Education
2007- State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY (Master of Fine Art candidate)
2000-02 Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta (Bachelor of Fine Art)
1997-00 Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Oakville, Ontario (diploma in design)
Selected Exhibitions
2008
Tangential Reform, University at Buffalo Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2007
Overgrown, MADE, Toronto, ON
Whisper and Clang, curated by Melanie Egan, Harbourfront Center, Toronto, ON
Greg Forrest & Ryan Legassicke, curated by Gil McElroy, Station Gallery, Whitby, ON
It's a Beauty, curated by Dale Barret, Person International Airport, Toronto, ON
2006
Kaleidoscope, curated by Gil McElroy, Station Gallery, Whitby, ON
Night Walk, INabstracto, Toronto, ON
MADE hard opening, curated by Shaun Moore & Julie Nicholson, MADE, Toronto, ON
Everyday Living and Other Helpful Hints, with Ryan McLay & Margaret Pryde, LOOP gallery, Toronto, ON
Come Up to My Room, curated by Pamila Matharu & Christina Zeidler, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON (catalogue)
2005
Alley Jaunt, an alley around Trinity Bellwoods Park, Toronto, ON
Riverlands, Gallery 69, Stratford, ON (catalogue)
Come Up to My Room, curated by Pamila Matharu & Christina Zeidler, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON (catalogue)
2004
Ryan Legassicke, INabstracto, Toronto, ON
Junction Arts Festival (storefront installation), Toronto, ON (juried)
Anna Jane MacIntyre, Eriko Kakiuchi, & Ryan Legassicke, Laferniere & Pai Gallery, Ottawa, ON
Live / Work / Ramp / Exhibit Space (with Ryan McLay),10'8" high x 9'3" wide x 16'3" deep, Toronto, ON
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON (juried)
2003
Piano Works: Imagining The R.S. Williams Piano Factory (with Murray Favro, Alexander Graham, Carl Zimmerman), curated by Gil McElroy
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario (catalogue)
Self Titled, The Guild Shop, Toronto, ON (solo exhibition)
Small for the Wall, Lafreniere & Pai Gallery, Ottawa, ON
Distill, (gallery artist), The Distillery Historic District, Toronto, ON
2002
Feature: Wood (no reception), Harbinger Gallery, Waterloo, ON (image used in calendar)
A Faculty of Wonder, Marion Nicoll Gallery, Calgary, Alberta (solo exhibition)
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON (juried)
Alberta College of Art & Design Grad Exhibition, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
Thinking of Form, Using Experience, Artspace Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2001
New Contexts, Unfamiliar Encounters (collaboration with Ryan McLay), Marion Nicoll Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
Best of, First Canadian Place Gallery, organized by the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, ON
Summer Exhibition, Material Matters, Toronto, ON
The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON (juried)
The Final Stages of Art, curated by Brendan O'Grady, 371 Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2000/01
Looking Forward, curated by Paul Greenhalgh, organized by the Ontario Crafts Council, opened at the National Trade Center, Toronto, ON,
traveled to the Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery, Owen Sound, ON, The Frederick Horsman Varley Art Gallery, Markham, ON,
and the McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, ON (catalogue)
2000
Woodlanders Gathering, Pownal, Maine, USA
The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON (juried)
Members Gallery, Furniture Society Conference 2000: Old and New Communities, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON
Some Assembly Required, Sheridan Gallery, Oakville, ON
Constructive Behavior, Wagner Rosenbalm Gallery, Toronto, ON
1999
Against the Grain, Sheridan Gallery, Oakville, Ontario
Grants, Scholarships, Awards
2007 Deans Fellowship / Tuition Scholarship / Teaching Assistantship, State University of New York at Buffalo
Ontario Arts Council Emerging Visual Artists Grant
Chalmers Professional Development Grant (OAC)
2006 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
2004 Shelia Hugh Mackay Foundation Inc. Grant
2002 Tyman and Victor Brosz Memorial Scholarship (Alberta College of Art & Design)
Pilchuck Glass School / ACAD tuition Scholarship
Illingworth Kerr Travel Scholarship (ACAD)
2001 Best of Show, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (judged by Jessica Bradley, John Armstrong, & Barbara Astman)
Best Sculpture (Mr. & Mrs. L.L. Odette), Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (judged by Carl Tacon)
Summer residency (glass studio), Harbourfront Center, Toronto, Ontario
Tyman and Victor Brosz Memorial Scholarship (ACAD)
2000 Betty Kantor Award (Sheridan Institute)
Professional Activities
2007- SUNY at Buffalo Dept. of Visual Studies · Instructed courses in Basic Sculpture and Public Space
Artist talk as part of Pecha Kucha, Soundlab, Buffalo, NY
Station Gallery, Whitby, ON · Instructed a one day introduction to chair making class to kids
2003-07 Assisted various artists including David Nash, Wales; Taliaferro Jones, Michael Snow, Robert Akroyd, Toronto
2006 Alberta College of Art & Design · Guest Speaker, Fine Art Department
2004-05 Sheridan Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning, Oakville, ON · Part time sculpture instructor in the glass department
2003 North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, Scotland, UK · Teaching Assistant for British sculptor David Nash, 9 day masterclass entitled Grafting Glass.
