C. Ryder Cooley is an inter-disciplinary artist, musician and performer. Weaving together chimeric visions with songs and projected imagery, she creates cinematic performances and installation spaces. C. Ryder Cooley lives in and between Hudson New York and N. Adams MA.
More VideosGhosts of Love music video: http://youtu.be/jWDtdlx2K2s
CURRENT PROJECTS - EVENTS - PRESS
Ryder & Hazel aerial performance with musician Jeffrey Leppendorf, Summer Crush at La Sala, 111 Dyckman St New York, 10034. http://clmp.org/crush/
Drawing Installation, Lavender Door Gallery, 37 Main St., Stockbridge, MA, 01262, June 12-July 10 2013, reception June 19 5-7. mon-fri 10-5
XMALIA album & illustrated book, new 2013 release! http://rydercooley.bandcamp.com/ https://soundcloud.com/rydercooley/sets/xmalia-songs-of-extinction
Ryder & Hazel: musical performance series: http://ryderhazel.tumblr.com//
Rewilderment collaboration with Sarah Falkner http://rewilderment.tumblr.com/
PRESS:
Circus Exhibit, 2013: http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/second-submission-gallery-project-circus/ http://arborweb.com/articles/circus_at_gallery_project_full_article.html
MoonRyder at Club Helsinki: http://rogovoyreport.com/2013/03/13/moonryder-club-helsinki-hudson/ http://www.nippertown.com/2013/04/22/live-moonryder-club-helsinki-31513/
Times Union Review: http://www.timesunion.com/entertainment/article/Xmalia-A-beautiful-and-indescribable-1469435.php#ixzz1SXpeLg2z 2011
POSI+TIVE Magazine, interview with Valeria Federici: http://www.positive-magazine.com/art/xmalia-a-graveyard-cabaret/ 2011
All Over Albany, interview with Danielle Furfaro: http://alloveralbany.com/archive/2011/08/17/c-ryder-cooley-breathes-the-life-of-art-into-extin 2011
News-Times interview 2012: http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Performance-artist-brings-multimedia-extinction-2439150.php
Nippertown Review: http://www.nippertown.com/live-c-ryder-cooleys-xmalia-club-helsinki-52611/
Nippertown interview 2010: http://www.nippertown.com/2010/10/06/cool-factor-10-the-art-and-performances-of-c-ryder-cooley
Interview with Jasmine Dreame Wagner: http://forarborsforsatellites.blogspot.com/2010/07/c-ryder-cooley-aestheics-of-empathic.html 2010
PREVIOUS PROJECTS-EVENTS - PRESS
Circus Exhibit, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor MI. Through May 5 2013 http://www.thegalleryproject.com
MoonRyder, and evening of music at Club Helsinki, Hudson NY 2013
Others Exhibit, musical performance, Loft 594, Brooklyn, NY 2013
Ten Spot, exhibit & artist billboard, Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, Pittsfield MA 2013
The Rose, the Thorn & the Dark Ryder, exhibit. Kingston Museum of Contemporary Art, Kingston NY 2013
Blue Mountain Center, Residency, Blue Mountain, NY 2012
Biophilia Mural, Etsy Office, Cannon Ball Factory, Hudson NY 2012
Art OMI, Music Residency, Ghent NY 2012
Wild Vines: musical performance, Le Petit Versailles, NYC 2012
Streetopia installation, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco 2012
MASS Art visiting artist/performer, Studio for Integrated Media, 2012 http://vimeo.com/36739915
XMALIA performance, MCLA Presents, N. Adams, MA 2012 http://www.mcla.edu/About_MCLA/Community/bcrc/mclapresents/
XMALIA Exhibit & Performance, Silvermine Arts, CT 2012 http://silvermineart.org/events/?id=54&yrmo=2012-01
XMALIA Performance, PROCTORS Mainstage, Schenectady, NY 2011 http://www.proctors.org/events/art-night-jul
Paper Quilts, exhibit, Berkeley Art Center, CA 2011 http://www.berkeleyartcenter.org/
XMALIA exhibit & Performance Series, DownStreet Art, N. Adams, MA 2011 http://downstreetart.org/
Animalia ANIMATION: http://www.vimeo.com/19738863
Fall Harbor music, itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/songs-from-fall-harbor/id301917623?i=301917657 More info: http://www.outofroundrecords.com/
The Hive, Review with Carla Bozulish <http://thehivenyc.com/?p=383>
Luggage Store Gallery, Music & Projections, San Francisco, CA 2011 http://www.luggagestoregallery.org/
2nd Floor Projects, Daughters of Houdini exhibit, San Francisco 2011 http://projects2ndfloor.blogspot.com/
Robert Wilson Watermill Center, Artist Residency & Performance 2009 http://watermillcenter.org/events/cooley
Vermont Studio Center Joan Mitchell Fellow 2009 http://www.vermontstudiocenter.org/c-ryder-cooley/
Pan American Art Projects, exhibit, Miami FL 2008, Review: http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-11-20/culture/no-love-for-fidel-castro/2
Albany Center Gallery, Installation & Mural 2008 http://www.albanycentergallery.org/news/2008/07/07/river-mural-by-c-ryder-cooley-and-sarah-gonek/
ANIMALIA PERFORMANCES
Los Solos Performance Series, Baltimore, MD 2009 http://baltimoreperformance.com/lossolos/
MCLA Presents, N. Adams, MA, 2009 http://www.mcla.edu/news/artthatbreathes_172/
Skybox, Brooklyn, NY 2009 http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/own-this-city/75559/see-itlearn-it
Proctors Mainstage Theater, Schenectady, NY 2008 Albany Times Union video interview