The social consequences of severe job cuts are still felt in every corner of Great Britain to this day. Ryan Mutter believes there is much to learn from the country’s industrial heritage. Lessons about community, skill-sharing and remaining positive in bleak times.

Ryan has built up a formidable reputation as a powerful contemporary painter of Industrial and Maritime subjects. His bold realism combined with expressionistic brushwork transports you into a world of arresting detail and mechanised splendour.

Born in 1978, he studied at the Glasgow School of Art, where he graduated in 2001. He has now won many distinguished awards including six at the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts.

His inspiration comes from Britain’s industrial heritage and its connection between man and the sea. In Glasgow alone shipbuilding provided work for 70,000 men in more than 50 yards spread along 11 miles of quayside. But today these yards sit empty, a shadow of their former self. The advancements made in technology and design methods superseded the old and made once important skills and craftsmanship redundant. This is what drives Ryan as he looks to capture and remind people of how important this work force was in the development of the modern world.

“There will be kids growing up near the Clyde who – if you didn’t tell them about the shipbuilding – probably wouldn’t know what used to be there,” says Ryan. “That’s one of the things that drives me.”

“I want to make sure there’s always going to be something out there that’s evocative and will remind people what was there in previous generations. What Glasgow and Britain was famous for. World famous at that.”

L.S. Lowry, Frank Brangwyn, George Bellows, Edward Hopper, Claude Monet, Sir Muirhead Bone, Joseph Mallord William Turner are just some of the artists who Ryan has taken influence from. His work can be found in collections around the world, including Geneva, Zurich, Vancouver, Belgium, Tasmania, Boston, Utrecht, Tokyo, and Dubai.

Awards
2017 City of Glasgow College Award, RGI 154th Annual Exhibition
2017 Armour Award, RGI 154th Annual Exhibition
2012 Mabel Mackinley award RGI 151st Annual Exhibition
2009 City of Glasgow Award, RGI 148th Annual Exhibition
2009 East Ayrshire open art competition
2008 Fellowship award, RGI 147th Annual Exhibition
2007 The David Cargill Award, RGI 146th Annual Exhibition
International Collections
Geneva, Zurich, Vancouver, Belgium, Tasmania, Boston, Utrecht, Tokyo, and Dubai

Exhibitions

2023
Two person show with Roseanne barr at Lemond Gallery
Arteries gallery Summer Show
Strathearn Gallery Summer show
Lemond gallery Summer show
Annan Gallery Summer show
Christmas show with Arteries gallery
Christmas show with Strathearn gallery
Christmas show with Lemond Gallery
Edinburgh Art Fair with Ballater Gallery
Christmas show with Ballater gallery

2022
Two person show with Roseanne barr at Lemond Gallery
Arteries gallery Summer Show
Strathearn Gallery Summer show
Lemond gallery Summer show
Annan Gallery Summer show
Christmas show with Arteries gallery
Christmas show with Strathearn gallery
Christmas show with Lemond Gallery
Edinburgh Art Fair with Ballater Gallery
Christmas show with Ballater gallery

2021
Two person show with Roseanne barr at Lemond Gallery
Arteries gallery Summer Show
Strathearn Gallery Summer show
Lemond gallery Summer show
Annan Gallery Summer show
Christmas show with Arteries gallery
Christmas show with Strathearn gallery
Christmas show with Lemond Gallery
Edinburgh Art Fair with Ballater Gallery
Christmas show with Ballater gallery

2020
Two person show with Roseanne barr at Lemond Gallery
Arteries gallery Summer Show
Strathearn Gallery Summer show
Lemond gallery Summer show
Annan Gallery Summer show
Christmas show with Arteries gallery
Christmas show with Strathearn gallery
Christmas show with Lemond Gallery
Edinburgh Art Fair with Ballater Gallery
Christmas show with Ballater gallery

2019
Two person show with Roseanne barr at Lemond Gallery
Arteries Gallery Glasgow Art Fair
Arteries gallery Summer Show
Strathearn Gallery Summer show
Lemond gallery Summer show
Mixed show at he Biscuit Factory Newcastle
The Affordable art fair London, Battersea, with Eton Contemporary
Thompsons gallery London mixed autumn show
Joint show At Strathearn gallery with Cecilia Cardiff and Marion Drummond
Christmas show with Arteries gallery
Christmas show with Strathearn gallery
Christmas show with Gallery Heinzel
Christmas show with Lemond Gallery
Edinburgh Christmas show with Lemond
Christmas show with Ballater gallery

