Ryan Singer
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Ryan Singer (born August 24, 1973) is a Navajo contemporary painter who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
He is a member of the Tódich'ini clan of Kinya's homeland.
Singer is best known for his fresh Pop Art-inspired takes on Native American and mainstream culture. I've always loved art, drawing, painting, and making music.
The freedom to create something—anything—from nothing—is what I love about it.
– Ryan Singer, 2009
Art career
The singer draws from two primary sources for his influences: popular culture and elements of Navajo culture. Influences of comic books, album covers, and science fiction are mixed with a Pop Art sensibility in a movement called Indigenous Futurismo. In addition, he cites the star wars and classic films and television series such as Star Trek, Godzilla, Flash Gordon, and black-and-white horror films. He is also known for his detailed portraits, from Marilyn Monroe wearing a Navajo blanket to Boba Fett with a coyote.
The singer's first completed painting at the age of 16, a self-portrait with him sporting a Batman T-shirt and his head wrapped around like a mummy. On returning to college, he had two major opportunities: a grant to illustrate illustrations for a book published by Salina Bookshelf and a museum exhibit.
"I was dreaming with my eyes open" in early 2000. I could imagine myself driving along a cliff and saw the sign. "I sketched it out and went to sleep," says the author. This photo will result in one of Singer's most popular photos Wagon-burner, a yellow road sign depicting a covered wagon with fire in the back of it, rolling down a hill. It is a pop art reaction to the wagon trains that littered the Old American West as they traveled through Navajo and other Native American territories.
Sheep Is Good Food, a tribute to Andy Warhol, takes Warhol's legendary Campbell Soup can screen print and weaves it with a Navajo twist. The Campbell Soup can is converted into a can of mutton stew, and instead of the Campbell gold seal, Singer introduced a photograph of a sheep being lassoed. The photograph has become one of Singer's most famous covers, with the Phoenix New Times' cover in 2010. The original is on display at the Heard Museum.
Notable awards
- Cover Artist, 2010, Phoenix New Times
- Artist-in-Residence, 2009, Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art
- Cover Artist, 2009, Native Peoples Magazine
- Adult Smile Award, 2008, Santa Fe Indian Market
- Judge's Choice, 2008, Heard Museum Indian Market
- Honorable Mention, 15th Annual West Valley Invitational Native American Arts Festival
- Honorable Mention, Heard Museum Indian Market
- 2nd Place in Painting, Drawing & Graphics, 57th Navajo Festival of Arts & Crafts
- Best in Division, 2005, Heard Museum Indian Market