Ryanne Bergler (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist working in film, drawing, collage, sculpture, printmaking, painting, and photography. Her practice focuses on environmental and cultural issues and most often incorporates natural and recyclable materials. Along with her passion for combating climate change to save our beautiful planet, she is mindful of the traditional materials used and the waste produced when creating art. Ryanne’s practice shows dedication to using natural and non-toxic materials, creating her own materials from plants and food, and using recyclable materials or objects as often as possible.
She has been involved in a variety of arts including visual arts and dance as well as photography and film production. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Film from The College of Santa Fe and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree Critical + Cultural Practice major from Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Her work has been included in student group exhibitions and screenings at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum in Vancouver, BC, Canada and online with The Future Water Institute, Capetown, South Africa.
Ryanne lives and works on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səl’il’wətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) people, also known as North Vancouver, Canada.