about A N N A F O X R Y A N
Anna Fox Ryan is an American interdisciplinary artist working primarily in oil paint and gouache. For nearly 20 years her work has examined themes of energy, power, right-use-of-power, and ultimately right-relationship.
Artistically documenting energy's natural flow in pursuit of truth, Ryan’s creations emerge at the confluence of spirituality, psychology, and natural sciences. Through abstract and metaphoric imagery, she explores the lived rhythms of primality, belief, behavior, trauma, and healing that forge the birthing of creation and portals of evolving consciousness.
Described as a a visionary and healer, Anna’s work enfolds a prismatic sensuality of light and color. Her hand intuitively traces design and atmospheric vision through her images, creating a visual container to hold and navigate passage through existential inquiry. As the dialogue of curiosity, insights and revelations appear through color and brushwork, each piece becomes a surrogate vessel, assisting in the gestation of Anna’s psychological, philosophical, and spiritual advancements. For viewers, Anna's paintings offer a space for pause, contemplation, meditation, and transmission.
Anna Fox Ryan (b. 1986 Charlottesville, VA) earned her BFA in painting and illustration from the Savannah College of Art & Design in 2008, and later completed a two year study in Shamanic Energy Medicine with the Four Winds Society and Alberto Villoldo Ph.D. in 2015, honoring the lineage of the Q'ero shaman of the high Andes of Peru, and integrating with Jungian psychology and western clinical practices and ethics. In 2013, Anna's paintings were exhibited at the Provincetown Art Museum, and were featured by Neiman Marcus in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. In 2014, Anna received and attended the Barnes Artist Residency in Umbria, Italy. Two years later, in 2016, she was awarded a residency with visionary artists Alex and Allyson Grey at the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors. From 2015 to 2017, she co-facilitated an international conscious women's group, lending her vision and skill to multiple cohorts of 8-15 women in support of their holistic wellness, authentic expression and individual paths of conscious growth. In 2017, Anna was awarded a year-long residency at ArtHub in Arizona, where she later became Residency Program Director and Chief Curator. During her time at ArtHub, she expanded the program, engaging over 200 local students and hosting community art events. In 2019, she advised on ArtHub's merger with the local arts center, helping establish an art education program that continues to thrive today. Between 2008 and 2020, Anna lectured at over 20 art institutions across the U.S., delivering more than 200 lectures on advanced color theory, oil painting materials, and techniques. She was scheduled to speak at TedX Sedona 2020, but the event was canceled due to COVID-19. Since then, Anna has reflected on her role and contributions as an artist in the shifting global landscapes of power. Anna returned to speaking in 2023 when she presented her work on processes of conscious creating to the University of Virginia, Contemplative Sciences Center's faculty retreat, and presented her current Psychologlyph project at the University of Virginia Children's Hospital; and for the University of Virginia, Contemplative Sciences Center, Dalai Lama Fellowship Program.
Anna’s work is housed in collections across the U.S. and Europe, in the care of both individuals and institutions.
In 2020, she returned to her hometown of Charlottesville, Virginia, where she now works in her downtown studios.
Artistically documenting energy's natural flow in pursuit of truth, Ryan’s creations emerge at the confluence of spirituality, psychology, and natural sciences. Through abstract and metaphoric imagery, she explores the lived rhythms of primality, belief, behavior, trauma, and healing that forge the birthing of creation and portals of evolving consciousness.
Described as a a visionary and healer, Anna’s work enfolds a prismatic sensuality of light and color. Her hand intuitively traces design and atmospheric vision through her images, creating a visual container to hold and navigate passage through existential inquiry. As the dialogue of curiosity, insights and revelations appear through color and brushwork, each piece becomes a surrogate vessel, assisting in the gestation of Anna’s psychological, philosophical, and spiritual advancements. For viewers, Anna's paintings offer a space for pause, contemplation, meditation, and transmission.
Anna Fox Ryan (b. 1986 Charlottesville, VA) earned her BFA in painting and illustration from the Savannah College of Art & Design in 2008, and later completed a two year study in Shamanic Energy Medicine with the Four Winds Society and Alberto Villoldo Ph.D. in 2015, honoring the lineage of the Q'ero shaman of the high Andes of Peru, and integrating with Jungian psychology and western clinical practices and ethics. In 2013, Anna's paintings were exhibited at the Provincetown Art Museum, and were featured by Neiman Marcus in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. In 2014, Anna received and attended the Barnes Artist Residency in Umbria, Italy. Two years later, in 2016, she was awarded a residency with visionary artists Alex and Allyson Grey at the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors. From 2015 to 2017, she co-facilitated an international conscious women's group, lending her vision and skill to multiple cohorts of 8-15 women in support of their holistic wellness, authentic expression and individual paths of conscious growth. In 2017, Anna was awarded a year-long residency at ArtHub in Arizona, where she later became Residency Program Director and Chief Curator. During her time at ArtHub, she expanded the program, engaging over 200 local students and hosting community art events. In 2019, she advised on ArtHub's merger with the local arts center, helping establish an art education program that continues to thrive today. Between 2008 and 2020, Anna lectured at over 20 art institutions across the U.S., delivering more than 200 lectures on advanced color theory, oil painting materials, and techniques. She was scheduled to speak at TedX Sedona 2020, but the event was canceled due to COVID-19. Since then, Anna has reflected on her role and contributions as an artist in the shifting global landscapes of power. Anna returned to speaking in 2023 when she presented her work on processes of conscious creating to the University of Virginia, Contemplative Sciences Center's faculty retreat, and presented her current Psychologlyph project at the University of Virginia Children's Hospital; and for the University of Virginia, Contemplative Sciences Center, Dalai Lama Fellowship Program.
Anna’s work is housed in collections across the U.S. and Europe, in the care of both individuals and institutions.
In 2020, she returned to her hometown of Charlottesville, Virginia, where she now works in her downtown studios.
