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Kyle Ranson

Kyle Damon Ranson was born July 31st, 1969 in Manhattan. He grew up in New York and Connecticut and in 1987 began to attend The Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. He dropped out after three semesters to pursue art on his own. In 1994 he moved to San Francisco and began to slowly root himself in the underground art scene. He became an activist and an outreach worker around issues of homelessness and needle exchange. Kyle still lives and works in San Francisco.

"My main concern in my paintings is the human condition and the crossroads we face, in particular.
We are complex creatures. We shout "Peace!" with bloody swords thrust in the air. It's a rare thing when we are able to contain our duel nature in a whole. My paintings capture those moments in between when people either throw in the towel or rise above, become self actualized. This in between place before decisions are made.An amoral place where you're just another animal doing whatever it does for whatever reason that might be."
Kyle Ranson


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