2018
Two person show with Roseanne barr at Lemond Gallery
Arteries Gallery Glasgow Art Fair
Arteries gallery Summer Show
Strathearn Gallery Summer show
Six of the Best Exhibition at Lemond Gallery
Mixed show at he Biscuit Factory Newcastle
The Affordable art fair London, Battersea, with Eton Contemporary
Thompsons gallery London mixed autumn show
Aberdeen art Fair with Arteries gallery
Christmas show with Arteries gallery
Christmas show with Strathearn gallery
Christmas show with Gallery Heinzel
Christmas show with Lemond Gallery

2017
Chelsea Art Fair with Eton Contemporary
Bristol Art Fair, Eton Contemporary
By Distinction art Byres Road, Mixed Summer show
Two person show with Colin Povey at Lemond Gallery
Arteries gallery Summer Show
Strathearn Gallery Summer show
The Affordable art fair London, Hampstead, with Eton Contemporary
Six of the Best Exhibition at Lemond Gallery, with
Jack Morrocco DA FRSA, Pam Carter DA, Helen Turner PAI PPAI, Scott Naismith, Angela Reilly
The Affordable art fair London, Battersea, with Eton Contemporary
Edinburgh Art Fair, with Eton Contemporary
Christmas show with Arteries gallery
Christmas show with Strathearn gallery
RGI 154th Annual Exhibition in the Mitchell library
Christmas show with Gallery Heinzel
Christmas show with Lemond Gallery
Solo show at Eton Contemporary

2016
Chelsea Art Fair with Eton Contemporary
Glasgow art fair 2016 with Eton Contemporary
Bristol Art Fair, Eton Contemporary
By Distinction art Byres Road, Mixed Summer show
Arteries gallery, Joint show with Alison McWhirter
The Affordable art fair London, Hampstead, with Eton Contemporary
The Affordable art fair London, Battersea, with Eton Contemporary

2015
Chelsea Art Fair with Eton Contemporary
20/21 show Royal College of art London with Eton Contemporary
Bristol Art Fair, Eton Contemporary
Gallery Heinzel Aberdeen, Group show
By Distinction art Byres Road, Mixed Summer show
Red Rag Gallery mixed summer show
Arteries gallery, mixed summer show
The Affordable art fair London, Hampstead, with Eton Contemporary
The Affordable art fair London, Battersea, with Eton Contemporary

2014
The Caledonian Show, Eton Contemporary
Chelsea Art Fair with Eton Contemporary
20/21 show Royal College of art London with Eton Contemporary
Blackheath Gallery London, mixed spring show
Bristol Art Fair, Eton Contemporary
Gallery Heinzel Aberdeen, mixed summer show
By Distinction art Byres Road, Mixed Summer show
Red Rag Gallery mixed summer show
Arteries gallery, mixed summer show
Arteries gallery, Joint show with Georgina s. McMaster
The Affordable art fair London, Hampstead, with Eton Contemporary
Medici Gallery, Cork Street London, Joint show with Burraway and Simmons
The Affordable art fair London, Battersea, with Eton Contemporary
The Edinburgh Art Fair, with Eton Contemporary
Gallery Heinzel Aberdeen, Winter show
Medici Gallery, Cork Street London, Scottish Exhibition
By Distinction art Byres Road, Winter show
Arteries gallery, Winter Show

2013
The Caledonian Show, Eton Contemporary
Chelsea Art Fair with Eton Contemporary
20/21 show Royal College of art London with Eton Contemporary
Blackheath Gallery London, mixed spring show
Bristol Art Fair, Eton Contemporary
Gallery Heinzel Aberdeen, mixed summer show
Red Rag Gallery mixed summer show
Arteries gallery, mixed summer show
The Affordable art fair London, Hampstead, with Eton Contemporary

2012
The Caledonian Show, Eton Contemporary
Solo show with, Eton Contemporary
Bristol Art Fair, Eton Contemporary
RGI 151th Annual Exhibition,Royal Glasgow Institute of The Fine Arts, Mabel Mackinley award
Joint show, Gallery Heinzel Aberdeen
Chelsea Art Fair with Eton Contemporary
20/21 show Royal College of art London with Eton Contemporary
The Biscuit factory Newcastle joint show
Arteries gallery Glasgow Joint show
Red Rag Gallery mixed summer show
Gallery Heinzel Aberdeen, winter show
The Affordable art fair London, Battersea, with Eton Contemporary
The Affordable art fair London, Hampstead, with Eton Contemporary
The Edinburgh Art Fair, with Eton Contemporary
John Green Winter show

