An Honours graduate in printed textile design from Manchester in 1985, Maryann Ryves was awarded a travel bursary from the Royal Society of Arts and exhibited her textile designs throughout the U.K. the following year.

 

She worked as a freelance textile designer exhibiting in Paris, Frankfurt and New York and selling to companies such as Sanderson, Next Interiors, Coloroll, Textra, Dovedale, Blydenstein-Willink in the Netherlands and Charles Sammelson in the U.S.A.  She also worked on site in the design studio for John Lewis on a regular basis.

She was commissioned to design a collection of rugs which were exhibited at Liberty’s, London.

 

Maryann Ryves turned her attention to painting with a shared exhibition of watercolours in Fulham, London. She had paintings permanently on display at the Francis Iles Gallery in Rochester and has exhibited in the Stable Gallery, Clapham, the Chelsea Open Exhibition and was short-listed for the Royal Academy Summer exhibition in 1990.

She exhibited at Pembroke Lodge , Richmond park, Surrey in June 2000.

 

Since moving to Scotland she has shown work at Pittenweem Arts Festival, The Birnam Institute and had solo shows at the Locus Centre, Aberfeldy.

She now exhibits regularly at Gallery heinzel, Aberdeen, the Strathearn Gallery, Crieff, the Aberfeldy Gallery and the Morningside Gallery, Edinburgh,

 

Other activities include

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2008   October exhibited at the RGI Open Exhibition, Glasgow

2009   Made full member of the NS (National Society of Painters

2010    April solo exhibition at the Birnam Institute

         May selected to exhibit at the Coast festival, Macduff

         August elected member of the GSWA (Glasgow Society of               Women Artists)

         October had a stand at the Affordable Art Fair in Battersea

2011     May exhibited at the Di Rollo Gallery, Edinburgh

         Produced giclee prints for houses in the Mains of TaymoutH           KENMORE.    

2013   March exhibited at the Q Gallery, Dundee

         April solo exhibition at the Birnam Institute

2015   Solo show in Aberfeldy town square at Easter

2017   Short-listed for SWA, Mall Galleries, London,  

2018    INVITED ARTIST FOR mACMILLAN aNNUAL eXHIBITION AT bONHAMS IN

         EDINBURGH.

         EXHIBITED AT RSA OPEN EXHIBITION, EDINBURGH    

         2 pieces shortlisted for swa summer exhibition aT mall                    Galleries in london.

2019    Solo exhibition at the Aberfeldy gallery.