Family Room, Etsy office at the Cannon Ball Factory, 3 interior walls and exterior facade. walnut drawing ink, latex, acrylic, shelves & bird nests 2016. commission

Over the course of 4 hours, 2 goats devoured a patch of Poison Ivy and the Rewilderment Sigil (written in grain) at the Hudson Community Garden, tended by Ryder Cooley and Sarah Falkner. July 2012, Hudson NY. Goats generously loaned by Ami Lahoff. photos by Nicholas Kahn and Shannon Taggart

Mural commissioned by Etsy for the Cannon Ball Factory (Etsy Offices), Hudson NY 2012. Based on indigenous plants and animals of the NY Hudson Valley

Community mural project conceived of and facilitated by Ryder with Time and Space Limited, a non-profit arts center in Hudson, NY. Youth and community members were invited to paint individual wooden leaves which were attached to painted trees. July-Dec. 2010 (to be continued when the snow melts). Special thanks to Linda Mussman, Bonnie Scott Jones, Barbara Cooley, Wendy Frost & John Cooley,

Spirit Garden was planted with Zoey Kroll, Hayes Valley Farm and the public in May 2012. People were invited to bring plants, seeds, photos, objects and offerings for the garden spirits, located next to the honey bees on this former freeway ramp in the heart of San Francisco. Spirt Garden was created in conjunction with STREETOPIA and SPIRIT WORLD, an Installation at the Luggage Store Gallery Gallery in San Francisco CA.

HAYES VALLEY FARM is a 2.2 acre interim-use urban farm in the heart of San Francisco. Located on a former freeway ramp in Hayes Valley, Hayes Valley Farm's mission is to serve as a community and agricultural hub encouraging San Francisco residents to connect with one another, grow their own food, and learn about sustainable ecological systems. http://www.hayesvalleyfarm.com/

The End Will Come, mural, collaboration with Lena Wolff, Clarion Alley Mural Project, San Francisco, CA. 15 x 25 feet, 2005-2009.

In 2003 six San Francisco artists from the Clarion Alley Mural Project traveled to Indonesia to paint murals and collaborate with a group of contemporary Indonesian Artists. This mural, Captive Hearts Fly Free, was designed and painted by Ryder Cooley with the support of Arya Panjalu, Alicia McCarthy and the Apotik Komik Collective. The title is written in both english and bahasa (Tawanan Hati Terbang Bebas)The mural occupies four sides of an electricity unit built during the Dutch occupation. Wooden birds fly in the rafters and real cages hung from the roof of this work. The imagry references third-world first-world tensions and questions notions of freedom and captivity. www.samasama-yourewelcome.com

Wish Garden, Community Garden Project. Public participants were invited to make a wish as they planted flowers in the garden. Sanctuary for Independent Media, Troy, NY. 2007-2008.

In 2005-2006 I created a street performance series at the NY State Capital, Albany, NY, in protest of the U.S. war in Iraq. The central figure, Vigil Deer, is an antlered doe who is clothed in red to symbolize blood. This project stemmed from research into hermaphrodite deer (antlered doe & velvet horns), who are known to live peacefully in alternative deer communities.

Apparitions, Serenades for Tabor. Veiled serenades in a feathered gown are performed at significant architectural sites throughout the town of Tabor, Czech Republic. Created during a residency at Cesta Art Center.

Passage To the Netherworlds, 14ft mural painted with Lena Wolff at Anno Domini Gallery, San Jose, CA 2005. (photos of mural in progress).