EDUCATION
2010
MFA, Hunter College; New York, NY
PERFORMANCES AND EXHIBITIONS
2018
I.L.L.I.S. & I.S.L.I.F., ASHES/ASHES; New York, NY
Opus, Merriweather Post Pavillion; Columbia, MD
ME3M 4 Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston; Boston, MA
Battleground, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; New York, NY
2017
Commedia del Arte, with John Zorn, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; New York, NY
Active Ingredients, Williams College Art Museum; Williamstown, MA
Osinato, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt; Frankfurt, DE
Awareness Raising and Befriending Schemes, Frieze Projects; New York, NY
Divided States of America, The LGBT Center; New York, NY
2016
Ryan McNamara Presents: Back to School, MoMA PS1; Queens, NY
Several Interventions over the Course of Two Hours, The Power Plant; Toronto, ON
Battleground, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; New York, NY
2015
Dimensions, with Dev Hynes, Perez Art Museum; Miami, FL
The Poseurs, A Dance, with K8 Hardy, The Whitney Museum of American Art; New York, NY
Gently Used, Mary Boone Gallery; New York, NY
2014
ME3M 4 Miami, Miami Grand Theater; Miami Beach, FL
Misty Milarky Ying Yang, The High Line; New York, NY
Score, Chai Wan; Hong Kong, HK
Rockaway!, Rockaway Beach Club, MoMA PS1; The Rockaways, NY
Movement, Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Dallas, TX
2013
ME3M, Performa13; New York, NY
The Cat Show, White Columns; New York, NY
To Be Real – Performance and Perfomativity, Kunstmuseum Bonn; Bonn, DE
Survey, Showroom Mama; Rotterdam, NL
2013
Ryan McNamara’s Candid, Brand New Gallery; Milan, IT
Pose, MOVE!, SESC; São Paulo, BR
And Introducing Ryan McNamara, Collectorspace; Istanbul, TR
2012
Still, Elizabeth Dee Gallery; New York, NY
LUX/ICA Biennial of Moving Images, Institute of Contemporary Arts; London, UK
Moscow Biennale for Young Art; Moscow, RU
This Charming Man, Bulletin Board, 208 Bowery; New York, NY
2011
II, Watermill Performance Center; Water Mill, NY
On Shuffle, Lehmann Maupin; New York, NY
Card Ending in 5589, Art Basel; Miami Beach, FL
Meditation, Repetition, Trance, Mendes Wood; São Paolo, BR
Collaboration with Michele Abeles, Public Art Fund; New York, NY
Jack Smith: Thank You For Explaining Me, Barbara Gladstone Gallery; New York, NY
Dengue Dance Contest, Club Gong; Buenos Aires, AR
2010
Liste Performance Project, Liste Art Fair; Basel, CH
And Introducing Ryan McNamara, Elizabeth Dee Gallery; New York, NY
This Is My Condition, Galeria Filomena Soares; Lisbon, PT
The Whitney Houston Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art; New York, NY
Greater New York, MoMA PS1; New York NY
Forever, The Kitchen; New York, NY
Hallways, 100 Years of Performance, The Garage; Moscow, RU
Production, Louis Vuitton Flagship; New York, NY
Phase 3: Robert Filliou, The Artist's Institute; New York, NY
2009
The Sacred Band of Thebes aka In Memory of Robert Isabell aka Any Fag Could Do That, Performa09, X Initiative; New York, NY
Ryan McNamara Presents: Klaus von Nichtssagend, The Musical, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery; Brooklyn, NY
Stars!, Salon 94 Freemans; New York, NY
2nd Athens Biennale 2009 HEAVEN; Athens, GR
Ryan McNamara Presents: Bernie, the Magic Lady, Art Production Fund Lab; New York, NY
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Museum of Modern Art; New York, NY
Whitney Museum of American Art; New York, NY