kyle damon ranson was born july 31st 1969 in manhattan. with an encouraging hippie mother, he began to draw and paint in early childhood and by the time he was in high school he was taking life drawing classes at the lyme academy in connecticut. he attented three symesters at the maryland institute, college of art and then dropped out to emerse himself in the arts and music scene in baltimore. in 1994 he moved to san francisco and became a part of the underground punk scene in the mission. he began to exibit his paintings in 1998 and has slowly become a pillar of the san francisco art world. he has shown in new york and london and had several solo shows in san francisco. his bold paintings often deal with extreme subject matter and can demand alot of the viewer yet there is a delicacy to his work that comes through most in his portraiture. kyle ranson lives and works in san francisco. |
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