
Bio
Ryan Sleep navigates the boundaries between street art and fine art, creating work that challenges perspectives while maintaining an unmistakable visual language. Beginning with his iconic Sleep TV character—a walking television that has appeared on over 100,000 stickers across multiple continents—his practice has evolved to include mixed-media paintings, screen prints, light projections, and digital works. Based in Austin, Sleep combines techniques from street art with fine art sophistication, layering spray paint, screen-printed elements, and carefully collected text into works that reward repeated viewing.