---
title: Ryan Cassidy
description: "Anarchism, Magic, and Humour are the main ingredients."
url: "https://www.artsume.com/a/ryan-cassidy"
type: artist
createdAt: 2026-02-03
updatedAt: 2026-04-14
disciplines:
  - Book Arts
  - Comics
  - Zine Making
  - Creative Writing
  - Illustration
location: "London, ENG, United Kingdom"
website: "https://RyanCassidy.site"
birthYear: 1981
---

# Ryan Cassidy

*Anarchism, Magic, and Humour are the main ingredients. | Book Arts, Comics, Zine Making, Creative Writing, Illustration | Based in London, ENG, United Kingdom*

## Artist Statement

Anarchist politics, faith in Magic, and idiosyncratic humour form the core of my guerilla ethos. As a style-agnostic jack-of-all-trades, I work anonymously, pseudonymously, and as a collaborator to disrupt mundane spaces and subvert the status quo. Language is a unifying theme in my work, which is idea driven rather than medium-specific.

## Biography

I grew up in the rural hamlet of Salem, Ontario. I was identified 'gifted' in the same year an accident disfigured me. I retreated into an imaginary world of shapes and colours and stories and never really came back. I have dropped out of high school, college, and university, somehow. I've worked a variety of unrelated jobs and have lived in many cities across the country, but have never left the continent. I've been poor for most of my life, but it's been a rich one. I live in London, Ontario.

## Curriculum Vitae

### Awards & Grants

- **2019** - Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant , ontario art council

### Publications

- **2025** - "Aquaplex Ultraparc," *Pulping 2: Reality* ed. Jon Inaki, Jen Woodall, Paterson Hodgson, Jonathan Rosztain pp. 196-200

### Professional Experience

- **2025 - Present** - Instructor, city of London, London

## Portfolio

### Pemna-Grel (2026)

*4.25x5.5"*

a 20-page black and white comic printed on assorted coloured paper
(Experimental, typographic/word art) Nonsense words gradually fill the panels until there is no more room, perhaps.

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### event tabling (2025)

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pics of tabling at Forest City Gallery in London, ON, (2025) and Zinetopia at The Button Factory in Waterloo (2024).

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### The Singing Chandelier Book 2: Coconut (2024)

The Singing Chandelier is a 5-part illustrated horror story told in forged documents biographing psychic prodigy Sam Maxwell’s life and works. It’s a cryptic and unravelling research project presented as ‘the very opposite of a puzzle’. Books 1 and 2 are currently available.

These first editions feature a peekaboo cover (shout out to VC Andrews) on patterned Kraft card and black core card stock. 24 pages b&w laser print.

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### The Singing Chandelier Book 1: Iris (2023)

The Singing Chandelier is a 5-part illustrated horror story told in forged documents biographing psychic prodigy Sam Maxwell’s life and works. It’s a cryptic and unravelling research project presented as ‘the very opposite of a puzzle’. Books 1 and 2 are currently available.

These first editions feature a peekaboo cover (shout out to VC Andrews) on patterned Kraft card and black core card stock. 24 pages b&w laser print.

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### Goldenrod Magzine (-sic) (2023)

*self-published comics*

*7x8.5"*

It’s Donlon, Dingdongtario’s Hyper-Regional Hootie-Hoo of Cultural Concern! Goldenrod is a quarterly pseudo-anthology featuring the best and brightest comic strippers working in the biz today. It’s cram-packed with kooky komix, strange stories, and nonsensical narratives about living, loving and loathing in London -er Donlon. Each issue features colour covers, 24 pages of authentic goblin-free Goldenrod paper (except number 1), and rounded corners! You won’t believe how rounded those corners are.

All 5 issues available! Collect them all! Tell your friends!

## Links

- **Website:** https://RyanCassidy.site
- **instagram:** https://instagram.com/trinketron