Johanna Aenderl

Johanna Aenderl Ryan is an emerging artist working primarily with cyanotype (a.k.a. blueprints/sun prints), monotypes, weaving, and embroidery. She approaches creating with fervor in exploring materials. While her materials might evolve, nature is always the inspiration for her work. She uses her artistic practice to reflect and strengthening her relationship with the natural world; using found materials (natural dyes, food scraps) or natural process (sunlight) to create the work. Her work holds close what is undervalued in our culture: nature, making by hand, ‘women’s work’/the domestic, not buying unnecessary materials.

Johanna was born and raised in Minnesota. She spent her summers swimming in lakes, going camping, and living most of her formative years next to wetlands. A decade ago she moved to New York City and now lives in Brooklyn. Ms. Ryan started her artistic path in writing and she has worked for over a decade at nonprofits serving individuals experiencing homelessness and the formally incarcerated. During this time, she found her way back to creating – but now in the visual arts. She has collaborated on projects with artists in other disciplines; creating art for a local musician and images for filmmakers. Ms. Ryan ...

New York Academy of Art
Masters in Fine Arts (2018 – 2020)
Certificate in Fine Arts (2017 – 2018)

NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
Masters in Public Administration (2010 – 2012)

Hamline University
Bachelor of Arts (2002 – 2006)

Jun 2022 Exhibition, ChaShaMa BAT Building B Foyer, Brooklyn, NY
Dec 2021 Juried Group Show, Homegrown, ChaShaMa, New York, NY
Dec 2021 Juried Group Show, Artists for Artists, Sotheby’s, New York, NY
Fall 2021 Juried Group Show, Artists for Artists, Sotheby’s, New York, NY
Oct 2021 Group Show, Case Study, Gowanus Night Heron, Brooklyn, NY
Sept 2021 Juried Group Show, Recycle 2021, BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
May 2021 Exhibition, ChaShaMa BAT Building B Foyer, Brooklyn, NY
Apr. 2021 Juried Group Show, PRINTS 2021, BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Group Show, Glamorous Decay, Virtual Exhibition
Mar. 2021 Juried Group Show, Insight, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
Group Show, The Washhouse, One Year Later, Equity Gallery, NY, NY
Nov. 2020 Juried Group Show, Darkest Before Dawn, Ethan Cohen KuBe, Beacon, NY
Oct. 2020 Group Show, Postcards from the Pandemic, Beard & Weil Galleries, Norton, MA
Aug. 2020 Group Show, MFA Final Exhibition, NYAA, New York, NY
Apr. 2020 Group Show, Tribeca Ball Online Exhibition, NYAA, New York, NY
Oct. 2019 Juried Gro...