Michael Ryan Mohan’s artistic practice is deeply rooted in the people, landscapes and collective memory of New Brunswick. Working at the intersection of cinema and still photography, he explores how identity is shaped by the spaces we inhabit and the histories we leave behind. Mohan captures the unique, often overlooked textures of small town Canada, inviting viewers to slow down and find an expansive, quiet romance in the familiar environments of home.
Public Showings/Exhibitions
2024 – Perspective, “The Self in Shadow", BMO Theatre, Saint John, NB, Collaborative work in progress video projected behind dancer Marcia Dysart
2020 – FUD.org, THIRD SHIFT Festival, Saint John, NB, Collaborative public art installation presented by Third Space Gallery
2020 – Artist Show & Sale, Third Space Gallery, Saint John, NB
2020 – Harbour, “Incendio”, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB, Video documentation of Artist Nienke Izurieta’s performance. Film shot with Nicholas Staples.
2017 – Tapdance, Flourish Festival, Fredericton, NB. Official Selection & Screening
2017 – A Reasonable Light, Group Photography Exhibition, Saint John, NB
2016 – An Oasis Awaits You (with KC Wilcox), FLOURISH Festival, Fredericton, NB. Video projection
2015 – NSCAD University Graduation Exhibition Anna Leonowens and Port Loggia Galleries, Halifax, NS May 4 - May 18 2015
2014 – ALTERED LANDSCAPES / IMPRINTED MATTER, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax NS
Residencies
2016 – Local 107.3FM Residency funded by the Saint John Community Arts Funding Board, "Loveline," an audio and video installation blending a fictional radio call-in show with elements of film, memory, and the communal nature of early radio
Director
2022 – Queen of Wands (11 min, Drama)
2020 – We Walk Invisible (10 Min)
Co-Director with dancer/choreographer Marcia Dysart2017 – Tapdance (10 min, Drama)
2016 – Loveline (7 min, Drama)
2015 – Brookside Mall (7 min, Documentary)
Cinematographer
2026 – Further Than The Eye Can See (80 min)
Feature Film – Funded by Telefilm and the Canada Council for the Arts2026 – Take Yourself Easy, The Hypochondriacs Music Video (4min)
2025 – Don’t Ruin A Good Thing, Connor Shane Fox Music Video (4min)
2022 – Cicerone (11 min, Crime-Drama)
Recipient of ArtsNB Creation Grant & Short Film Venture Award2018 – krotoplaxx diary disc 1.1 (11:40 min, Drama)
Part of Connection ARC Artist-in-Residency with filmmaker Ry O’Toole2016 – A Ways Away (14 min, Drama) Funded by the Canada Council for the Arts; directed by Ry O’Toole
2016 – Bad Noise (15:43 min, Drama)
2015 – Sour World (33 min, Drama)