Name Rob Ryan | Role Artist | |
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Books A Sky Full of Kindness, This is for You, The Kingdom Revealed, Rob Ryan: You Can Still Do a, Untitled Rob Ryan 2 | ||
The invisible kingdom by rob ryan
Rob Ryan (born 1962) is a British visual artist who specialises in papercutting and screen-printing. He is now most famous for his detailed paper cut outs. His artwork has featured in Vogue, Elle, and Stylist. He has also collaborated with fashion designer Paul Smith.
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- The invisible kingdom by rob ryan
- Behind the scenes with rob ryan illustrator of the gift barefoot books
- Personal life
- References
Ryan has illustrated book and album covers, including John Connolly's novel The Book of Lost Things, Erasure's album Nightbird, Louis de Bernières short-story collection Notwithstanding and Dara Horn's novel The World to Come. His first book, This Is for You, was published on 4 October 2007 by Hodder & Stoughton; it consists of a fairy tale told through his paper cut-out art and explores themes of love and loneliness. Ryan also creates the Global Gift greeting cards for the charity Trocaire.
Behind the scenes with rob ryan illustrator of the gift barefoot books
Personal life
Ryan was born in 1962 in Cyprus in Paphos to Irish parents Doris and Buddy Ryan who divorced in 1966. He is the youngest of three brothers and his father was an RAF mess hall officer. He studied at Trent Polytechnic and has a Master of Arts in printmaking from the Royal College of Art. He graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1987.
He currently lives in London with his wife and two daughters.
