Education
2007-2009 MFA Studio Practice State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
2000-2002 BFA Sculpture / Glass Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1997-2000 dip. Furniture Design Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Selected Exhibitions
2009 1716 Main St., with Shelby Baron, Abbey Hendrickson, Buffalo, NY
2008 Feasting Eyes, curated by Gearld Mead, Kenan Center, Lockport, NY
Tangential Reform, University at Buffalo Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2007 Overgrown (solo exhibition), MADE, Toronto, ON
Whisper and Clang, curated by Melanie Egan, Harbourfront Center, Toronto, ON
It's a Beauty, curated by Dale Barret, Pearson Internation Airport, Toronto, ON
Greg Forest and Ryan Legassicke, curated by Gil McElroy, Station Gallery, Whitby, ON
2006 Night Walk (solo exhibition), INabstracto, Toronto, ON
Everyday Living and Other Helpful Hints, with Ryan McLay and Margaret Pryde, LOOP, Toronto, ON
Come Up to My Room, curated by Pamila Matharu and Christina Zeidler, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2005 Alley Jaunt, curated by Paul McClure, Jennifer Bulthuis and Lise Beaudry, Back alley garage, Toronto, ON
Riverlands, Gallery 96, Stratford, ON
2004 Blocks of Wood, with Christine Klapper, INabstracto, Toronto, ON
Junction Arts Festival (juried), Storefront Installation, Toronto, ON
Lafreniere and Pie Gallery, with Anna Jane MacIntyre and Eriko Kakiuchi, Ottawa, ON
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (juried), Nathan Phillips Square (also in 2002, 2001, 2000), Toronto, ON
Things We Made, Found, Bought, Stole..., with Ryan McLay, 10'8" x 9'3" x 16'3", Toronto, ON
2003 Piano Works: Imagining the RS Williams Piano Factory, curated by GIl McElroy, Robert McLaughlin Gallery,
Oshawa, ON
Small for the Wall, Lafreniere and Pie Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2002 A Faculty of Wonder (solo exhibition), Marion Nicoll Gallery, Calgary, AB
Feature: Wood (no reception), Harbinger Gallery, Waterloo, ON
Summer Exhibition, Material Matters, Toronto, ON
2001 Best of (organized by the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibtion), First Canadian Place Gallery, Toronto, ON
New Contexts Unexpected Encounters, with Ryan McLay, Marion Nicoll Gallery, Calgary, AB
2000/01 Looking Forward, curated by Paul Greenhalgh, desinations included The McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton,
ON; Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON; The Frederick Horsman Varley Gallery, Markham, ON
2000 Woodlanders Gathering, Pownal, Maine
Constructive Behaviour, Wagner Rosenbalm Gallery, Toronto, ON
Awards, Scholarships, Grants
2007-09 Deans Fellowship, Tuition Scholarship, Teaching Assistantship, State University of New York at Buffalo
2007 Emerging Visual Artist Grant, Ontario Arts Council
Chalmers Professional Development Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2006 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2004 Shelia Hugh Mackay Foundation Inc. Grant
2001/02 Tyman and Victor Brosz Memorial Scholarship, Alberta College of Art and Design
2001 Pilchuck Glass School tuition scharship, Stanwood, Washington
Illingworth Kerr Travel Scholarship, Alberta College of Art and Design
Best of Show, judged by Jessica Bradley, John Armstrong, Barbara Astman, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
Mr. & Mrs. LL Odette Best Sculpture Award, judged by Carl Tacon, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
Summer Residency, Harbourfront Center, Toronto, ON
2000 Betty Kantor Award, Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Oakville, ON
Collections
2002 Thunder Bay Art Gallery, permanent outdoor sculpture, Thunder Bay, ON
Bibliography
2009 Colin Dabkowski, "Theme Shift," The Buffalo News, Buffalo, NY, April 17-24.
2008 Lucy Yau. "Feasting Eyes," ARTVOICE, Buffalo, NY, Sept. 11-17.
Dory Carr-Harriw. "Made in Toronto," Toronto Life, Toronto, Feb, pg 42-51.
2007 "The View From Here," This Week Whitby, Whitby, March 26, pg 22.
Peter Sobchak. "Canadian Design Under the Chinese Sign," Canadian Interiors, Toronto, Nov, pg 44-55.
Deirdre Kelly. "Talk of the Town: MADE," The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Oct 7, M2.
2005 Lauren Hall. "An Essay" Riverlands catalogue. Stratford: Gallery 96.
Ryan Legassicke. "In Conversation: A Reader or Article about Myself..." Contemporary Canadian Glass, Toronto,
Spring, pg 15-17.
Kristi Cameron. "Up in the Old Hotel," METROPOLIS, New York City, May, pg 70-72.
Nelda Rodger, ed. AZURE, "Rooms with a View," Toronto, May, pg 87.
2004 Ryan Legassicke. Still Life / Motion Life (flip book). Toronto: self published.
Rachel Gotlieb. "Ryan Legassicke and Tanya Lyons," Studio, Toronto: OCC, summer, pg 4-6.
Joel McConvey. "A Junction Contraption," Eye Weekly, Toronto, Sept 23, pg 59.
2003 Gil McElroy. Piano Works. Oshawa: Robert McLaughlin Gallery.
2002 Ryan Legassicke. "Ryan McLay: Studies in Material Culture." Current Projects: Fine Art Review 3. Eds. Brian
MacNevin and Susan Menzies. Calgary: ACAD, pg 10.
John Lavine, ed. Woodworker (gallery section), California, Feb, pg 57.
Wendy Walgate. "The Distinctive Nature of Sheridan: College on the Cusp," Studio, Toronto, Winter, pg 16-17.
2001 John Kelsey and Rick Mastelli, eds. Studio Two: Traditions in Contemporary Furniture. Free Union, Virginia:
Furniture Society, pg 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. "A Return to the Real." Looking Forward. Ed. Susan Warner Keene, Toronto: OCC, 21-29.
Carol Baldwin. "Creators of the Mayor's Award," Oakville Beaver, Oakville, March 21, C1.
Teaching Experience
2008-09 Instructor - Public Space. State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
2008 Teaching Assistant - Introduction to Visual Theory. State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
Assisted Clinical Professor Gary Nickard
2007 Instructor - Basic Sculpture. State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
Instructor - Introduction to Chair making, children's one day workshop, Station Gallery, Whitby, ON.
2006 Visiting Artist - Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB.
2004-05 Instructor - Mold Making for Sculpture. Sheridan School of Technology and Advanced Learning, Oakville, ON.
2003 Teaching Assistant - Summer Master Class. North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, Scotland, UK.
Assisted British artist David Nash.
2000 Instructor - Introduction to Chair making, children's one day workshop, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON.
1999-00 Teaching Assistant - Continuing Education Furniture Design. Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced
Learning, Oakville, ON. Assisted Canadian Designer Robert Diemert.
1998 Teaching Assistant - Summer Master Class: Furniture Design. Monroe, New York.
Assisted American designer Daniel Mack.
Professional Activities
2009 Installation Technician - Harbourfront Center, Toronto, ON
Artist Assistant - worked with Zaq Landsberg in Brooklyn, NY and Salt Lake City, Utah
Project Director - Beam Camp, Strafford, New Hampshire
2008 Artist Assistant - Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY.
Assisted American artist Ingrid Calame with a site based drawing project.
2007 Artist Assistant - (Summer) Worked for British artist David Nash at his studio in Bleanau Ffestiniog, Wales and
during the de-installation of an exhibition in Lewes, England.
2003-07 Artist Assistant - Various Toronto, ON based artists including Michael Snow, Taliferro Jones, Robert Akroyd
2002 Artist in Residence - (Fall) Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, ON.
2001 Summer Artist in Residence - Harbourfront Center, Toronto, ON.
Workshops
2002 Site Specific Sculpture and Glass in Architecture with Peter Drobney and Ingalill Wahlroos.
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.