11 Facts About Ryan McCourt

Ryan McCourt was born on February 23,1975 and is a Canadian artist best known for his sculptures.

Ryan David McCourt was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, the youngest of Ken and Sheelagh McCourt's five children.

Ryan McCourt attended school at Patricia Heights Elementary School, Hillcrest Junior High School, and Jasper Place High School.

McCourt completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1997, and his Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture in 1999, both at the University of Alberta There, McCourt was a student of Peter Hide and Edmonton's modernist tradition of welded sculpture.

In 1995, while an undergraduate student, Ryan McCourt was a photographer with the Edmonton Eskimos Football Club.

In 2002, Ryan McCourt founded the North Edmonton Sculpture Workshop, "a cooperative shared-studio project focused on facilitating the creation and promotion of contemporary sculpture," producing the Big Things sculpture series at the Royal Alberta Museum from 2002 to 2006.

In 2003, Ryan McCourt was an instructor of Visual Fundamentals at the University of Alberta.

Ryan McCourt organized the Alberta Centennial Sculpture Exhibition at the Royal Alberta Museum in 2005.

In 2006, Ryan McCourt was the first artist selected to display sculpture for one year outside Edmonton's Shaw Conference Centre.

Ryan McCourt's exhibition, Will and Representation, was an installation of four large sculptures based on Ganesha, a deity from Hindu mythology.

Ryan McCourt received the Lee Fund for the Arts Award; is a two-time recipient of the Edmonton Artists Trust Fund Award; and the recipient of a number of Project Grants from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.