Exhibition Opening: Michael x. Ryan, 19 October | Event in Rockford | AllEvents

Exhibition Opening: Michael x. Ryan

Rockford Art Museum

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Sun, 19 Oct, 2025 at 02:00 pm

711 N Main St, Rockford, IL, United States, Illinois 61103

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Sun, 19 Oct, 2025 at 02:00 pm (CDT)

711 N Main St, Illinois 61103

711 N Main St, Rockford, IL 61103-6999, United States

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Exhibition Opening: Michael x. Ryan
Sunday, October 19th | 2-5 PM | Gallery walk at 2 PM | Free
Rockford Art Museum | 711 N Main St. Rockford

Join us for a free public opening and gallery walk with exhibiting artist Michael x. Ryan on Sunday, October 19th at 2 PM at Rockford Art Museum. The gallery walk will begin at 2 PM.

'Echoes of Presence and Place'
An Installation of Works by Michael x. Ryan, 1979-2025

Chicago-based artist Michael x. Ryan gathers the quiet imprints we leave behind — from sidewalk stains and river paths to shower puddles and fallen tree limbs — and gives them form, weight, and voice. Through drawing, mapping, wood relief, and 3D printed objects, Ryan captures traces of human presence — the edge of a river, the imprint of a wet body, the marks on a street — and renders them as physical forms that evoke movement, memory, and place.

This exhibition brings together key installations spanning over four decades, from early works shaped by the Ox-Bow landscape to large-scale reliefs inspired by the streets of Chicago to one tree of interest on the family property in Woodstock, Illinois. By drawing attention to overlooked details, Ryan invites us to consider how our everyday movements shape the spaces we inhabit — and how those spaces, in turn, record and reflect our presence and passage through time.


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Exhibition Opening: Michael x. Ryan, 19 October | Event in Rockford | AllEvents
Exhibition Opening: Michael x. Ryan
Sun, 19 Oct, 2025 at 02:00 pm