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Holly Ryan is an Australian jewellery brand and sculpture studio based in Sydney, Australia.

History

Artist and designer Holly Ryan was born on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland in 1988.

After studying fashion design at Queensland University of Technology, Ryan fell organically into jewellery making and launched her eponymous accessories label in 2011.

As a designer, Holly Ryan has always been passionate about sustainability, sourcing recycled metals and ethical stones for her designs. Artistic influences also play an important role in her design process and, in 2017, this led Holly to expand her work into the field of sculpture.

To date, Holly’s highly coveted designs have featured on the pages of international titles, including Vogue, i-D , Harpers Bazaar, Russh , Unconditional, and L'Officiel.

The designer and artist currently lives and works in Sydney.

Jewellery

Holly Ryan’s handcrafted jewellery is known for its signature style of organic-minimalism and sculptural forms, which are driven by artistic references. Holly uses traditional hand construction and the ancient art of wax casting, to sculpt her jewellery from wax, before casting them to recycled metals and finishing each piece by hand. The resulting objects are modern heirlooms, designed for every day.

Sculpture

Holly Ryan has often described her jewellery as miniature sculpture for the body. So moving into larger-scale sculpting was a fairly natural transition for the artist. Displaying her jewellery works on hand-carved Hebel sculptures at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Australia in 2017, Ryan was subsequently signed by Sydney gallery Jerico Contemporary , where she has held a number of exhibitions.

Exhibitions

'A Carved Revelation' at Jerico Contemporary, 2018

'Christiane Spangsberg & Holly Ryan' at Jerico Contemporary Booth, Sydney Contemporary, 2018

‘Exhale’ at Jerico Contemporary, 2019

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