Ryan Mcginness

Figure Drawing in Neon (Christy, Blue). 2014

Sagaponack

Ryan McGinness was born in Virginia Beach, VA in 1972 and now lives and works in New York, NY.

His paintings, prints, sculpture and installations incorporate the graphic elements of public signs, corporate logos, and art history. The fusion of influences establishes McGinness’ own iconographic language as a multi-faceted reflection of contemporary visual culture. Working directly from nude models, McGinness approaches his neon figure drawings in the same manner in which he creates his signature undulating and layered icons. He begins with sketches, and refines those drawings down into their basic and most essential forms. With their graceful lines and gentle curves, the drawings are less about an individual woman and more about presentations of universal womanhood.

Work appears in

• Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Museum of Modern Art

• Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

• Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego

• Charles Saatchi Collection

Major solo exhibitions include

• Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art

• Cincinnati Art Museum

• Pace Prints, NY

• Deitch Projects, NY

He has been the subject of seventeen books, most recently an Artist Book titled “Everything is Everywhere” by Frame Publishers.