Chris Ryniak
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Biography
Chris Ryniak was born as a baby in 1976 in the suburbs of Detroit. He spent his childhood basking in the warm glow of Saturday morning cartoons and flipping over rocks in search of insects, reptiles and ghosts.
Years later...
A graduate and former instructor of the Ringling School of Art and Design, He is now a painter and sculptor of all manner of critters. Chris' work has been exhibited in galleries throughout the US including Miami, LA, New York City as well as Hamburg,Germany. His paintings have also been published in numerous books and periodicals in the States as well as in Europe and Singapore.
Chris now resides in a coastal Ohio Dutch Colonial with his wife, two children, dog, cat and Venus Flytrap. Sadly, no ghosts as of yet.
Solo Shows
These are solo shows from Chris.
- Curious Forest with Amanda Louise Spayd, 2017
- This Could Get Ugly, 2010
Designed Toy Releases
These are toys designed by Chris.
- Hater
- The Midwestern
- Freyja
- Misfortunate Travelers with Jonathan Bergeron
- Bubblegut
- Misfortune Cat - SDCC'11 Edition
- Triple Crown Monster
- Stinky Ginger
- Sproot
- Figgle Bits
- Thimblestump Hollow with Amanda Louise Spayd
- Pocket Sideshow
- Dewdrop
- Algonac
- Kangorumple
Toy Series Participation
These are toys Chris has lent his design skills to.
- Dunny - 3" "Mothman" for Dunny City Cryptid Series, 2018
- Dunny - 8" "Meltdown" Dunny, Green GID, Kidrobot Stores Edition, 500 pieces, 2013
- Dunny - 8" "Meltdown" Dunny, Yellow GID, Kidrobot Online Edition, 500 pieces, 2013
- Dunny - 8" "Meltdown" Dunny, Pink GID, US Designer Toy Retailers, 500 pieces, 2013
- Dunny - 8" "Meltdown" Dunny, Orange GID, International Designer Toy Retailers, 500 pieces, 2013
- Dunny - 3" "Meltdown" Dunny, Apocalypse Series, 2012
- Lake Monsters - Snybora, 2011
- Lake Monsters - Big Muscamoot, 2009
Customs
These are one-off pieces by Chris.
- "Blinky the Stumpy Hobgoblin" Madball for the Madballs All-Star Art Jam, 2017
- Piece(s) for They Came From Planet Rainbow Sparkles, 2017
- Dunny - 8" "Floofsproinger" custom for the NYCC DTA Dunny Show, 2016
- Piece(s) for Monsters and Misfits, 2016
- Dunny - 20" "Spotted Snagglegrinyr" for the DTA Dunny Show, 2016
- Piece(s) for Winter Salon, 2015
- Piece(s) for Bewitching 5, 2015
- Piece(s) for Winter Salon, 2014
- Skelve - custom for Conjuring Mischief, 2014
- Pieces for Traveling Circus, 2014
- Pieces for Bewitching, 2014
- Piece(s) for Winter Salon, 2013
- Billy - "Bumpy Billy" custom for Blamo 5th Annual Custom Show, 2013
- Pieces for Monsters and Misfits 3, 2013
- Piece(s) for Le Carnaval des Spectres, 2012
- Piece(s) for Winter Salon, 2012
- Pieces for Monsters and Misfits 2, 2012
- Rumblopterix - 8" sculpture
- Patient Cubblegubbler - 5" sculpture
- Pieces for Bewitching, 2012
- Cavey - for Cavey's American Cousins, 2012
- Stitch - "Baby Blewgle" for Year Of The Dragon, 2012
- Elizabeth - 10" "Snow Coral Quellisk & Reefeater" for Winter Salon, 2011
- Swampy McSwamperton - custom for The Epic Adventures of Swampy McSwamperton, 2011
- Piece(s) for Heteromorphism, 2011
- Piece(s) for Imaginary Menagerie, 2011
- Piece(s) for Vintage, Modern Narrative, 2011
- Pieces for Bewitching, 2011
- Wood Rayola - custom for Shades of Ray, 2011
- Lefty - "Colonel Henry Walrus Caruthers with his latest – Specimen the Gullyskumpler" custom with Doktor A for Imaginary Menagerie, 2011
- Piece(s) for New Dimensions, 2011
- Ghost Girl - custom for Ghost In The Machine, 2011
- Piece for Inle, 2011
- Piece(s) for Monsters and Misfits, 2011
- Custom for Natural Resources 3, 2010
- Yoka - 3" custom for the Custom Yoka Show, 2010
- Misfortune Cat - 4" custom for Reconstructing Misfortune, 2010
- Yoka - 3" "The Goobler" custom for the Custom Yoka Show, 2010
- Sketchbot - custom for the Sketchbot Custom Show V2, 2010
- Skelve - 9" "Spore", 2010
- Celsius - custom for Ganmetall Celsius Custom Show, 2010
- Buff Monster Series - Custom for The Monster Within show, 2010
- Baby Qee - 3.5" "Muckmarsh Baby" custom for the Rivet Custom Qee Show, 2010
- Baby Qee - customs for 15th Anniversary DIY Qee Celebration, 2010
- Dunny - 3" Vampie, commission, 2010
- Lefty - piece for The Study with Doktor A, 2009
- Customs for Toy Karma II, 2009
- Custom for Natural Resources 2, 2009
- Custom for Natural Resources, 2009
- Custom Stitch for the Stitch Experiment 626 Project Tour, 2008
- Moody - custom for Don't Cry Over Spilt Vinyl, 2008
- Piece for the SuperHero Art Exhibition, 2008
- Yoka - 10" "Ankylos" custom for Beasts of Burden, 2008
- Piece for the Balls Out show, 2008
- Labbit - 10" Caprinae custom for Down the Bunny Hole, 2008
- Moody - Custom for the Moody Idols show, 2008
- Zliks - 19" Neptunian Paratrooper: Private First Class, for the Attack of the Zliks show, 2007
- Piece for Art Dorks, 2007
- Piece(s) for Power In Numbers 2, 2007
- Wood Custom for the NeighborWOOD Show, 2006
- Hater - Zombie Hater custom, 2006
- "The Prospectors" for That New Dork Smell, 2006
- Piece(s) for I am 8-Bit, 2006
- Piece(s) for Back in the Day, 2006
- Hand-Made Custom for Buck Eyed Fury, 2005
- Piece for The Monster Show, 2005
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Production Pieces
Big Muscamoot (Lake Monsters)
Snybora (Lake Monsters)
Misfortune Cat SDCC
3" Mothman Dunny
3" Apocalypse Meltdown Dunny
8" Meltdown Green Dunny
8" Meltdown Yellow Dunny
8" Meltdown Pink Dunny
8" Meltdown Orange Dunny
Customs
Neptunian Paratrooper Zlik
Buck Eyed Fury Custom
Vampie Dunny
20" DTA Dunny
8" DTA Dunny
Spore Skelve Custom
Custom Stitch
Baby Blewgle Stitch
Ghost Girl Custom
Labbit Custom
Moody Custom
Baby Qee Custom
The Goobler Yoka
Ankylos Yoka
for Monster Within
Misfortune Cat Custom
for Imaginary Menagerie
for The Study
Zombie Hater
for Cavey's American Cousins
for Blamo 5th Annual show
for Winter Salon'11
for Natural Resources 3
for the Neighborwood Show
for the Madballs All-Star Art Jam
Paintings & Sculpture for Shows
for Inle
for I Am 8-Bit
for Winter Salon'13
for Winter Salon'13
Rumblopterix for Monsters & Misfits 2
Patient Cubblegubbler for Monsters & Misfits 2
for That New Dork Smell
for Vivisect Playset 2006
for Vivisect Playset 2006
for Vivisect Playset 2006
