12 - 6 p.m. PST
The BFA Gallery at Stan State Art Space is proud to announce the solo exhibition Teraphobia: Irrational Fear by Bachelor of Fine Arts candidate Ryan Galloway. The exhibition will be on display from April 15--19, 2025 at the downtown gallery located at 226 N. First St. in Turlock. Admission is free of charge. An opening reception will occur Tuesday, April 15 from 4:00--6:00 p.m. with an artist talk at 4:30 p.m.
Ryan Galloway is an artist who creates paintings and comics focusing on Character design and visual narrative. He makes art primarily using acrylic ink on Bristol board with the use of pens and brushes. He utilizes various sci-fi landscapes filled with supernatural creatures. His work aims to investigate issues such as humanity's encounter with the unknown, and the uncanny. He proposes that our world is more complex than what we believe it to be, and that there are things in our reality that challenge our notion of what is real and fake, especially in horror.
Galloway's art focuses on visual narratives of horror and creature design. As a kid he always had a fascination with horror, monsters, and how they were designed. His works will be displayed in solo exhibitions Tetraphobia: Irrational Fear, Stan State Art Space, his work has also been displayed on the international online Magix 2024 Exhibition and Promotion. He will be conferred a Bachelor Of Fine Arts in Studio Art from California State University Stanislaus.
Image caption: The Creation of a Guardian, Digital, 18 x 14 inches, 2024