opening, Eigen + Art, Berlin, Germany

2012

Nightfall, Modern Museum, Hungary


London Twelve: Contemporary British Art, City Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic

Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK

Merging Bridges, Museum of Modern Art, Baku, Azerbaijan

2011

"FIFTEEN: 15 Years of S1 Artspace, S1 Artspace, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Visions, Monica de Cardenas Gallery, Milan, Italy


Labor, Galerie Eigen + Art, Berlin, Germany


Stories Being Told, BolteLang, Zurich, Switzerland


Make Believe, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden

2010

Newspeak: British Art Now, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK

2009

Daily Miracles, Josh Lilley Gallery, London, UK

Newspeak: British Art Now, Saatchi Gallery at The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia


Jerwood Contemporary Painters Prize, Jerwood Space, London, UK; PSL, Leeds, UK; Norwich Gallery, Norwich, UK; New Pitville Gallery, Cheltenham, UK

Golden Agers & Silver Surfers: Old age and ageing in contemporary art, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Switzerland

2008

Moravia, Cell Project Space, London, UK 


Make Believe, Concrete & Glass, London, UK

Cory Michael Project, London, UK

The Painting Room, Transition Gallery, London, UK

2007

Wassail, Cell Project Space, London, UK

Summer School, Ibid Projects, London, UK

The Great Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London, UK

Celeste Art Prize, Old Truman Brewery, London, UK

Droppings, Blythe Gallery, Imperial College, London, UK

2006

SAUDADE, Highbury Studios, London, UK

Seeking Tacit Utopias, Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK

Pleasure Yourself, Howie Street, London, UK

2004

Dialogues and Disclosures, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, UK

Bibliography

2016

New, Josephine, “Ryan Mosley,” Vitamin P3: New Perspectives in Painting, Phaidon

2015

Higgie, Jennifer, Carnival Theory, frieze, March

Higgie, Jennifer, One Day, Something Happens: Paintings of People, Southbank Centre exhibition catalogue, Hayward Publishing

Mullins, Charlott, Picture People: The New State of the Art, Thames & Hudson (catalogue)

2013

Glover, Michael, Great works: Backstage (2010-11) by Ryan Mosley, The Independent, April 26

2012

Sherwin, Skye, Artist of the Week 148: Ryan Mosley, Guardian Online, July 18

Ryan Mosley: Reversed Limbo, Berlin, Germany: Eigen + Art, 2012

Luke, Ben, A World of Vivid Fantasy. London Evening Standard, August 4

2011

Anthony, Ryan Mosley, London, United Kingdom: Alison Jacques Gallery, 2011.

Visions, Milan, Italy: Monica de Cardenas Gallery

Miller, Joe, Q&A with Ryan Mosley. ereview.com, July 21

Packham, Chris, At Grand Arts, the gentle surrealism of Ryan Mosley, The Pitch, June 17

2010

Glover, Michael, As he unveils the next generation of young artists, has Charles Saatchi lost his edge? The Independent, May 14

Jones, Jonathan, Ryan Mosley: A Great Artist in the Making? Guardian Online, February 2

Basciano, Oliver, ArtReview meets Ryan Mosley, ArtReview.com, February 1

Glover, Michael, Review: Ryan Mosley, Alison Jacques Gallery, The Independent, January 21

Byrt, Anthony, Ryan Mosley, Artforum, January

Newspeak: British Art Now, London, United Kingdom: Booth-Clibborn Editions

2009

Gardner, Anthony, Charles Saatchis New Generation of Artists, The Sunday Times Magazine, November 22

Glover, Michael, Jerwood Contemporary Painters, Jerwood Space, London, The Independent, May 14

Loewe, Catherine, Ryan Mosley: New Work. Art World, April / May

2008

Dyer, Richard, Review: Ryan Mosley, Census, Engholm Engelhorn, Art Review, July

Glover, Michael, The Talent Issue, The Independent, January 8

2007

Glover, Michael, Talent Issue the artist: Ryan Mosley, The Independent, December 29

Awards, Grants and Fellowships

2010

Grand Arts Residency, Kansas, MO

2007

Basil H. Alkazzi Award, New York, NY

2005

Visual Arts Travel Scholarship, Royal-Over-Seas-League, Australia

Public Collections

2005

Falckenberg Collection, Hamburg, Germany

Saatchi Collection, London, United Kingdom