represented by Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA
Selected solo exhibitions
2023 Upswing, Seattle Art Museum Rental and Sales Gallery, Seattle, WA
2022 Nobody Rainbow, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2020 New Work, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2018 The Last Frontier, Kirkland Arts Center (Satellite Exhibition), Kirkland, WA
2017 Vancouver! Vancouver! This is It!, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2016 Still Afraid, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2016 New Paintings, Duplex Gallery, Portland, OR
2014 Fear of Volcanoes, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2011 The Watcher, Bryan Ohno Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010 Flood, Gallery4Culture, Seattle, WA
2010 Sound Plans, Handforth Gallery @ Tacoma Public Library, Tacoma, WA
2008 View Lots, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2003 Automatic Style, Brick and Mortar Gallery, Tacoma, WA
Selected group exhibitions
2022 Terra, The Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’Alene, ID
2020 Volcano!, curated by Dawson Carr, PhD, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
2019 Mapping the Grid, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
2018 Outside Influences, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
2017 Point of View, LAUNCH LA/KP Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Seeing Northwest Nature, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
2016 Urban Artist Showcase, Chehalem Cultural Center, Newberg, OR
2015 Bellingham National 2015, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
2014 Made in the Northwest, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
2013 Suburbia: Dream or Nightmare?, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2013 Connections, Cuchifritos Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Cascadia, Collar Works Galley, Troy, NY
2012 Conditions of Possibility, Umpqua Valley Arts Center, Roseburg, OR
2011 Earth Matters, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
2011 Home Away From Home, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
2011 Mad Homes, public art exhibition presented by MadArt, Seattle, WA
2011 Forecast: Communicating Weather and Climate, WA State Convention Center
2011 Bloom + Collapse, SOIL, Seattle, WA
2010 KAC Links Invitational, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
2009 We Built This To Leave, Vermillion, Seattle, WA
2009 Refracting Space, Steele Gallery @ Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA
Education
1995-2001 Western Washington University, BFA, Art History Minor, Bellingham, WA
Awards + Honors
2012 Residency: Jentel Artist Residency Program, Sheridan, Wyoming
2009 Grant Finalist (second prize), The Fund, Grant Program: The-Medium design firm
Public Collections
Swedish Medical Center Art Collection
Seattle Public Utilities Art Collection, City of Seattle
Microsoft Art Collection
Umpqua Community College
Professional
2017 Teaching Artist, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2010 Curator, The Portrait Challenge @ SAM, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2010 Curator, The Portrait Challenge @ Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA
Bibliography + Press
2018 Noelani Kurschiner, The American Scholar, "Modern Vesuvius", January
2017 Michael Upchurch, Seattle Times, "October Galleries: Apocalypse Now", Oct 10
2016 Amanda Manitach, City Arts Magazine, "Sketchbook Porn", August
2015 Matthew Kangas, art ltd. Magazine, “Natural Catastrophes”, July/Aug
2014 Rosencrans Baldwin, The Morning News, “Under the Volcano”, Oct 13
2014 M. Kangas, art ltd. Magazine, “Reviews: Ryan Molenkamp at Linda Hodges Gallery”, Sept/Oct
Nancy Worssam, The Seattle Times, “Face this ‘Fear of Volcanoes’ painting series”, The Seattle Times, July 11
Brangien Davis, Seattle Magazine, “Magma Opus”, July, 2014
Erin Langler, New American Paintings, “Erupting Unknowns: Ryan Molenkamp’s Fear of Volcanoes”, September 25
2013 Michael Upchurch, The Seattle Times, “Artists Tackle Suburbia: Dream or Nightmare”, December
2011 Nancy Guppy, The Seattle Channel, “Art Zone”, Nov. 4th
Michael Upchurch, The Seattle Times, “Capitol Hill Houses turned into giant art installations”, July 21
Erin Langler, “Short Lived Landscapes: Mad Homes + Q & A with Ryan Molenkamp”, New American Paintings, July 26
Lisa Han, Seattle Met Magazine, “New Seattle Public Art: Mad Homes”, July 29
2010 Brangien Davis, Seattle Magazine, “A River Runs Through it”, Dec., 2010
2009 Jen Graves, The Stranger SLOG, “Currently Hanging”, November 5, 2009
Regina Hackett, Another Bouncing Ball, “Belly Up to the Art at Vermillion,” Seattle PI, Nov 22, 2009
Publications
2017 Poetry Northwest, cover image, Summer/Fall
2017 City Arts Magazine, published artwork, September
2015 art ltd. Magazine, cover image, July/Aug
2014 City Arts Magazine, & section, “Fear of Volcanoes”, August
2012 City Arts Magazine, Contents Page, May
2011 New American Paintings, Issue 97, Pacific Coast Issue
2010 City Arts Magazine, The Curator’s Eye, “Ryan Molenkamp Finds His Place”, February