PATRICK RYAN
patryanstudio@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, Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA
2015
BA in Film and Media Arts, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2025-Present
Studio Assistant, Jun Kaneko Studio, Omaha, NE
2022-25
Instructor of Record, Ceramics II: Wheel Throwing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Instructor of Record, Ceramics I: Hand Building, 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
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (solo+duo* / forthcoming**)
2027
Studio Break Juried Two-Person Competition: Kassandra Palmer & Patrick M. Ryan, Studio Break Gallery, Chicago, IL***
Counterpoint, TBD Host Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland (Featured Exhibition, 61st Annual NCECA Conference, curated by David Morrison and Michael Takahata)**
2026
Génération Céramique, Quoi de Neuf?, Fondation d’Entreprise Bernardaud, Limoges, France, curated by Stéphanie Le Follic-Hadida
2025
techgnosis//, Ana Mendieta Gallery, Iowa City, IA*
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, Lasanky Atrium Gallery, 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) Residency Exchange 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 (forthcoming**)
2027
Artist Interview, Studio Break Podcast, Chicago, IL**
2026
Invited Artist, Panel and Programming, Musée National Adrien‑Dubouché, Limoges, France
Visiting Artist, University of Denver, Denver, CO
2024
Artist in Residence, Consortium for Intercollegiate Research in the Ceramic Arts (CIRCA), University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
2022
Artist Lecture and Panel, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, IA
Artist Lecture, New Art Arizona, Arizona Artists Guild, Phoenix, AZ
PUBLICATIONS, PRESS, FEATURES
2026
Marc A. Bertin, “Le Futur du Kaolin,” JunkPage Magazine, pg. 32, Issue 133, August 2026, Bordeaux, France (Online version published as “Le futur de la céramique s’expose chez Bernardaud à Limoges” [The future of ceramics is on display at Bernardaud in Limoges])
Génération Céramique, Quoi de Neuf?, Exhibition Catalog, curated by Stéphanie Le Follic-Hadida, Fondation d’Entreprise Bernardaud, Limoges, France
“On Questions of Mortality and the Abhuman with Patrick M. Ryan,” Artist Interview, Suboart Magazine, pg. 50-57, Issue 59, April 2026, Lisbon, Portugal
2025
Patrick M. Ryan, Artaxis, Member Profile
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