2011
The Caledonian Show, Eton Contemporary
Bristol Art Fair
Solo show with Arteries Gallery Glasgow
John Green Summer show
Solo show with Sail Gallery Ireland
British art Fair, Royal College of art London, Duncan Miller Fine Art
RGI 150th Annual Exhibition, Royal Glasgow Institute of The Fine Arts
The Affordable art fair London, Battersea, with Eton Contemporary
The Affordable art fair London, Hampstead, with Eton Contemporary
The Edinburgh Art Fair, with Eton Contemporary
Christmas show Arteries gallery
Christmas show John Green fine art gallery
Christmas show Red Rag Gallery

2010
Hawke and Hunter spring exhibition Edinburgh
122nd Annual Paisley Art Institute exhibition
Glasgow art fair with John Green John Green
spring show Arteries spring show James Walter Gallery,
spring show The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery Eton,
spring show Art by Distinction
spring show Aspect prize 2010
The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery Eton July exhibition with George Callaghan and John Bathgate
Art by Distinction, Croftamie, July show with Jimmy Cosgrove Glasgow Art Club summer show
John Green summer show
East Ayrshire art open, Eglington Irvine
The Affordable art Fair London Battersea with Eton Contemporary RGI 149th Annual Exhibition, Royal Glasgow Institute of The Fine Arts
The Edinburgh art fair, with Eton Contemporary

2009
Glasgow Art Club, spring exhibition
The Gallery Troon, spring exhibition
Glasgow Art Fair, with John Green gallery
121st Annual Paisley Art Institute exhibition
John Green summer Exhibition
Art in the city, summer exhibition
Aspect Prize, Paisley
East Ayrshire open art exhibition, 1st place award
Glasgow art club, Fellowship award group exhibition
Arteries Gallery Joint exhibition with Georgina McMaster
John Green Autumn show
The Affordable Art Fair Battersea Park London, with The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery Eton
RGI 148th Annual Exhibition, Royal Glasgow Institute of The Fine Arts, Winner of City of Glasgow prize Paisley Art Institute
2009 drawing competition
Art by Distinction, Croftamie, joint show with sculptor Andy Scott
Edinburgh art fair, with The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery Eton James Walter Gallery, Christmas show
Arteries Christmas show, John Green Christmas show

2008
Kilnn opening exhibition, with Alex Salmond
John Green, Glasgow art fair
Arteries gallery, Glasgow show
Art de caf, group show with Peter Howson and Frank Mcfadden Aspect Prize, Paisley
Art Forum, Milngavie
John Green Summer Show
Tullamore heritage centre Ireland
Arteries Gallery, secc
Seagull gallery summer show,
RGI 147th Annual Exhibition, Royal Glasgow Institute of The Fine Arts, Winner of the Fellowship award for Glasgow Art Club
John Green, winter show
Arteries winter show

2007
Art Exposure, the MacRoberts open
Brave art Exhibition, Oban
Arteries gallery, Glasgow show
John Green, Glasgow Art Fair
Art Exposure, Newcastle Art Fair
Art Exposure summer show
John Green, summer show
Arteries gallery, summer show
Brave art Exhibition, Glen Eagles Golf Course
RSMA Royal Society of Marine Artists annual exhibition, The Mall Galleries London
RGI 146th Annual Exhibition, Royal Glasgow Institute of The Fine Arts, Winner of The David Cargill Award
John Green, winter show Arteries winter show

2006
Third Step Gallery, St Andrews Day Exhibition
Off the wall gallery, Joint Exhibition with Craig Campbell
Third Step Gallery, group Exhibition
2005
Third Step Gallery ‘Six in the City’
Group Exhibtion with Peter Howson

2004
The Vennel Gallery Solo show
Scottish National Portrait Gallery ‘Scottish Women’
Arteries, summer show
Arteries, Christmas show

2003
The Glasgow Room, group exhibition with Peter Howson

2002
Gallery Ten Solo show

2001
Glasgow School of art Degree show
Art Exposure summer show