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