ABOUT

Lori Ryker (b. 1963, Phoenix, AZ) is an artist based in Paradise Valley, Montana. Her artwork explores an ongoing internal dialogue with and impressions of the natural world (physical and spiritual) through her paintings and monotypes. She views her work as documentation or glimpses into a metaphysical preoccupation of awe, beauty and belonging.

Ryker’s artwork evoke the constantly changing phenomena that moves across the ancient forms of the Earth. The dynamics of color, mark making in oil stick or brush, and the fluidity of paint, both layered and translucent, thick and opaque, build up her canvas and monotypes inspiring the viewer to recognize the as of yet unknown and connect with their past experiences of the world.

The outcome is artwork created not to evoke a particular place but to draw out the viewer’s intimate experiences and collected memories of the world while meditating on shared and interrelated whole.

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Biography

Lori Ryker received a Bachelor of Environmental Design from Texas A&M University (1985), a Master of Architecture from Harvard Graduate School of Design (1991) and a PhD in Architecture from Texas A&M University (2000). She studied printmaking under Michael Mazur at the Carpenter Center (1989-91).

Lori’s work has been featured in Mountain Living Magazine, and CROP Journal (Texas Tech). She has received numerous awards for her creative work, including from the National Endowment for the Arts, and a State of Montana Artists Innovation Award. Select solo and group shows include Wilder Goods, Bozeman, Gallery South, Cincinnati, OH, and pop-up shows in Montana and Texas. Her work is in private collections across the United States.

archival work - monotypes