She studied painting at the Limerick School of Art. She has had four
one-person shows and has exhibited regularly in group and invited shows and
selected exhibitions, including the RHA.
She has participated in numerous two- and four-man shows, the most recent of
which were:

2000 One-man show, Doswell Gallery, Limerick
2000-2003 Group shows: East Meets West - Monaghan
75 Gallery, Limerick
Mrua Gallery, Ballyvaughan
2004 Two-man show - Metatron, Enniskerry
Invited show - Flow of Minds - Loughrea
The Flaggy Shore, Russell Gallery, New Quay
Two-man show - Moments In Time, 75 Gallery.
Christmas Show - 75 Gallery
2005 Spring Show, 75 Gallery
Summer Exhibition - OSB Gallery, Enniskerry
One-man show, Waterman Lodge Hotel, Ballina/Killaloe
2006 An Boireann Exhibition, Galerie Pomié, Dordogne, France.
2006, The Russell Gallery, Co. Clare

Her works are in the following public collections:
University of Limerick
Clare Co. Council
Shannon Development
Permanent TSB - Limerick & Dublin
Chase Bank
Mid Western Health Board
and in private collections in Ireland, Australia, Canada, UK, Saudi Arabia,
France and the US.

In the main, the subjects of my paintings here are Bishopsquarter, Fanore and the
Flaggy Shore. The challenge has been to paint these familiar places as they are
transformed by light, and to capture the sense of time, of season and weather
conditions.
Denise Ryan is a full time artist and lives and works at Bishopsquarter, Ballyvaughan.