Ryan Gander Author & Illustrator

The artist: The British artist Ryan Gander is a sculptor, painter, designer, typographer, performer, author and painter. He has curated various exhibitions and lectured at international art institutions and universities, made television programmes for the BBC on art and wrote extensively on contemporary art. He refutes the designation “conceptual artist”. He prefers to be called an “amateur philosopher”.
Authors: Brigitte Bloksma is director of Museum Beelden aan Zee. Lydia Rachel Figes is a writer specialising in the visual arts, women's history, feminism, TV and film. Sandra Kisters is Director of Collections and Research, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam.