Ron Rydz

Education

2008       Master Visual Art , VCA – University of Melbourne
2007       Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours), VCA – University of Melbourne
2006       Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting), Victorian College of the Arts
2003       Certificate 1 - Visual Art , CAE  - Melbourne
1986       Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronic) Swinburne Institute of Technology

Selected Exhibitions

2011  Paddington Prize - Menzies Art Brands Gallery, Kensington NSW

2009  New REleases - Group Show - Pigment Gallery, Melbourne
          Acacia Mid_Collection Hang, Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne

2008  Space Between - Group Show – fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne
          Masters of the Universe – Group Show, VCA Student Gallery, Southbank

2007  WIEDERGroup Show - fortyfivedownstairs , Melbourne
          Hung Like a Wolf – Group Exhibition, VCA Student Gallery, Southbank.
          VCAART Graduate Exhibition 2007  - Margaret Lawrence Gallery

2006  Spanish Donuts – Solo Show - Seventh Gallery                     
          Wallara Travelling Scholarship 2006
          Painting Department Group Exhibition VCA Student Gallery, Southbank.
          VCAART Graduate Exhibition 2006

2005  Individual Exhibition  Sturt Street Space, VCA
          Proud - Group Exhibition – VCA Gallery, Southbank.
          Painting Department Group Exhibition VCA Student Gallery, Southbank.

2004 Fragments – Group Exhibition VCA Student Gallery, Southbank.
          Painting Department Group Exhibition VCA Student Gallery, Southbank.

Awards

  • Finalist Paddington Art Prize 2011
  • Finalist, ANZVisual Arts Award 2008
  • David Teleskivi Memorial Prize 2007
  • Shortlisted,Wallara Travelling Scholarship 2006
  • Acacia Group Aware, VCA Graduate Show 2006