PATRICK RYAN
pmryan248@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2025
MFA in Ceramics, secondary focus in Sculpture, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA*
2024
MA in Studio Arts, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2022
BFA in Ceramics, Summa Cum Laude, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2018
AA in Automotive Restoration, Penn College of Technology, Williamsport, PA
2015
BA in Film and Media Arts, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
EXHIBITIONS (solo*)
2024
Light Switch, Drewelowe Gallery, Iowa City, IA
Human/After/Human, The pH Gallery, West Fork, AK*
NCECA Juried Student Exhibition, Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, VA (Jurors: April D. Felipe and Jennifer Zwilling)
HUSH HUSH, Grandstaff & Stein, Richmond, VA
2023
Consortium for Intercollegiate Research in the Ceramic Arts Annual Exhibition, University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO
Past Curfew, Somerset, Cincinnati, OH
NCECA Juried Student Exhibition, DAAP Galleries, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (Jurors: Wesley Brown and Natalia Arbelaez)
2022
The University of Iowa Invitational Ceramics Exhibition, Atrium Galleries, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
New Art Arizona, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ
BFA Thesis Exhibition, Mirabella Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ*
Galbut Prize Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
AWARDS, GRANTS
2024
Small Grant for the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Iowa City, IA
Consortium for Intercollegiate Research in the Ceramic Arts (CIRCA) Graduate Grant, Fayetteville, AR
2022
Glenn C. Nelson Memorial Scholarship, Iowa City, IA
AAG Ruth Magadini Scholarship, Iowa City, IA
Wingate-Lamar Fellowship Nominee 2021 Professional Development Award, Tempe, AZ
2021
Professional Development Award, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
RESIDENCIES, INVITED ARTIST
2024
Artist in Residence, Consortium for Intercollegiate Research in the Ceramic Arts (CIRCA), University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
2022
Artist Talk and Q&A Panel, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, IA
Artist Talk, New Art Arizona, Arizona Artists Guild, Phoenix, AZ
PUBLICATIONS
2024
“NCECA Exhibitions 2024”, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, March 2024
2023
“NCECA Exhibitions 2023”, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, March 2023
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2022-Present
Instructor of Record, Wheel Throwing I, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Instructor of Record, Hand Building I, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2021-22
Ceramics Studio Technician, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2020-22
Sculpture Studio Technician, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2018-19
Preparator, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
2018
Gallery Assistant and Preparator, The Gallery at Penn College, Williamsport, PA
2017-18
Apprentice, Phillip’s Hot Rod & Customs, Downingtown, PA
2016-17
Fine Art Teacher, Mercer County Technical Schools, Trenton, NJ