Kathryn has been practicing and exhibiting as a professional artist for over 35 years. Growing up in Southwest Victoria, she completed her Fine Art Degree in 1986 at Warrnambool, before moving to Melbourne where she completed her Honors degree at RMIT in 1989 and continued her studio practice and exhibiting.

After several decades based in Melbourne & living in the UAE: Dubai & Abu Dhabi, Kathryn has returned to the Southwest landscapes of her youth, reconnecting with the deep-rooted sense of place that continues to shape her work. This intimacy infuses her practice with a quiet tension; her compositions invite viewers into realms that feel both deeply personal and strangely universal, spaces that are calm yet restless in their stillness.

Through her nuanced treatment of light and shadow, Ryan creates atmospheric works that oscillate between the familiar and the strange. Her surfaces evoke human emotion through abstraction, balancing bold precision with quiet ambiguity. In doing so, she invites viewers not just to see, but to sense—to engage with the landscape, nature and its essence on an intuitive level.

Having consistently exhibited for over 35 years, with leading Galleries in Melbourne and Sydney, her work has also been acquired for significant Public Collections including Parliament House Collection, Canberra; RACV Collection; The Macquarie Group Collection; Artbank; Warrnambool Art Gallery; Hamilton Art Gallery; Deakin University; Australian Catholic University & Private Collections in Australia and Internationally.

She is Represented by Nanda Hobbs Gallery in Sydney and Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne.