Ryan Mendoza

Ryan Mendoza is an American painter, born in New York, in 1971. A great admirer of Flaubert, he left the United States to travel around Europe, following in the footsteps of American artists from the beginning of the 20th century, and now splits his time between Naples and Berlin.

The artist’s paintings are influenced by a strong dose of eroticism, which is sometimes violent or subtly amusing, and he takes inspiration from photographs bought at flea markets along his unique journeys.

Displayed across a wide range of galleries, in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Belgium, Ryan Mendoza’s artwork has also won over institutions such as the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Trento and the Donna Regina Museum of Contemporary Art (MADRE) in Naples.