Collections (2015-23)

Charlie Ryan is a contemporary artist and designer, planted on Bunurong Country in the hinterland of the Mornington Peninsula, Australia.

His artworks entwine the unbounded connection between nature, selfhood, kinship, and community.

Predominantly portraying formed natural abstracts, the artist has a partiality towards long grass and the harvest of the seasons.

This solo exhibition showcases a collection of new and retrospective works spanning multiple collections of Charlie Ryan’s painted, collaged, street and printed works. Including never before seen pieces from the artist’s own private collection.

You can find some of the stories behind the works mounted on the walls throughout the exhibition, and within this online exhibition catalogue.

Alongside the exhibition, Burnley Brewing and Charlie Ryan have collaborated together to create ‘The Dancer’ — a limited batch new world pale ale, with zesty hops and a refreshing dry finish.

The beer name and label design draws back to Charlie Ryan’s community mural painted recently on the facade of Cellar & Pantry in Red Hill, and his wider series of Dance works — representing a celebration of life as a dance.

The exhibition is presented by the Burnley Brewing Community Bierhall Art Series.