VSA arts of Washington

No Boundaries 2005-2006

Ryo Mastrogiovanni

Eric Dolphy
Mixed Media
20 x 15

Ryo was born in Osaka in 1979. He is the oldest of three boys. He has autism. In kindergarten he was captivated by elevated trains, which he drew and still draws in three-dimensional perspective from memory. He fell in love with their movement, colors, signage and announcements, which he later integrated wtih clearly drafted Japanese captions. he also draws portraits of jazz musicians, which he has listened to since he was two; the letters of his captions are written stroke-wise, like the japanese kanji and kata he first learne to write. Since 2000, he has been enrolled in Art Careers, a program thrugh Eugene Parks and Recreation that teaches painting to adults with disabilities and markets their art.

Participating Artists: Debra Adair, Giel Ahn, Elizabeth Anderson, Maureen Brogan, Jean Cavanaugh, Earl Debnam, Carol Edson, Leslee Fansler, Cynthia Flowers, Andy Frank, Jessica Geiger, Matt Goad, Sally Grant, Morgan Johnson, d'Elaine Johnson, Michael Jones, Carl Kinney, Ricky Lazaga, Russell Martin, Ryo Mastrogiovanni, Cate McKee, Nora Nur~Art, Sue Owens, Doug Query, W. Timothy Ryan, Tawn Sateurn, Barbara Scholen, Cathy Sher, Donald Skinner, David Staiger, Brian Taylor, Shannon Twilley, Celeste Watson, Marian Wiederrich, Rachell Willette, and Valerie Woelk.