EDUCATION 2003 M.F.A. Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley 1997 B.A. Art, University of California, Santa Cruz ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE 2017- Present Associate Professor of Studio Art, Santa Clara University 2011-2017 Assistant Professor of Studio Art, Santa Clara University2005-2010 Lecturer, Santa Clara University 2004-2005 Adjunct Lecturer, University of California Davis2004-2005 Instructor, City College of San Francisco, Dept. of Continuing Education2002-2003 Graduate Student Instructor, University of California Berkeley SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS2018The Free Way, b sakata garo, Sacramento CA2017ebb and flow, Napa Valley Museum, Napa, CA2016Inhabited, b. sakata garo, Sacramento, CA2015Terrestrial, Ballinglen Art Center, Ireland2014O’Malia-Reynolds, Stricoff Fine Art, New York, NY2013Landscape Assembled, Saint Mary's College Museum of Art, Moraga, CA2012Continuum, Art Zone 461, San Francisco, CAShifting Landscapes: Chelsea James and Ryan Reynolds, Bakersfield Museum of Art, CA OUTSIDE in, Susan Street Gallery, Solana Beach, CA2011Beyond Static, 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CAEverything is Electrified, b. sakata garo, Sacramento, CA2009(SUB)URBAN, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA2008Minutes of the Earth, b. sakata garo, Sacramento, CA2007Landscapes and Figures, Art Department Gallery, Santa Clara University, CA2006Absorbed in Silence, b. sakata garo, Sacramento, CA 2004 Ryan Reynolds and Ron Bimrose, g2 Gallery Scottsdale, AZ 2000The Past Three Years, Cabrillo College Aptos, CA SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2019Art Auction Exhibition, Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, JuriedFor the Seventh Generation, Elizabeth Jones Art Center, Portland, Oregon2018 El Grupo Espectáculo, b. sakata garo, Sacramento Ca.Contemporary Landscape, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, CA Juror: Chester Arnold 2017Waterlines, New Museum Los Gatos, CA2016Figures, Stricoff Fine Art, New York, NY2015Wetlands, Sebastopol Art Center, CA Juror: Chester Arnold2013Introductions, Stricoff Fine Art, New York, NYartMRKT, San Francisco Contemporary Art Fair, Fort Mason Center2012Art Toronto, Jonathan Cooper Park Walk Gallery, CanadaBlossoms and Roots, Art Zone 461, San Francisco, CAartMRKT, San Francisco Contemporary Art Fair, Fort Mason CenterWhy Paint A Landscape?, Art Zone 461, San Francisco, CA2011Outlandish: Contemporary Depictions of Nature, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CASelf Portraits and Others, ArtZone 461, San Francisco, CACreative Growth, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CAStatewide Painting Competition, Triton Museum, Santa Clara CA, JuriedRealists, New Recent and Historical Works, Art Zone 461, San Francisco, CA2010LandsCApes: Glimpses of Everyday California, De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CAartMRKT, San Francisco Contemporary Art Fair, Fort Mason Center Introductions, 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CAThe California Landscape, Natsoulas Gallery, Davis CAThe Figure, b. sakata garo, Sacramento, CA2008 - 2007The Little Show, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CALandscapes: Rural and Urban Realities, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CAExperience Teaches, De Saisset Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CAArtists and Friends, b. sakata garo, Sacramento, CAExemplary Contemporary, Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, University of California, Santa CruzArt in Embassies, Montevideo, UruguayFive Painters, Stellar Somerset Gallery, Palo Alto, CA200623rd Annual National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, CA Grand Opening: New Works, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA Close Calls, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA 2005Galex 39, Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL 2004 Introductions, b. sakata garo, Sacramento, CA2003Far Away – Nearby, Berkeley Art Museum, CAUnbounded Vistas, Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, CA 2002 Bay Area Currents, Oakland Art Gallery, CA2001Full, University of California Berkeley Worth Ryder Gallery, CA 2000Contemporary Portraits, D.P. Fong Galleries San Jose, CA PERMANENT COLLECTIIONS Ballinglen Art Foundation, Irish National Art Collection Bakersfield Museum of ArtHighland Hospital Acute Care PavilionSaint Mary’s College Museum of Art Honors, Awards, Residencies, Grants2014Fellowship and Residency, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ireland2013Sustainable Resource Initiative Grant- for “Reduce Reuse Re-imagine”, Santa Clara University 2012Alameda County Arts Commission- Highland Hospital Public Arts Program2007Seca Award Nomination, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art2005Tournesol Award Finalist, Headlands Center for the Arts, CAInvited Artists’ Residency, I-Park East Haddam, CT.Grand Award, Galex 39 Galesburg Civic Art Center2003Tournesol Award Finalist, Headlands Center for the ArtsJ. Ruth Kelsey Traveling Merit Award, University of California Berkeley2002Eisner Award for the highest achievement in the Creative Arts, University of California Berkeley 2001Full Tuition Grant, Department of Art Practice, University of California Berkeley BIBLIOGRAPHYSacramento Bee, Reynolds Explores Rush Hour as Art, Victoria Dalky, 2018Sacramento Bee, Art Review: Ryan Reynold at b. sakata garo, Victoria Dalky, 2016 Red Wheelbarrow Literary Magazine, National Edition, Volume 15: 2014Contra Costa Times, “Urban landscape artist Ryan Reynolds at SMC's Hearst Gallery”, Lou Fancher, April, 2013Alameda County Arts Commission. “Ryan Reynolds: County of Alameda’s Acute Tower Replacement Project, Public Art Program”, Online video clip. Youtube. Youtube, Aug.Art ltd., “Ryan Reynolds: Continuum at ArtZone 461”, DeWitt Chang, July/August issue.Hesa In Print, “Mystery/Arvoitus” Issue 21, October 2012. Print.Nectar Magazine, "Most of Us Die”, Issue 2. Print, 2013SF Museum Examiner, “Continuum, ArtZone 461”, Nancy Ewart, April 16, 2012Cimarron Review, cover art, winter issue, 2012Santa Clara Magazine, War and Peace, vol. 53 no.3Obsession/Compulsion, Ink Well, vol. 5,Creative Growth, Triton Museum, exhibition catalogue, 2011The California Landscape, Natsoulas PressNew American Paintings Anniversary Edition, Open Studios Press, 2010Art in Embassies Exhibition Catalogue, Montevideo Uruguay, 2007San Jose Mercury News, “Surveying Our Landscapes”, Sara Wykes, August, 2007The Wave Magazine, Vol. 7 Issue 2 “Space and Time”, Michael J. Vaughn, February, 2007 Artweek, Vol. 37 No.7 “Previews”, Debra Koppman, September, 2006Sacramento News and Review “Get into’scape”, Saunthy Nicholson-Singh, September, 2006 Sacramento Bee “Critic’s Pick”, Victoria Dalkey, September 15, 2006New American Paintings, Juried Exhibition-in-Print. The Open Studios Press: Boston, Vol. No. 61, p. 114-117, 2005Sacramento Bee “Critic's Pick”, Victoria Dalkey, July 4, 2004Sacramento News and Review “Getting It”, Tim White, July 22, 2004Berkeley Art Museum Catalogue, “Far Away-Nearby”, Heidi Zuckerman-Jacobson, 2003New American Paintings, The MFA Annual, The Open Studios Press: Boston, Vol. 7. pgs 130-131, 2002