Ryan Gander: Prints, Books and Shows

Ryan Gander in a black cap and round glasses, with a grey beard, in front of a red curtain — Ryan Gander, 2023. Video still: Studio International via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0. Framed by CoolCuration.

Last updated: 27 October 2026

Ryan Gander is the British conceptual artist who coordinated the 2026 RA Summer Exhibition and opens a major show at Towner Eastbourne in November. Here you will find our take on his work, his shows, and the £600 RA print we feature.

Our take on Ryan Gander

Gander works across sculpture, film, writing, typefaces, apparel and painting, and prefers to call himself “a sort of neo-conceptual no-style-style amateur philosopher”, as Towner Eastbourne quotes him.

Maybe: Ryan Gander at Towner is his first UK solo exhibition in nearly 20 years. It includes a new animatronic mouse and the first showing of his For I am a Sign paintings, made with his son. Our RA edition comes from that series.

He coordinated the Royal Academy’s 2026 Summer Exhibition. His screen print for the RA is £600, and Waterstones stocks several of his books.

Ryan Gander: the essentials

Born in Chester in 1976; lives in Suffolk and London, according to Lisson Gallery.
Studied at Manchester Metropolitan University, the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam and the Jan van Eyck Akademie in Maastricht.
OBE for services to contemporary art (2017); Royal Academician in the category of Sculpture.
Represented by Lisson Gallery, Esther Schipper and Taro Nasu.
In collections including the Arts Council Collection and the British Council Collection.

Ryan Gander exhibitions

Coming up: Maybe: Ryan Gander, Towner Eastbourne, 14 November 2026 to 11 April 2027. Pay what you can, £5 to £14; free for under-25s.
Summer Exhibition 2026, coordinated by Gander, Royal Academy, London, 16 June to 23 August 2026.
One Hundred Things Twice, solo show, Salzburger Kunstverein, Austria, 2026.
YOU COMPLETE ME, solo show, Pola Museum of Art, Hakone, Japan, 2025.

Where to buy a Ryan Gander print

One edition and several books are on sale in the UK:

For I am a sign of a sign – Crying hat, lost without communication, £600: screenprint and digital print, 50 x 50 cm (19.7 x 19.7 in), signed, dated and numbered, edition of 100, from the Royal Academy shop. See our Crying hat page.
The Annotated Reader, £22: by Ryan Gander and Jonathan P. Watts, from Waterstones.
Ryan Gander: Grunts, hoots, whimpers, barks and screams, £44: a 208-page monograph, on pre-order from Waterstones for 17 December 2026.

Our reviews featuring Ryan Gander

RA Summer Exhibition 2026 review: our take on the show he coordinated.

Ryan Gander prints and editions on CoolCuration

Ryan Gander RA print, Crying Hat lost without communication, a square screenprint edition

Ryan Gander Print: Crying Hat RA Edition UK – £600

Ryan Gander FAQs

When is the Ryan Gander show at Towner Eastbourne?

Maybe: Ryan Gander runs from 14 November 2026 to 11 April 2027. Tickets are pay what you can, from £5 to £14.

Can I buy a Ryan Gander print?

Yes. The Royal Academy sells his Crying hat screen print, an edition of 100, for £600.

Did Ryan Gander curate the RA Summer Exhibition?

He coordinated the 2026 Summer Exhibition, which ran from 16 June to 23 August 2026.

Which gallery represents Ryan Gander?

Lisson Gallery, along with Esther Schipper and Taro Nasu.

Ryan Gander