Ryan is a British-Maltese artist and creative practitioner whose multidisciplinary career spans over three decades across fine art, design, and production. Trained in Fine Art Painting at Central Saint Martins in London’s Soho (GRADUATING AS the winner of the Mercury Art Prize), his early background evolved into a diverse and collaborative practice that has taken him from Berlin to Barcelona, from the museum world to branded environments, and into educational and conceptual workspaces.
Throughout his career, Ryan has worked behind the scenes and across disciplines, designing, producing, and directing immersive installations, exhibitions, and spatial interventions for artists, cultural institutions, and international brands. His collaborators and clients have included Yoko Ono, Haim Steinbach, John Bock, Hermès, Microsoft, the Guggenheim Bilbao, Serpentine Galleries, Tate Modern, and many others.
Often working under titles such as [designer, art director, producer REPETITION], or strategist, Ryan’s creative identity has remained consistent: a deep commitment to experience-led thinking, cross-cultural insight, and transformative design. His practice now consolidates decades of hands-on work into a focused body of artistic propositions, interventions, and research-led projects exploring perception, presence, and CULTURAL systems.
Ryan’s current work is guided by a methodology he calls Experiential Science — the study and creation of environments that invite perceptual shifts and existential reflection. Many of his works operate as proposals or conceptual tools, waiting for the right context to materialise. His LIVING ARCHIVE OF projects include the OTHER Art School, LIGHT OUT, LIFT HAUS, LAND RAFT, and DATUM1, each exploring intersections between creativity, education, environment, and social enquiry.
Alongside his studio work, Ryan has lectured at institutions such as the University of the Arts, London and Krabbesholm Højskole in Denmark, and continues to mentor individuals and organisations through his DeepCreativity coaching practice.
His work is shaped by lived experience, a neurodivergent perspectiveS, and a belief in the power of unadulterated creativity to engage with complexity in ways that conventional systems cannot.
Over the past three decades, Ryan Board has realised hundreds of projects at the intersection of art, design, and cultural production. Often working behind the scenes, he has engineered and directed experiences for leading artists, institutions, and brands worldwide — from Yoko Ono and Marina Abramović to Tate Modern, Hermès, Nokia, and the Design Museum. Below is a selection.
Creative / Producer for:
Yoko Ono – Reproduction of Perspex Maze & exhibition – Serpentine Galleries
Marina Abramović – Performance installations – Serpentine Galleries
Lenovo IDG – New Realities VR experiences – Global
Motorola – European press briefing for RAZR – London
Roborace – Launch of electric F1 car – MACBA Barcelona
Nokia – ‘People Made’ exhibition installations – Nokia Helsinki
Muji – ‘Product Fitness’ exhibition – Design Museum
Adrian Ghenie – Darwin Room installations – Pace Gallery
Acne Studios – Large-scale graphic installations – Selfridges
Ed Atkins – Projection installations – Serpentine Sackler Gallery
BNP Paribas – Corporate collection re-hang – BNP HQ
Swiss Fashion Showcase – Swiss Embassy
Adrian Villar Rojas – Steel & glass shelving – Serpentine Galleries
Lucian Freud – Display installations – Blain Southern
Rirkrit Tiravanija – Apartment build installations – Serpentine Galleries
Rebecca Horn – Ceiling canvas installations – Hayward Gallery
Helio Oiticica – Installation reproduction – Tate Modern
Henry Moore – Bronze plinth production – Tate Modern
Gabriel Orozco – Display production – Serpentine Galleries
Tate & Egg Live – Oversized projection screens – Tate Modern
Designer / Coordinator for:
Yoko Ono – Perspex Maze – Guggenheim Bilbao
Land Rover – Discovery Sport launch – Royal Festival Hall
Chelsea Flower Show – Bocci lighting installations
Hermès – Petit Hermès window fabrications & installations
Haim Steinbach – Sculptural installations – Serpentine Galleries / White Cube
Thomas Hirschhorn – ‘Chalet Lost History’ – Hayward Gallery
Roy Lichtenstein – Exhibition build – Hayward Gallery
Mathew Barney – AV display construction – Tate Modern
Dan Flavin – Gallery adjustments for light installations – Haunch of Venison
Keith Tyson – Brewery conversion to showroom – Haunch of Venison
Bill Viola – Exhibition de-installation – Haunch of Venison
Doug Aitken – Exhibition build – Victoria Miro Gallery
Isaac Julien – Exhibition build – Victoria Miro Gallery
Oscar Niemeyer – Pavilion interiors – Serpentine Galleries
Blinky Palermo – Exhibition construction – Serpentine Galleries
V&A – ‘Black British Style’ & other major exhibition builds
Hayward Gallery – ‘Africa Remix’ exhibition build
ICA London – ‘100 Artists See God’ exhibition installations
Wallpaper* – ‘Middle East Revealed’ exhibition
Pernod Ricard – ‘Secret Speyside’ media events – London