Rob Ryan (artist)

{{short description|British visual artist (born 1962)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{infobox person

| name = Rob Ryan

| birth_place = Paphos, Cyprus

| birth_date = {{birth_year and age|1962}}

| education = Trent Polytechnic, Royal College of Art

| occupation = Artist

| known_for = illustrations, papercutting, screenprinting

}}

Rob Ryan (born 1962) is a British visual artist who specialises in Papercutting and screen-printing. He is known for his detailed paper cut outs. His artwork has featured in Vogue, Elle, and Stylist. He has also collaborated with fashion designer Paul Smith.{{cite news

|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3667944/Rob-Ryan-blade-runner.html

|title=Rob Ryan: blade runner

|last=Farry

|first=Eithne

|date=2007-09-15

|work=The Daily Telegraph

|accessdate=2011-11-07

}} Ryan was elected Master of the Art Workers' Guild for 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.artworkersguild.org/what-we-do/guild-meetings/|title=Guild meetings|website=Art Workers' Guild|access-date=11 February 2024}}

Ryan has illustrated book and album covers, including John Connolly's novel The Book of Lost Things, Erasure's album Nightbird, Louis de Bernières short-story collection Notwithstanding and Dara Horn's novel The World to Come. His first book, This Is for You, was published in October 2007 by Hodder & Stoughton; it consists of a fairy tale told through his paper cut-out art{{cite news

|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2007/10/rob-ryan-cut-hard-someone

|title=Cut out and keep

|last=Buckland-Hoby

|first=Hermione

|date=2007-10-04

|work=New Statesman

|accessdate=2014-02-06

}} and explores themes of love and loneliness.{{cite journal

|title=Other worldly

|last=Fulton

|first=Lydia

|journal=Design Week

|volume=22

|issue=39

|date=2007-09-27

|pages=15

}} Ryan also creates the Global Gift greeting cards for the charity Trocaire.{{cite web |url=http://design-undercover.blogspot.com/2007/11/rob-ryan-and-trocaire.html

|author=Nathalie

|title=Robert Ryan and Trocaire

|date=2007-11-19

|work=Design Undercover

|accessdate=2008-05-27}}