Online Residency 2023
Bio
Ryan Zogheb graduated from New York University in May 2022, earning his Bachelor’s of Fine Arts with a major in studio art, concentrating in painting and graphic design.
Ryan has had his work featured in eight gallery exhibitions, and has participated in three artist residencies. Currently, Ryan lives and works in New York City and is an artist in residence with Belgrade Art Studio.
Artist Statement
Ryan Zogheb’s paintings embrace the subconscious through haunting expressionist portraits and florals. Working solely in grayscale and painting only from life, his work becomes surreal and allows for more gestural renderings of form to come through and for the artist’s hand to always be held within the work.
Through the progression of Zogheb’s paintings, the viewers begin to perceive the emotional directionality and the intentional sensitivity of the painting process itself. Being the reserved person that he is, his paintings communicate for him, and encapsulate the feeling and reflection of walking aimlessly on a rainy day.