Ryan Falzon

Ryan Falzon, born in Malta in 1988, is a visual artist, published author and art educator. Contemporary duality, narrative, social media, human interaction, and existential conditions are explored in his vibrant and expressive works. His work is often abrasive and playful, and he is known for constructing narratives by arranging disparate images in a collage-like fashion, allowing the viewer to visually wander. Falzon has participated in a substantial number of solo and group exhibitions in Malta and Europe since 2009, and his works can be found in both public and private collections in Europe and USA. His body of work from 2016 to 2019, including solo exhibitions "Quick Fix: A Morality Tale" (2016), "We Lost the War" (2017), and "Culture is Past Art is Future" (2018), has become a point of reference in contemporary Maltese political and socially engaged art. He has exhibited in various international exhibitions, including Ostrale Biennale (Dresden, 2019, 2023) and WATERGATE - "From water to land, from land to water" (Rijeka European Capital of Culture, 2020).

In 2011, Falzon earned a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from MCAST (Malta) in conjunction with Fraunhofer Gesellschaft (Germany), tutored by professors from the Bauhaus and Mannheim University of Applied Sciences. In 2023, Falzon achieved a Master of Arts in Fine Arts with distinction from the University of Malta.. Falzon is a Senior and IB Sixth Form art educator at St. Edward's College, Birgu, Malta. Between 2013 to 2015, Falzon co-managed the Xarolla Windmill Project, a young artists' collective that supported emerging artists through multidisciplinary works. Absolut Vodka selected Falzon as an artist for the global "Transform Today" project in May of 2014.

Since 2011, Falzon has published several short pieces in various publications. His works have appeared in local anthologies, and he is active in local literary circles. SAJF, the first novel by Falzon, was published by Kotba Calleja, Malta, in 2022. Several reviews have referred to

Solo Exhibitions

February 2022, Friends with Plants, Il-Kamra ta’ Fuq, Mqabba, Malta

December 2020, Botanika, Studio 87, Valletta, Malta

September 2020, Fritz ist Amerikanisch, OKK Raum 29, Berlin, Germany

May 2018, We can’t be Lovers, Iniala 5, Valletta, Malta

January 2018, Culture is Past Art is Future, Iniala 5, Valletta, Malta

January 2017, We LOST THE WAR, Spazju Kreattiv, Valletta, Malta

January 2016, Quick Fix ; A Morality Tale, Heritage Malta, Valletta, Malta

September 2014, Ex Voto, Maritime Museum, Birgu, Malta

Collective Exhibitions (Selected)

April 2022, Identity of an Island, Teatru Astra, Victoria, Gozo

April 2022, Signature 18, Obelisk Gallery, Balzan, Malta

September 2021, Hars fuq Hars, Valletta Contemporary, Valletta, Malta

March 2021, Spring Awakening, London Paint Club (online)

May 2020, WATERGATE - "From water to land, from land to water",organized in collaboration between Ostrale Dresden and Rijeka 2020 -European Capital of Culture (online)

February 2020, Up to Now, Valletta Contemporary, Valletta, Malta

November 2019, NUD, Studio 104, Valletta, Malta

November 2019, Hackable Animals, Casino Notabile, Rabat, Malta

November 2019, Mini Print, Heike Arndt Gallery, Berlin, Germany

August 2019, Ostrale Biennale, Dresden, Germany
April 2019, Smudge, Studio 87, Valletta, Malta

November 2018, The Island Within, Ekeren Cultureel Centrum, Antwerp, Belgium

October 2018, in between, Biffi Gallery, Piacenza, Italy

June 2018, here & now, Valletta Contemporary, Valletta, Malta

February 2018, The Snake Show, Valletta, Malta

December 2017, Pre Opening, Valletta Contemporary, Valletta, Malta

November 2017, Mini Print , Heike Arndt Gallery, Berlin

June 2015, Printcycle, Wignacourt Museum, Rabat, Malta