Resume
Robin Ryder
Place and Date of Birth:
Chicago, Illinois, 1959.
Education:
1991-MA in Anthropology with focus on Historical Archaeology, College of William and Mary
1987-1988- MFA program in Painting and Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth University
1980- BS in Anthropology with minor in Spanish, Virginia Commonwealth University
Employment:
Present- Retired on disability from faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University
1995-1998- Director, Archaeological Research Center at Virginia Commonwealth University
1991-1995- Associate Director, Archaeological Research Center at Virginia Commonwealth University
1985-1991- Assistant Director, Archaeological Research Center at Virginia Commonwealth University
1979-1985- Staff Archaeologist, Archaeological Research Center at Virginia Commonwealth University
1979- Field Director Excavations at Huari, Ayacucho, Peru.
Selected Exhibitions and Performances:
2007- Resources for Independent Living invitational show for disabled artists, Richmond, VA
2006- Resources for Independent Living invitational show for disabled artists, Richmond, VA
2005- The Hand Work Shop (Now the Visual Arts Center). Richmond, VA. Juried faculty and student exhibition.
2004- The Hand Work Shop, Richmond, VA. Juried art and craft Christmas show.
1998- "'I Never Expect to Preach There Again...' Rowdy Times in a 19th Century Virginia River Town". Invited performance given at the annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology in Atlanta, GA.
1997-: "Why I Continue to Live Across the Tracks from Sister Sue as Told by William Monroe" Invited performance presented in a special session (entitled Archaeologists as Storytellers ) at the annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology in Corpus Christi, Texas
1987-1988- "Rooms with a View"- an invitational show sponsored by the Bronx Council for the arts held at BCA Longwood Arts Gallery, P.S. 39, Bronx, New York. Curator-Fred Wilson. Reviewed by Jean Fisher in ARTFORUM magazine's March 1988 issue.
1987- "15 from Richmond"- a juried exhibition of work by Richmond sculptors. Jurors- John Monti and Fred Wilson. In the Richmond Center.
1986- Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA, juried exhibition
1983- Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA, juried exhibition