RYAN DANNY OWEN / (THEY/HIM/HER) /
www.Ryandannyowen.com/ Rdannyowen@gmail.com
EDUCATION|
Bachelor of Fine Art with distinction, Drawing — 2017, ALBERTA COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN (presently, AUARTS) | Mohkinstsis / TREATY 7, CALGARY, AB
BOOKS |
2018 - Present | Pass Me By, series | written by Kat Simmers & Ryan Danny Owen
Graphic novel series, written and illustrated by Kat Simmers, written and lettered by Ryan Danny Owen.
● Pass Me By: Gone Fishin’, Book one; created by Kat Simmers and Ryan Danny Owen, published with Renegade Arts Entertainment, Nov 2019. ISBN: 978198890590
● Pass Me By: Electric Vice, Book two; created by Kat Simmers and Ryan Danny Owen, published with Renegade Arts Entertainment, Oct 2021. ISBN: 9781988903859
● UPCOMING| Pass Me By: Lily, Book three; created by Kat Simmers and Ryan Danny Owen, published with Renegades Arts Entertainment, Set for release March 2025.
PUBLICATIONS |
2022 | A Time in Nowhere | Written by Ryan Danny Owen, Illustrated by Kat Simmers, HOME: Alberta Comics Anthology, Published by Renegade Arts Entertainment, releasing September 2022.
2020 | FANTASY JIGSAW | by Robbie Sinclair, Introduction by Ryan Danny Owen, Raw Meat Collective, New York, Print, 2020. MOMA archive
2018 | Portable Closets | Kyle Alden Martens | Stride Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Collaborative Exhibition text and maze artist takeaway by Ryan Danny Owen x Kyle Alden Martens, 2018
SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
June 28th - Sept 7th, 2024 | DIRTY PICTURE, TRUCK CONTEMPORARY ARTS, Main space/ Parkade, Calgary, Alberta
2019 | Come Find Me, Ledge Gallery, Arts Commons, Calgary, Alberta
2018 | NOCTURNE! , Marion Nickel Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2017 | Twenty-something, Stride Gallery, +15 window, Calgary, Alberta
2017 | And after that we didn’t see each other much, Marion Nickel Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2017 | They Look In The Mirror and Think It’s A Window, 371, ACAD, Calgary, Alberta
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
2021 | The Way You Look Tonight, Curated by Philip Leonard Ocampo, Xpace Cultural Centre
2018 | THIS PLACE IS OURS: Coven Retrospective, Curated by Alicia Buates Mckenzie, Stride Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2018 | MST: 9 Performance Art Biennial, Performing artist, Calgary, Alberta
2018 | A Gently Worn Impression, Curated by Luke Maddaford, Left Contemporary, Windsor, Ontario
2018 | IKG LIVE 2 Performance art festival, Performing artist, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS |
2022 | AWARDED Graphic Novel of the Year, 2022, PMB Electric Vice, Kat Simmers & Ryan Danny Owen, From the Book Publishers Association of Alberta (BPAA)
2022 | NOMINATED for the Doug Wright Award For Emerging Talent | Kat Simmers and Ryan Danny Owen
2019 | AWARDED Best Illustrated Book, 2019, PMB: Gone Fishin’, from the Book Publishers Association of Alberta (BPAA)|
AWARDED GRANTS |
2024| Calgary Arts Development, Individual project funding, DIRTY PICTURE/ TRUCK
2022| Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Creation | Automatic Queer Films
2021| Alberta Foundation for the Arts| Literary | Pass Me By: Lily
ARTIST RESIDENCIES, BIENNIALS, ARCHIVAL PROJECTS |
Nov- Dec 2023| Rewilding The Body Eclectic thematic residency | Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity| Zachari Logan, Siddhartha V. Shah
Feb 2022- ongoing | Freelance gallery preparator/ Truck Contemporary Arts, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
2016 - ongoing | Mirrors & Windows | Online archive, Archivist, https://www.ryandannyowen.com/mirrorsandwindows
OTHER
May 2022 - Feb 2023 | Community Coordinator, TRUCK Contemporary Arts
2018- 2019 | Arts Commons| LEDGE GALLERY, Artist in Residence, Calgary Alberta
2018 | MST: 9 Performance Art Biennial, Performing artist, Calgary, Alberta
2018 | IKG LIVE 2, Performance Art Festival, Performing artist, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2016- 2018 | The Water Cooler Gallery and Residency, Gallery Director
2017 | LUMINOUS BODIES | Artist in Residence, Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto Island, Canada
2017 | Waves Through Fog | Mentor, Alberta College of Art and Design, Main Space
2017 | ACADSA | HEAR/D Program 2017, Mentor
SELECTED REVIEWS, VIDEOS, PODCASTS, & ARTICLES |
2022| Braat, Taylor, “Calgary 'Pride Marches On' murals unveiled at Central Memorial Park”, City News Calgary, Aug 12th, 2022, Web
2022 | Klein, Peter, “Downtown Calgary art sends a message before Pride Week” The Daily Hive, Aug 12th, 2022, Web
2022 | Velentzas, Irene, “ PASS ME BY ELECTRIC VICE”, The Comics Journal, May 4th, 2022, Web 2021 | Volmers, Eric, “Calgary artists explore identity, memory, and glam-rock with graphic novel, Pass Me By: Electric Vice”, Calgary Herald. Dec 6th, 2021, print /web
2021 | Donachie, Mike, “4 new graphic novels offer sanctuary amidst struggle”, Toronto Star, Web
2021 | Pass Me By: Electric Vice book launch, Shelf life books (Calgary), Youtube, Oct 2021
2021 | Pass Me By: Electric Vice book launch, Glad Day Books (Toronto), Youtube, Oct 2021 2021 | CBC BOOKS, 21 Canadian comics to watch for in Fall 2021. Web
2021 | Creative Block Podcast, Media Lab YYC, Podcast, April 2021. Web
2020| Gallant, Collin, “Pink and Teal and Read all Over”, Dementia Connections Magazine, Jan 2020. Print
2019 | CBC BOOKS, Best Canadian Comics of 2019, 2019. Web
2019| Skinner, Kevin, “Pass Me By: Gone Fishin’ is a Stunning First Chapter in What Promises to Be an Epic Queer Love Story”, Fox Force Five News, November 14, 2019. Web
2019| Gallant, Collin “Graphic Novel Series Pass Me By Launches First Book at Shelf Life”, Avenue Magazine, March 27, 2019. Web
2019| Fermor, Louie “Homo-Sighting: Consent & Refusal of Queer Performance in Ryan Danny Owen's LOVE ME LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW”, Luma Quarterly, issue 015, Winter 2019, Web.
2019 | Chatha, Aaron “Come Find Queer History: Ledge Gallery”, Arts Commons Magazine, Winter 2019, Print & Web.
2018 | Maddaford, Luke “ A Gently Worn Impression”, Exhibition Catalogue, Self-published, Windsor Ontario, 2018