Ryder Cooley is an inter-disciplinary artist, performer and musician. Weaving together chimeric visions with residue of daily life, her work reveals a terrain of lost dreams and phantom memories. Working with found materials and personal mythologies, she creates cinematic performances and installation spaces.
RECENT & UPCOMING PROJECTS & EVENTS
Upcoming Projects and Events
ANIMALIA PERFORMANCE, NYC Premiere! House of Yes/The Sky Box, Sat. June 20, doors 8:30, show 9pm. $10-15 sliding scale. 342 Maujer St. Brooklyn, NY. Also showing: Sunset Scavenger by Bill Daniel. http://www.theskybox.org/contact
Ecotones installation-performance, Samuel Dorsky Museum, SUNY New Paltz. June 13-Sept 6. Performances on June 13th, 5-8pm & Aug 20th 7pm http://www.newpaltz.edu/museum/exhibitions/exhibitions_6.html
Fall Harbor Ongoing musical collaboration with Todd Chandler. CD's available.
Flood, a movie in progress directed by Todd Chandler http://floodmovie.com/index.html
Contemporary Artist Center, Troy NY. Artist in Residence 2008-2009. http://www.cactroy.org/
Recent, Previous Projects & Events
Animalia residency & performance, Watermill Center, April 2008, http://www.watermillcenter.org/events/event_cooley.php
Vermont Studio Center Joan Mitchell Fellow, http://www.vermontstudiocenter.org/c-ryder-cooley/
Pan American ArtProjects, Miami, FL. Reliquary Installation, Sept 2008 http://www.panamericanart.com/artists_viewall/RyderCooley336.php. Miami New Times review: http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-11-20/culture/no-love-for-fidel-castro/2
Proctors Mainstage Theater (Schenectady, NY) performance & exhibit Sept 2008. http://www.proctors.org/events/2736 Albany Times Union video interview.
Albany Center Gallery installation & mural, June 2008. http://www.albanycentergallery.org/news/2008/07/07/river-mural-by-c-ryder-cooley-and-sarah-gonek/