Resume
Robin Ryder

Place and Date of Birth:

Chicago, Illinois, 1959.

Education:

1991-MA in Anthropology with focus on Historical Archaeology, College of William and Mary

1987-1988- MFA program in Painting and Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth University

1980- BS in Anthropology with minor in Spanish, Virginia Commonwealth University

Employment:

Present- Retired on disability from faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University

1995-1998- Director, Archaeological Research Center at Virginia Commonwealth University

1991-1995- Associate Director, Archaeological Research Center at Virginia Commonwealth University

1985-1991- Assistant Director, Archaeological Research Center at Virginia Commonwealth University

1979-1985- Staff Archaeologist, Archaeological Research Center at Virginia Commonwealth University

1979- Field Director Excavations at Huari, Ayacucho, Peru.

Selected Exhibitions and Performances:

2007- Resources for Independent Living invitational show for disabled artists, Richmond, VA

2006- Resources for Independent Living invitational show for disabled artists, Richmond, VA

2005- The Hand Work Shop (Now the Visual Arts Center). Richmond, VA. Juried faculty and student exhibition.

2004- The Hand Work Shop, Richmond, VA. Juried art and craft Christmas show.

1998- "'I Never Expect to Preach There Again...' Rowdy Times in a 19th Century Virginia River Town". Invited performance given at the annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology in Atlanta, GA.

1997-: "Why I Continue to Live Across the Tracks from Sister Sue as Told by William Monroe" Invited performance presented in a special session (entitled Archaeologists as Storytellers ) at the annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology in Corpus Christi, Texas

1987-1988- "Rooms with a View"- an invitational show sponsored by the Bronx Council for the arts held at BCA Longwood Arts Gallery, P.S. 39, Bronx, New York. Curator-Fred Wilson. Reviewed by Jean Fisher in ARTFORUM magazine's March 1988 issue.

1987- "15 from Richmond"- a juried exhibition of work by Richmond sculptors. Jurors- John Monti and Fred Wilson. In the Richmond Center.

1986- Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA, juried exhibition

1983- Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA, juried exhibition