Ryan Zogheb is GlogauAIR resident
from January, 2023 to March, 2023
Introducing Ryan Zogheb, from the United States. Zoghen describes his paintings by refuting their image and embracing the subconscious through haunting expressionist portraits and florals.
Meet the Artist
Describing himself as reserved, Zogheb says their paintings speak for them and communicates what is not so easily verbalised. Often the paintings evoke feelings of inadequacy and longing, and encapsulates the sense of walking aimlessly alone around the city on a rainy day.
During the online residency Zogheb has been further exploring self portraits and use it as a surreal vessel to unveil and understand the emotions hidden within his painting practice. “By making these works a part of a larger series, you can see the progression in which my feelings may be shifted or warped as time goes on” Zogheb says.
Statement
My paintings refute the image and embrace the subconscious through haunting expressionist portraits and florals. Working solely in grayscale and painting only from life, my work becomes surreal and allows for more gestural renderings of form to come through and for my artist’s hand to always be held within the work. Being the reserved person that I am, my paintings speak for me and communicate what is not so easily verbalized. Often the paintings evoke feelings of inadequacy and longing, and encapsulates the sense of walking aimlessly alone around the city on a rainy day.
GlogauAIR Project
Throughout art history the self portrait has been the place in which artists can most freely express themselves and their artist style. Through the self portrait you can begin to unearth what the artist was trying to communicate about themselves and what holds to be important to them. For my next project, I hope to further explore the self portrait on my own and use it as a surreal vessel to unveil and understand the emotions hidden within my painting practice. By making these works a part of a larger series, you can see the progression in which my feelings may be shifted or warped as time goes on.
Painting
CV Summary
- “Surface Scope” at Carrie Able Gallery, December 14th, 2022 – January 6th, 2023, Brooklyn, New York
- World of Co Virtual Exhibition Space, November 3rd, 2022 – November 25th, 2022
- “I was a sunken ship; I love you flesh into Blossom” at Common’s Gallery, March 24th, 2022 – April 2nd, 2022, New York, New York
- “Your Work Here” Exhibition at Common’s Gallery, November 3rd, 2020 – November 8th, 2020, New York, New York
Gallery
