Typhoid Mary: "Penitence"

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Details About Curatorial Oil on Board 12 x 16 in. © 2012 Michael Ryan (1982–2016) was born in Brea, CA and graduated the Academy of Art University in San Francisco in 2005. He left San Francisco for Seattle, WA in 2008. He participated in several group shows and two featured exhibitions at Modern Eden, Reliquaries, with Billy Davis in 2010, and The Order, with gallery co-owner Bradley Platz in 2011. Michael has been in numerous publications (Spectrum 14, White Wolf Studios and Strange Horizons) and frequently did commercial work and concept art, including illustrating three cards for Wizards of the Coast (Magic: The Gathering). Michael was a featured solo artist at the Hive Gallery in 2008, and contributed work to the inaugural Hive Tarot Deck. He was also an active member of the Beinart Surreal Art Collective and participated in two collective group shows curated by Jon Beinart at Copro Gallery in Santa Monica. His work mostly resides in private collections in the United States and Europe. Typhoid Mary Mallon (1869-1938) Mary Mallon, also known as Typhoid Mary, was the first person in the United States identified as an asymptomatic carrier of the pathogen associated with typhoid fever. She was presumed to have infected some 53 people, three of whom died, over the course of her career as a cook. She was forcibly isolated twice by public health authorities and died after nearly three decades altogether in isolation. Show more