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contact name: Mark Ryan
email: mark@amitycreek.com

location address:
5604 Upton Ave. S.
Minneapolis MN 55410

open to public: no

Writer/Photographer/Filmmaker

GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS
Minnesota State Arts Board Grant for Film, 1983
Jerome Travel & Study Grant, 1993
Loft-McKnight Award for Creative Prose, 1994

WRITING AWARDS
1st Place, City Pages' Fiction Award, 1988
Loft-McKnight Award for Creative Prose, 1994

FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS
Ann Arbor Film Festival, MI
Kent State Film Festival, OH
Northern Illinois Film Festival, IL
Movies-On-A-Shoestring, NY
Sinking Creek Film Festival, TN
Rivertown Int'l Film Festival, MN
Virginia State University Film Festival, VA
Baltimore Int'l Film Festival, MD
Houston Int'l Film Festival, TX
Norshor Video Festival, Duluth, MN

PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
2005 Curt Teich Postcard Competiion, Honorable Mention
2006 Northern Lights Photo Contest, Minnesota Monthly Magazine
2008 Lake Superior Day Postcard Competion, 1st Place
2008 Skyline Photography Contest, 1st Place
2009 AZ Gallery Show, SAVORING SUMMER - People's Choice Award
2011 Duluth Photography Institute 2011 Photography Contest
- 1st Place Creative Expression category
- 1st Place Fine Art category

MISCELLANEOUS AWARDS
3rd Place - 2010 National Fossil Day Art Contest, Nat. Park Service
1st Place - 2012 Naional Fossil Day Art Contest, Nat. Park Service

READINGS
Screenwriters Workshop Public Reading Series, Sept. 9, 1990
Public Reading, The Loft, Oct. 28, 1994

LECTURES
University for Seniors Convocation - Keynote Speaker (9-8-01)
History of Mission Creek, Hike & Talk, (7-1-02)
"Journey, Jargons & Lectures", U of M-Duluth (11-12-03)
Photograph Duluth's Seven Bridges Road, Hike & Talk, (5-22-05)

FILM EXHIBITIONS
Los Angeles Film Exposition (FILMEX) 1982
Minnesota Touring Film Program, 1982
Minneapolis Institute of Art, 1982, 1984, 1986
Plains Art Museum, Moorhead, MN 1987
University Film Society, Mpls, MN 1982, 1986,1988
Uptown Theater, Mpls, MN 1988
Floating Cinema Exhibition, St. Paul, MN 1987
MNTV/KTCA St. Paul MN 1991,1992,1993, 2004
Duluth Public Library, Duluth, MN, March 1, 2001
PACT-TV, Duluth, MN, 2001
Southdale Public Library, Edina, MN October 18, 2001
Duluth Public Library, Duluth, MN October, 25, 2001
Twin Cities Public Television, June 3, 2002
mnArtist.org 5 Minutes of Fame 2002
Minneapolis Light Rail Public Art Project, 2004
Ten Second Film Festival, 2005
Free Range Film Festival, 2005
Playground Short Shorts Festival, Duluth, MN 2006
Science on the Screen, Bell Museum/MN Film Arts 2006
Minneapolis-St. Paul Int'l Film Festival, 2006
Square Lake Summer Solstice Film Festival, Stillwater, MN 2006
Green Man Festival, Duluth, MN 2006
Sixty Second Film Festival, Hampshire, England 2006
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN 2007
FLUX iPod Film Festival, 2007
Free Range Film Festival, 2007
Bearded Child Film Festival, 2007
Making A Great Lake Superior Conference, 2007
Cinema Lounge, Duluth, MN 2007
MNTV 2007
Big Waters Film Festival, Washburn, WI, 2008, 2009
Art-A-Whirl | NEMAA 2010
Walker Art Home Movie Festival 2012

PHOTOGRAPHY
Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, 2000, 2004
Sebastian Joe's, Minneapolis, MN, SOLO Exhibition, 2005
Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, FINS & FEATHERS Exhibition, 2005
Minneapolis Foundation, WISH YOU WERE HERE Exhibition 2005
Hopkins Center for the Arts, SALON 300, 2005, 2006, 2008
Curt Teich Postcard Archives, POSTCARD ART Show, 2005
Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO, Juried Show, 2006
AZ Gallery, EARTHSCAPES Show, St. Paul, MN 2006
Como Zoo Art Show & Sale, St. Paul, MN, 2006
Stevens Square Center for the Arts: Car Art Exhibition, 2007
Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, 2007
Art in the Mayor's Office, Sep-Oct, 2007
Belfry Center for Social and Cultural Change, Oct. 2007
Making A Great Lake Superior Conference, Oct. 29-31, 2007
Stevens Square Center for the Arts, GUARD ART Show 2008
Hopkins Center for the Arts, SALON 300, 2008
AZ Gallery, SAVORING SUMMER Show, St. Paul, MN 2009
Two Wall Gallery, GEO SAPIENS Show, Vashon, WA 2009
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Foot-In-The-Door 2010
Minneapolis Photo Center, LANDSCAPE Show, 2010
Stevens Square Art Center ESCAPE FROM CONEY ISLAND 2010
Two Wall Gallery, GEO SAPIENS II show, Vashon, WA 2010
Duluth Photography Institute, 4x SHOW, 2011
Mill City Museum, RIVERFRONT Show, 2011
Duluth Photography Institute, PHOTO CONTEST Show, 2011
Bell Museum, Mpls, MN, FREEZE FRAME, 2012
Minneapols Photo Center, BLACK & WHITE Show, 2012
Minnesota Center for Book Arts, STELLAR Show, 2013


WORLD WIDE WEB
http://www.wix.com/rynoceras/Mark-Ryan-Photographics
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rynoceras/

Library of Congress
Northeast Minnesota History Center
Duluth Public Library
University of Minnesota-Duluth Library

Old Courthouse Gallery, Woodstock, IL 2005
MCC Epping Gallery, Crystal Lake, IL 2005
Stevens Square Center for the Arts, 2007, 2008, 2010
AZ Gallery, St. Paul, 2006, 2009
Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 2013

City Pages, 1988 (Short Story)
The Pinehurst Journal, 1991 (Short Story)
Little People Publications, 1992 (Column)
Alabama Literary Review, 1993 (Short Story)
Things That Fall from the Sky, 1994 (Short Story)
Minnesota History, Winter 1994/95 (Article)
St. Louis County Historical Society Newsletter, 1995 (Review)
Duluth News Tribune, "Open Call" May 10, 1997 (Citation)
Lake Superior Magazine, Aug/Sep 1998 (Article & Photos)
PCPhoto, Nov 1999 (Photo)
World Wide Web, 1999-2003 (2 Historical Info Websites, (Text & Photos)
Duluth Budgeteer, Feb 2001, (Review)
Duluth News Tribune, March 2001 (Editorial)
Duluth News Tribune, Oct. 25, 2001 (Review)
MN Monthly Magazine, July, 2003 (Photo)
Duluth News Tribune, Nov. 2004 (Photo)
Duluth Budgeteer, Jan. 26 2007 (Photos & Profile)
New Scientist, Jan. 22, 2011 (Photo)
Speaking of Geoscience, contributer (Text & Photos)
Science Museum of MN Blog, contributor (Text & Photos)
Zenith City Online, present contributor (Text & Photos)

Country of Citizenship:
United States

Ethnicity:
Irish

Birth Place:
Minneapolis

Birth Date:
January 30, 1952

Gender:
Male

Active Place:
Minneapolis

Minnesota County:
Hennepin

Writer

http://www.amitycreek.com 

2004 Fine Arts Exhibition (Photography)
Sampling Multimedia