Biography
Ryan Dodd is an interdisciplinary artist who uses photography as a primary medium, together with text, collage and xerox art. His practice involves walking to attune himself to the ways that light, texture, and composition can evoke complex moods.
Dodd is a PhD Candidate in Fine Art photography at the University for the Creative Arts. His research focuses on the weird, in order to develop new photographic methods that represent the lost futures of Portsmouth, England. Dodd previously graduated with an MA in Photography from the University of Portsmouth, and a BSc in Web Science from the University of Southampton.
Dodd’s work has been exhibited widely, including the Redcar Contemporary Gallery 2025 summer show that was guest curated by Professor Susan Collins. Other exhibitions include the Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury in 2023 and the ING Discerning eye 2022 exhibition at The Mall Galleries in London, curated by Gurinder Chadha, OBE.
Exhibitions
About Time, Redcar Contemporary Gallery, North Yorkshire, UK. 2025
Wish You Were Here, Chapel Art Studios, Andover, UK. 2025
World within Worlds, Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury, UK. 2023
Art Advent Calendar, Jack House Gallery, Portsmouth, UK. 2022
We Called Yesterday Today, Cupola gallery, Sheffield, UK. 2022
ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London, UK. 2022
Oxmarket Open, Oxmarket Contemporary gallery, Chichester, UK. 2022
World within Worlds: In Transition, James Hockey Gallery, Farnham, UK. 2022
What does culture mean to you?, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, UK. 2022.
Fine Art exhibition, Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece. 2021
Post-Industrialism, LoosenArt, Millepiani, Rome, Italy. 2021
Fine Art exhibition, Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece. 2020
Silent Cities, LoosenArt, Millepiani, Rome, Italy. 2020
WeBelieve, PortsmouthCreates, Portsmouth, England. 2020
TimeSpecific, 6 Feet, Radion Louweswag 1, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 2020
Isolation. Living apart, LoosenArt, Millepiani, Rome, Italy. 2020
Cruthachadh international photography exhibition, The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, Scotland. 2019
The Fronteer Open 2019, Chapel Walk Gallery, Sheffield, England. 2019
Fine Art exhibition, Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece. 2019
Photographic Exploration Project, Planet Flow, Berlin, Germany. 2019
Turning the Tide, The Explosion Museum, Gosport, England. 2019
Publications
Shutter Hub Yearbook, Online. 2023
Shutter Hub Yearbook, Online. 2022
Shutter Hub Yearbook, Online. 2021
Source Graduate Photography MA Phase, Online. 2021
Photograd, Photography Degree show MA, Online. 2021
The Pictorial List, Feature #138, Online. 2021
The Flux Review, Q & A Interview, Online. 2021
Photograd, Online Gallery. 2021
Caustic Frolic, Vol.5 Issue 4 ⋅Spring, New York University. 2020
Vocalesk Magazine – Vol 1: Street Architecture, Toronto, Canada. 2020
Wotisart Magazine Portfolio #25. 2019
Average Art Magazine, Portfolio #34. 2019
A5 Magazine Portfolio #26. 2019
Education
MA, Photography - University of Portsmouth (Distinction) - 2021
BSc, Web Science, Social Sciences - University of Southampton (2:1) - 2018