Ryan Falzon (b.1988) is a painter and printmaker based between Malta and Berlin. Falzon portrays contemporary lifestyle and scenery in and expressive, brutally honest manner, merging the political with the personal. Over the past few years, Falzon has established a distinctive voice and approach in the Maltese Art scene. Often abrasive and mischievous, his work is known for creating a narrative by bringing together a wide-ranging set of images in a collage-like arrangement, allowing the viewer to wander about visually.
From 2013 to 2015, Ryan Falzon was the driving force behind the creation of an open studio project based at the Xarolla Windmill, in Zurrieq, which supported work by emerging artists. In May 2014, Falzon was chosen by Absolut Vodka as an artist for the “Transform Today”worldwide project.
Falzon’s works are present in public and private collections across Europe and USA.
EXHIBITIONS
Solo
December2020, Botanika, Studio 87, Valletta, Malta
September2020, Fritz ist Amerikanisch, OKK Raum 29, Berlin, Germany
May2018, We can’t be Lovers, Iniala 5, Valletta, Malta
January2018, Culture is Past Art is Future, Iniala 5, Valletta, Malta
January2017, We LOST THE WAR, Spazju Kreattiv, Valletta, Malta
January2016, Quick Fix ; A Morality Tale, Heritage Malta, Valletta, Malta
September2014, Ex Voto, Maritime Museum, Birgu, Malta
Collective(Selected)
May2020, WATERGATE- "From water to land, from land to water", organized incollaboration between Ostrale Dresden and Rijeka 2020 - EuropeanCapital of Culture (online)
July2019, Ostrale Biennale, Dresden, Germany
November2019, NUD, Studio 104, Valletta, Malta
November2019, Hackable Animals, Casino Notabile, Rabat, Malta
November2019, Mini Print, Heike Arndt Gallery, Berlin, Germany
August2019, Ostrale Biennale, Dresden, Germany
April2019, Smudge, Studio 89, Valletta, Malta
November2018, The Island Within, Ekeren Cultureel Centrum, Antwerp, Belgium
October2018, in between, Biffi Gallery, Piacenza, Italy June 2018,
here& now, Valletta Contemporary, Valletta, Malta February 2018,
TheSnake Show, Valletta, Malta December 2017,
PreOpening, Valletta Contemporary, Valletta, Malta
November2017, Mini Print , Heike Arndt Gallery, Berlin
June2015, Printcycle, Wignacourt Museum, Rabat, Malta
January2015, A Junction, Xarolla Windmill, Zurrieq, Malta
November2014, Divergent Thinkers in Brussels, Dar Malta, Brussels
May2014, Assimilated Spaces, Xarolla Windmill, Zurrieq, Malta
November2013, Xifer, Collective, Teatru Salezjan, Sliema, Malta
October2013: Divergent Thinkers, Collective, St. James Cavalier, Valletta,Malta
October2013: Maltese Landscapes, Collective, Auberge D’ Italie, Valletta,Malta