ryan curtis portfolio: mlitt fine art practice (sculpture)
http://www.ryan-curtis.co.uk
ryan@ryan-curtis.co.uk











































daydreaming with arthur clarke, 2016
wyndham test space
wood, melamine, cardboard, concrete, polystyrene,
parcel tape, spray paint, acrylic
a brief conversation with arthur clarke, 2016
wyndham test space
wood, cardboard, wood filler, paper mache, chicken wire, modelling mesh,
polystyrene, parcel tape, spray paint, acrylic

a city break with arthur clarke, 2016
digital video, 16mins
mylarite, 2016
installation view, ebc002, east bristol contemporary, bristol
wood, cardboard, spray paint, vinyl, electrical tape
(in front: emily tilzey)




























alumine, 2016
installation view, ebc002,
east bristol contemporary, bristol
wood, cardboard, spray paint, vinyl, electrical tape
(behind, richard fox)
substituting reason for fear, 2015
plymouth school of the creative arts
wood, plasterboard, cardboard, spray paint, powder containers, plasticine, jesmonite, vinyl, electrical tape, pins, duo-tone digital prints on copy paper, digital video.






















detail
substituting reason for fear, 2015
plymouth school of the creative arts










































slip, 2015
wood, chipboard, paint, foam mat, 
polystyrene, vinyl, electrical tape
borderland, 2015
digital video
dross, 2015
chipboard, wood, cardboard, paper, paint,
panel pins, two tone digital print on sugar paper

antares, 2015
plywood, melamine, wood, plastic, foil, wire, newspaper, paint, bulldog clips

lost, 2015
to anybody and to everybody, pipe, plymouth
melamine, cardboard, plastic, paint, plasticine,
wire, bulldog clips, three tone digital print on copy paper, lamp
whitaker, 2014
black and white digital print on paper
procession, exeter phoenix, exeter

clip from 'procession', 2014
digital video, 53mins
exeter phoenix artist moving image award
untitled image
image taken by participant on walking workshop,
alongside 'procession' at exeter phoenix, exeter, 2014
http://processionwalkworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/
detail from installation,
restore to factory settings, vulpes vulpes, london, 2014
untitled installation, 2014
restore to factory settings, vulpes vulpes, london
wood, scaffolding, tarpaulin, newspaper, string, bin liners,
rubble sacks, duct tape, projected video, sound

pyramid, 2014
studio 4 residency, chisenhale
digital video
untitled, 2014
studio 4 residency chisenhale
found wood, colour photocopy on paper,
official arcelormittal orbit paperclip, nail
http://curtisatchisenhale.blogspot.co.uk/



curing pressure, 2014
studio residency, karst, plymouth
digital video 4min29sec
curing pressure, 2014
studio residency, karst, plymouth
wood, cast postcrete and polythylene;
plastic and earth; laser print on copy paper
and acetate, biro and fibertip pen on paper

smeaton, 2013
lighting stand, cardboard tube,
plastic tube, plastic ball, lightbulb,
antique mirror backing, photocopy on paper



























elevator pitch, 2013
stool, wood, plastic, brass jugs
all but one, 2013
wood, lamp
planet, 2013, dxdx studio window
single channel live video feed through panasonic m7 vtr, back projection onto tri-panelled window screen: assorted wood; polythene recycling bag; 140gsm paper; frosted glass lampshade and decanter; black light bulb; glass; globe; string; appropriated images from 'life on earth' [book] 1979, david attenborough/photocopies on paper; 'the planet of the apes' 1968, franklin, j. schaffner (dir)

now i want to talk to the dead one, 2013
digital av 28sec loop,  source material; el topo dir. alejandro jodorowski (1970)
dead! technically you're dead, 2013
installation at 'the second law of thermodynamics or: how i learned to stop worrying and love the chaos [1/5]', hosted at the wig, birmingham

matchsticks, card tube, evostik clear adhesive; digital av, 27sec loop

the end had come, 2012
byob, spike island, bristol, 2012
digital video 9:36
source material; frozen alive, dir. bernard knowles (1964); the last man on earth, dir. ubaldo ragona, sidney salkow (1964); withcraft, dir. don sharp (1964); the earth dies screaming, dir. terence fisher (1964).














the virtue of selfishness, 2012, installation view, exeter phoenix, exeter 
wooden pallet, wood, felt furniture foot pad, ceramic lamp body, cabinet foot, book cover