Ryan Peter is an artist based in San Francisco. Peter graduated in 2008 with an MFA from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. He was a semifinalist in the 11th Annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition in 2009 and has since been featured in numerous exhibitions across Canada and the United States. Recent exhibitions include Presentation House Gallery Satellite, Vancouver; Susan Hobbs, Toronto; the Or Gallery, Vancouver; Republic Gallery, Vancouver; Vancouver Art Gallery; Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina; and the Gordon Smith Foundation, North Vancouver. He is an instructor at San Francisco Art Institute and an advisor in the graduate program at California College of the Arts.