Ryan Simonson

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Contact Information

contact name: Fire Brand Art Works
email: ryanocerous612@yahoo.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.

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

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

Collections

Numerous art-buying persons who may or may not know that they own a Fire-Brand original.

Murals/Functional works:
Powderhorn Park / Community Center, Minneapolis
Worldwide Mortgage and Investments, Anoka MN

Galleries

Soo Visual Arts Center, 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

Snowboarder Magazine, October '00, illustration

MCAD Annual Report '97-'98, essay "On Public Art"

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