Ryan Humphrey

Ryan Ashley Humphrey (born July 24, 1979) is an American professional basketball player, at the power forward position.

After a college career at both the University of Oklahoma and the University of Notre Dame, Humphrey was a first-round pick of the Utah Jazz in the 2002 NBA Draft. On draft day, he was traded to the Orlando Magic in exchange for their pick, Curtis Borchardt. After appearing in 1/2 season with the Florida club, Humphrey was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies alongside Mike Miller, exchanged for Drew Gooden and Gordan Giriček, and played in the league until the end of 2004-05, averaging 2 points and rebounds per game.

After a failed return attempt with the Minnesota Timberwolves (2005-06's preseason), Humphrey moved to the Italian league, with Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia. He signed with the Los Angeles Clippers in September 2006 but was waived in late October, also before the league's tip-off. He later signed with APOEL B.C. in Cyprus, with whom he reached the 2007 Cypriot league finals.

Ryan Humphrey (artist)

Ryan Humphrey (born 1971) is an American artist who currently lives and works in New York City. His work has been featured in the traveling exhibition Will Boys Be Boys? curated by Shamim Momim of the Whitney Museum of American Art. Humphrey's most recent solo exhibition, All of Nothing, was at DCKT Contemporary. Humphrey was also a contestant in Season I of Top Design, Bravo's reality show.

Recently, Humphrey was included in the Queens International 4 exhibition at the Queens Museum of Art. His large-scale installation, titled Fast Forward (2009), included BMX ramps adjacent to a wall-to-ceiling collection of trophies and customized BMX bikes, and he continued this theme in his installation Look for the dream that keeps coming back (2010) at Kunsthalle Galapagos. Humphrey expresses his growing up in BMX culture through his art. The assemblage also included several paintings, created by the artist for the exhibition, and several sculptures of BMX bike wheels. The paintings were small drips that recall the works of Jackson Pollock, and the BMX sculptures are similar to Marcel Duchamp's Bicycle Wheel. The installation included an opening night performance by legendary BMX pro Dizz Hicks and Ryan Humphrey on the ramps. An edition of 20 silkscreen posters was made by the artist, and signed by himself and Dizz Hicks, to commemorate the event.