Sophie Ryder

1963 Born, London, Great Britain.
1980 Studied at Kingston Polytechnic, London, GB
1981-84 Royal Academy of Arts, Combined Arts, London, GB
(Studied painting, but was encouraged to pursue sculpture)

Awards

1995 Discerning Eye, 1992 at the Mall Galleries, Art Newspaper Award for best sculpture in show

Lectures and Teaching

Sheffield Art College
Loughborough Polytechnic
Ikon Gallery
Cheshire Art Teachers Conference
Staffordshire Art Teachers Conference Jesus College, University of Cambridge
Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum
Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
Kirkland International Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Washington, USA
Mary Hare School, Newbury
Frederick Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids
Oxbow School of Art, Saugatuck, Michigan


Artist in Residence

1986 Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Yorkshire
Grizedale Forest, Cumbria
1987 Salisbury Cathedral
1988 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire
1993 Kilkenny, Eire
1996 Boulogne, France
1997 Cheltenham Art Gallery
Cleeve School, Cheltenham
Cheekwood Sculpture Park, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
2000 Vancouver Sculpture Festival
2003 Newbury Spring Festival


Selected Exhibitions

2013 New Direction, Imago Galleries, Palm Desert CA
2011 Art Basel Miami Beach, Florida
2010-2011 Aynhoe Park, Aynho, Oxfordshire
Chateau Saint Rosaline, Les Arc-sur-Argens, France
2009 Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, England
2008 Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, England
2007 Frederick Meijer Gardens & Sculpture park, Grand Rapids, USA
Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA
2006 Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
Atkinson Gallery, Millfield School
2005 Canary Wharf, London
Solomon Gallery, Dublin
2004 Introspective, Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA
Vancouver Biennale
Sculpture in the Park, Ackley Heads, Durham
2003 Newbury Spring Festival
2001 Kirkland International Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Washington, USA
Den Haag Sculptuur, The Hague, Holland
2000 Odapark, Venray, Holland
Veranneman Foundation, Belgium
1999 Victoria Art Gallery, Bath and installations around the City of Bath
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford. Temple to 200 Rabbits installation.
Shape of the Century - 100 years of British Sculpture, Salisbury and Canary Wharf, London
Den Haag Sculptuur, The Hague, Holland
1998 Vancouver Sculpture Festival
1997 Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum and Town Centre
Manchester Academy
Wimpole Hall, Cambridge
Animals in Art (Blue Cross), Sothebys, London
1996 Chelsea Harbour, London
1994 Winchester Cathedral, Inner Close, Winchester
Red House Museum & Gardens, Christchurch, Dorset
Sculpture at Goodwood
Artbus, Fife, Scotland (Drawings)
1993 Sophie Ryder Collages, Oxford Gallery, Oxford
Art in the City, London
1992 Art at Miltan Keynes
Millfield 20th Century Sculpture Exhibition, Millfield School
Young British Art, Arhus Festival, Denmark
1991 Yorkshire Sculpture Park
1990 Newport City Museum & Art Gallery, Newport, Gwent
1989 Henley Festival
1988 Glasgow Garden Festival
The Cultivated Garden, Oxford, with Oxford Gallery
Chilford Hall Press, Cambridge
The Fabricated Landscape, Plymouth City Museum
1987 Salisbury Cathedral
1986 Bretton Menagerie, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
1985 The Nature of the Beast, Sculpture Lawn, Henley Festival
1980 Foundation Course, Kingston Polytechnic
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
De Beers Collection
New Hall College, Cambridge
Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum
Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Robert and Mary Montgomery Armory Arts Center, Palm Beach, Florida, USA



Public Commissions

1995 Three commissions for Tyne & Wear Development Corporation

Public & Corporate Collections

Yorkshire Sculpture Park
New Port City Museum & Art Gallery
Barings Bank
De Beers Collection
Gerrard & National Bank
Conoco, Ltd.
The BOC Group
The National Bank
The Private Bank and Trust Company Ltd
The National Trust
Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum
Frensham Heights School
Folkstone Town
Ballantrae Park Dublin, Ohio, USA
Butler Gallery Collection, Kilkenny, Eire
Cheltenham Borough Council
Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Victoria Art Gallery, Bath and North East Somerset
Robert and Mary Montgomery Armory Center, Palm Beach, Florida, USA