Ryder Ripps

Ryder Ripps (born July 7, 1986) is a conceptual artist and creative director living in New York City[1].

Ryder Ripps
Born (1986-07-07) July 7, 1986
New York City, New York, United States
EducationEugene Lang/New School, New York City, New York (Bachelor of Arts)
Known forECD at OKFocus
Notable work
Internet Archeology
Dump.fm
Vfiles
StyleConceptual art
Digital art
Websiteryder-ripps.com

Early life and education

Ripps' was born in New York to designer Helene Verin and painter Rodney Ripps. He is an alumnus of City As School, class of 2004.[2] He graduated from The New School's New Media program in 2008.[3]

Career

Ripps is the creative director of OKFocus, a digital marketing and design agency. He has created several websites, including Internet Archeology, Dump.fm, and VFiles.[4][5][3] In 2013, Ripps created the branding for Soylent, an open source meal replacement drink.[6] In 2015 he co-produced 2 songs on Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz.[7] In 2018, Ripps began working with Kanye West as a part of DONDA. [8][9][10] Together, Ripps and West worked as creative directors for the first annual Pornhub awards in Los Angeles.[11][12]

Exhibitions

Ripps' first solo exhibition took place in January 2015 at Postmasters Gallery in New York City, titled "HO". It featured large-scale oil painted portraits derived from the Instagram account of model Adrianne Ho.[13] In 2016, Ripps exhibited "Barbara Lee", an installation featuring 50,000 images downloaded from the internet, at Steve Turner Gallery.[14][15] In May 2017, Ripps premiered an installation in Venice during the Venice Biennale titled "Become a Slave" featuring two interactive works.[16][17][18][19]

In 2018, Ripps, in collaboration with photographer Maggie West, exhibited Pornhub Nation, a large interactive installation sponsored by Pornhub. The exhibition depicts a future history of the porn site's own government. It provided parodied solutions to the topics of climate change, military occupation, governmental surveillance, and space exploration.

References
  1. Chen, Adrian (July 8, 2014). "Ryder Ripps: An Artist of the Internet". New York Times. p. E6. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  2. "Ryder Ripps: "Alone Together", Solo Exhibition at Red Bull Studios, New York (VIDEO)". Huffington Post. June 15, 2015. p. E6. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  3. "Ryder Ripps: An Artist of the Internet". The New York Times.
  4. "Internet Archaeology: Behold the Most Hilarious Abandoned Websites". WIRED.
  5. "Rhizome - Introducing: dump.fm". rhizome.org.
  6. "Soylent". www.thedieline.com. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
  7. "Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz Credits".
  8. "Meet OkFocus, the PR Stuntmen Behind the Fake Kanye West Site WhoDat.Biz". Observer. 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  9. "Collaborators". PAPER. 2018-09-24. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  10. Specter, Emma (2018-09-18). "Who Is Ryder Ripps, Conceptual Artist and Kanye's DM Buddy?". Garage. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  11. Tiffany, Kaitlyn (2018-09-14). "Pornhub wants to be a lifestyle brand". Vox. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  12. EDT, Emily Zogbi On 9/7/18 at 11:00 AM (2018-09-07). "Kanye West premieres new song at Pornhub Awards". Newsweek. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
  13. Freeman, Nate. "The Trial of Ryder Ripps: An Embattled Artist on Haters, Angry Muses, and Threats". Observer.
  14. https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-ryder-ripps-takes-on-our-clickbait-culture-with-50-000-tiny-images
  15. http://steveturner.la/exhibition/ryder-ripps#1
  16. "The Ryan Foundation". theryanfoundation.com. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
  17. "Zuecca Projects and The Ryan Foundation present DIVENTARE SCHIAVO". Zuecca Project Space.
  18. Barnes, Freire (9 June 2017). "Things Get Interactive at This year's Venice Biennale". The Culture Trip.
  19. Dakinah, Keven (17 May 2017). "Ryder Ripps Turns Instagram into Virtual Reality". iD Vice.
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