jarrod van der ryken
  • work
    • that night they went out painting (2025)
    • the buds on the trees and the night were still (2024)
    • the garden of forking paths (2024)
    • the garden of forking paths (2023)
    • could it be found in gardens of dust? (2022)
    • there's no telling how long i'll be here (2017)
    • (no) vacancy (2017)
    • blackwell street (2015)
    • empty places/with suspicion (2015)
  • biography
  • cv
  • writing
  • contact
solo exhibitions
2024 the garden of forking paths, metro arts, brisbane, australia
2024 the buds on the trees and the night were still, CARPARK (milani gallery), brisbane, australia
2022 could it be found in gardens of dust?, wreckers art space, brisbane, australia

2018 to begin to hurt, boxcopy contemporary art space, brisbane, australia
2017 (no) vacancy, galerie pompom, sydney, australia
2017 there's no telling how long i'll be here, outer space, brisbane, australia
2015 no sound in your house, screenspace, melbourne, australia
2015 blackwell street, firstdraft, sydney, australia
2015 empty places/with suspicion, metro arts, brisbane, australia

group exhibitions
2025 that night they went out painting, platform (curated by robert leonard), institute of modern art, brisbane, australia
2023 her beauty and her terror (curated by hannah williamson), redcliffe art gallery, redcliffe, australia
2021 her beauty and her terror (curated by hannah williamson), caboolture regional art gallery, caboolture, australia
2018 green screen 2018, queensland film festival, institute of modern art, brisbane, australia
2017 
LAST thursdays: jarrod van der ryken & michael candy, FAKE estate, brisbane, australia
2015 metro arts 2016 program launch fundraiser, metro arts, brisbane, australia
2015 firstdraft auction 2015, firstdraft, sydney, australia
2015 shape of things to come, the block, queensland university of technology, brisbane, australia
2014 excerpts: 2014 visual arts showcase exhibition, the block, queensland university of technology, brisbane, australia
2014 exit: 2014 visual arts graduation exhibition, queensland university of technology, brisbane, australia
2014 i'm sorry the letter is late, FAKE estate w/ aggregate projects, brisbane, australia
2014 new world city, the hold artspace, brisbane, australia
2014 test pattern 2014, ryan renshaw gallery, brisbane, australia
2013 13: visual arts graduation exhibition, queensland university of technology, brisbane, australia
2013 food show, witchmeat, brisbane, australia
2012 the word conterminous 3, bleeding heart gallery, brisbane, australia
2012 poor traits, witchmeat, brisbane, australia
2012 brisbane emerging arts festival, metro arts, brisbane, australia
2012 fifty fifty, jugglers artspace, brisbane, australia
2011 sixty sixty, metro arts, brisbane, australia
2011 oculus, jugglers artspace, brisbane, australia
2010 light relief, the block, queensland university of technology, brisbane, australia
2010 ob.ses.sion, metro arts, brisbane, australia
2010 majenta, h block gallery, queensland university of technology, brisbane, australia

residencies
2025 o
utsideininsideoutinsideoutoutsidein collective, bad schandau, germany
2016 12 month artist-run initiative in residence (as FAKE estate), metro arts, brisbane, australia

projects
2023 the garden of forking paths, outer space (judith wright belltower façade), brisbane, australia

education
2015 bachelor of fine arts: visual arts, queensland university of technology, brisbane, australia

artist-run initiative directorships
2013 - 2016 co-director, FAKE estate, brisbane, australia

grants
2016 queensland arts showcase program (as FAKE estate), arts queensland

publications
2024 the garden of forking paths, romii fulton-smith, barbara journal (issue 3: digital culture)
2024 queer australian art: an evolving database, kink collective
2024 jarrod van der ryken, the buds on the trees and the night were still, amelia barikin, memo review
2016 DIY, ARI: brisbane's artist-run spaces now, lisa bryan-brown, art monthly (issue 289)
2016 FIVE WAYS number two, curated by brooke ferguson for boxcopy contemporary art space
2015 jarrod van der ryken: empty places/with suspicion, tim walsh, eyeline contemporary visual arts (issue 83)
2015 bleak house: desolate work inspires existential angst, phil brown, brisbane news (issue 1023)

curatorial projects
2016 bye FAKE estate, homeground, FAKE estate w/ boxcopy contemporary art space, brisbane, australia
2014 i'm sorry the letter is late, FAKE estate w/ aggregate projects, brisbane, australia
2013 don’t look so offended, FAKE estate w/ witchmeat, brisbane, australia

public talks
2016 contested spaces (as FAKE estate), boxcopy contemporary art space, brisbane, australia