Overview

Building on her career in millinery, Ryan Wilde (b. 1980, New York, NY USA) expanded her craft to delve into questions surrounding gender performance and the role of clothing in shaping women's identities. Her sculpture accentuates an uncanny extreme woven into the objectification of women and the fetishization of clothing. For Wilde, felt is employed as a tangible reminder of the sartorial strategies women use to navigate dangerous patriarchal systems. Wilde received a BFA from Syracuse and an MFA from Queens College.

Works
  • Ryan Wilde, Boobwitch: The evil midwife, 2024
    Boobwitch: The evil midwife, 2024
  • Ryan Wilde, Demon, face 2, 2024
    Demon, face 2, 2024
  • Ryan Wilde, double double toill and trouble, 2024
    double double toill and trouble, 2024
  • Ryan Wilde, gris-gris inculto, 2024
    gris-gris inculto, 2024
  • Ryan Wilde, La Voisin, the impure , 2024
    La Voisin, the impure , 2024
  • Ryan Wilde, Now is the time, this is the hour, 2024
    Now is the time, this is the hour, 2024
  • Ryan Wilde, persuasion, 2024
    persuasion, 2024
  • Ryan Wilde, the awakening, 2024
    the awakening, 2024
  • Ryan Wilde, The many faces of the demon, 2024
    The many faces of the demon, 2024
  • Ryan Wilde, The princess of Darkness: satan herself, 2024
    The princess of Darkness: satan herself, 2024
  • Ryan Wilde, when witches dont fight, we hang, 2024
    when witches dont fight, we hang, 2024
  • Ryan Wilde, Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?, 2024
    Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?, 2024
  • Ryan Wilde, A Serious Conversation, 2023
    A Serious Conversation, 2023
  • Ryan Wilde, Classy Bunny, 2023
    Classy Bunny, 2023
  • Ryan Wilde, Flashy Bunny, 2023
    Flashy Bunny, 2023
  • Ryan Wilde, I Am a Pretty Pink Bunny, 2023
    I Am a Pretty Pink Bunny, 2023
  • Ryan Wilde, Members Only, 2023
    Members Only, 2023
  • Ryan Wilde, Peppy Yellow Bunn, 2023
    Peppy Yellow Bunn, 2023
  • Ryan Wilde, Portrait of a Happy Bunny, 2023
    Portrait of a Happy Bunny, 2023
  • Ryan Wilde, Precious Purple Bunny, 2023
    Precious Purple Bunny, 2023
  • Ryan Wilde, Shy Rabbit, 2023
    Shy Rabbit, 2023
  • Ryan Wilde, The Puppeteer, 2023
    The Puppeteer, 2023
Exhibitions
Art Fairs