Right Relationship Project
About Anna ~ the Project ~ the Vision. 

​My name is Anna Fox Ryan. I'm the founder of the Right Relationship Project. As an artist and avid explorer of psychology and energy medicine, I’ve been documenting “power” in my art since 2007. 

For the past 15 years I’ve created and presented my art mostly alone, keeping to my studio and the occasional gallery show. I exhibited in New York, Philadelphia, Portugal, and was even featured by Neiman Marcus. In 2018 I withdrew my work from the galleries I’d been with, knowing that this was not the path I was called to continue.

At the same time a new purpose was budding, synthesizing my collected wisdom and artistic language. The result is an ongoing series of creations that can play a more active and integrated role in serving the mental health needs of our communities.  

Right Relationship Project is a divergence from the way I once presented myself. As “Anna Fox Ryan Studio” there was emphasis on the “I” the one, the individual. This separation served during my hermitage years in the studio, but it's no longer aligned with how I see myself. I’m still this one, but now in acknowledgement of the interconnected One of all I’m an expression of, through and within.

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Right relationship is a term and concept I’ve repeatedly uncovered in my studies. It’s a core element in Buddhism and Peruvian energy medicine. It sings through the Celtic origins of my bloodline, and roots deep in many indigenous cultures cross the world. It speaks of the harmonious relationships that we are capable of and meant to have with all creation. This is what I wish to grow. This website is but a touchstone for the embodiment of right relationship I seek to live and share in the life and art beyond the digital web, and into the physical and energetic networks of the human experience.

My intent is that the Right Relationship Project will support inspired education of mental, emotional and relational health using arts of all forms as our primary modality. RRP serve as a container for integral growth including art, teachings, articles, and unique growth experiences. With this emphasis on integration we aim to make beauty functional, with function in service of an interconnected "beauty" in all moments of experience.

RRP is a newborn as of Spring Equinox 2022. In time, we will offer resources and referrals to celebrate our fellow artists, healers and visionaries. I envision an abundance of collaboration that is healthy, balanced, grounded and inspired. I have a vision, with a plan forming beneath my feet as I walk. I welcome this emergent process, with the Project assisting in calling in those right partners who properly align in right relationship to our purpose — to serve the evolution of consciousness on our planet in service of the highest good for all, all that is and all that may become.

May it be beautiful. May it be so.

in depth with Anna Fox Ryan

my Relationship with Learning
I'm insatiably curious about the human experience. This has led me to independently study psychology, consciousness development, authentic communication, feminine & masculine polarity and integration, and collaborative leadership. That’s just the top of the list.

Human energy fascinates me. I have been researching its movement within body, mind and relationships for the past decade, especially in the fields of psychology and energy medicine. As an artist I have been able to visualize energy movement and document my experiences in physical, painted forms, communicating beyond the limit of words.

I spent two years studying shamanic energy medicine with Alberto Villdolo Ph.D. and the gifted Shamanic practitioners at the Four Winds Society Light Body School. I spent over 3 years co-leading an international conscious women’s group.  
I’ve been contributing to the University of Virginia’s graduate psychology department since age 13 as a participant in the Kliff Project which studies the relationships of kids and how their adult lives later reflect early familial and social patterns. As a result I have been assessing my relationship dynamics at a graduate level for 20+ years.

Today I combine these experiences and many more to guide individuals and groups in understanding their own energy dynamics and activating their authentic expressions of power and creativity. This can support any and every aspect of life. It can create desired changes and sustainable progress. I share this work through classes, speaking, and individual coaching.

my Art History/Herstory
My paintings and drawings have examined the pathways of connection and separation in relationships. I've presented on oil painting, materials and practices over 150 times at over 20 colleges, universities and art organizations across the country. 

From 2018 to 2019 I was the Program Director, Chief Curator and a permanent artist in residence at the Artist Residency in Kingman, Arizona.
I was awarded a year long artist residency with ArtHub in September 2017. During my time with ArtHub I expanded the program by bringing artist lectures to the local high school and hosting events for the local art community. During the inaugural semester of the new program, ArtHub reached over 200 students through class visits and field trips hosted at artist's studios. I advised on the merger between ArtHub and the local arts center, working with a team to establish an art education program that continues to thrive today.

In 2016 I was juried into a residency with visionary artists Alex Grey & Allyson Grey at the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors. In 2014 I attended the Barnes Artist Residency in Umbria Italy (it was delicious).In 2013 my paintings were presented by Neiman Marcus in King of Prussia Pennsylvania. My work was exhibited in Provincetown Art Museum in 2016 and 2017. 

I earned my BFA in painting and illustration from Savannah College of Art & Design in 2008 and have been a professional artist since. I'm happy to say that my work hangs in collections of prominent individuals and institutions throughout the US and Europe. I lovingly refer to my collectors as "guardians". Each piece has its own spirit and when a guardian brings a painting into their home it is the start of a relationship and self discovery.
In 2020 I returned to live in the country outside my hometown of Charlottesville, Virginia.

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