2002 Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario · Visiting artist
2000 Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON · Instructed a one day introduction to chair making class to kids
1999-00 Sheridan College Furniture Studio, Oakville, ON · Teaching assistant for Robert Diemert, continuing education
1998 Daniel Mack Rustic Furnishing, Monroe, New York, USA · Teaching assistant for a week long masterclass
Collections
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, ON
Workshops
2002 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington, USA; with Peter Drobney & Ingalill Wahlroos
Bibliography
2008
Dory Carr-Harris. “Made in Toronto,” Toronto Life, Toronto, February, 42-51.
2007
“The View From Here,” This Week Whitby newspaper, Whitby, March 16, 2007, 22.
2006
Peter Sobchak. “Canadian Design Under the Chinese Sign,” Canadian Interiors Magazine, Toronto, Nov/Dec, 44-45.
Deirdre Kelly. “Talk of the Town: MADE,” The Globe & Mail, Toronto, October 7, 2006, M2.
2005
Lauren Hall. “An Essay” Riverlands (exhibition catalogue.) Stratford: Gallery 96.
Ryan Legassicke. “In Conversation: A Reader (or) Article about myself” Contemporary Canadian Glass, Toronto, Spring, 15-17.
Ryan Legassicke. “Northlands: Glass course taught by wood artist in Scotland?” Contemporary Canadian Glass Magazine, Toronto, Spring, 23-24.
Kristi Cameron. “Up in the Old Hotel,” METROPOLIS, New York, May, 70-72.
Nelda Rodger, ed. AZURE, “Rooms With a View,” Toronto, May, 87.
2004
Ryan Legassicke. Still Life / Motion Life. (flip book) Toronto: Ryan Legassicke.
Rachel Gotlieb. “Ryan Legassicke & Tanya Lyons: Crafting Conceptual Art.” Ontario Craft, Toronto, Summer issue, 4-6.
Joel McConvey. “A Junction Contraption (my apartment)” EYE weekly, Toronto, Sept 23, 59.
2003
Gil McElroy. Piano Works (exhibition catalogue.) Oshawa: Robert McLaughlin Gallery.
2002
Ryan Legassicke. “Ryan McLay: Studies in Material Culture.” Current Projects: Contemporary Fine Art Review 3. Eds. Brian MacNevin and Susan Menzies. Calgary: ACAD, April, 10. John Lavine, ed. Woodworker Magazine (gallery), California, February, 57.
Wendy Walgate. “The Distinctive Nature of Sheridan: College on a Cusp” Ontario Craft Magazine, Toronto, Winter issue, 16-17.
2001
John Kelsey & Rick Mastelli, eds. Studio Two: Traditions in Contemporary Furniture. Free Union, Virginia: The Furniture Society, 118.
The Globe and Mail, Toronto, July 14 (work appeared in an ad for The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition)
2000
Ingrid Bachmann. “The Object Talks Back.” Looking Forward. Ed. Susan Warner Keene, Toronto: OCC, 45-50.
Stuart Reid. “Looking Forward: A Return to the Real.” Looking Forward. Toronto: OCC, 21-29.
Thomas Hirschmann. “Gritty boxing photos, constructive students.” The National Post, Toronto, April 1, F16.
Carol Baldwin. “Creator’s of the Mayor’s Awards.” Oakville Beaver, Oakville, March 29, C1.
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