Background
Liza Ryan was born in 1965 in Norfolk, Virginia.
Liza Ryan was born in 1965 in Norfolk, Virginia.
Ryan earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Dartmouth College, (New Hampshire) in 1987 and an Master of Fine Arts from California State University, Fullerton in 1994.
She lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Ryan works in photography, video and mixed media. Her interest in the use of visual metaphor remains constant throughout her bodies of work.
The Jean Paul Getty Museum, the Honolulu Museum of Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, California) are among the public collections holding works by Liza Ryan.
Exhibitions
"Zones of Contact" Biennale of Sydney, Australia (2006)
"Spill", Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College, Portland, Oregon (January 30 - March 8, 2009)
"State of Mind: A California Invitational", Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, California (2010).