thleen Ryan
KatRyan.Art@gmail.com
youhavethesunihavethemoon.yolasite.com
www.youtube.com/user/PurpleSquirrel19/videos
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EDUCATION
2014 MFA, Washington State University (Interdisciplinary focus)
May 2014, Graduate Teaching Assistantship
2010 BFA, Ball State University (Major: Fine Art; Painting, Minor: Anthropology)
December 2010, graduated Cum Laude
GRANTS / AWARDS
2012-2014 Teaching Assistantship, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2012-2013 John Ludwig Grad Fellowship, Washington State University,
Pullman, WA
2012 Award of Merit, 22nd Minnetrista Annual Juried Art Show And Sale 2012, Minnetrista, Muncie, IN
2011 Diane Ferlauto Purchase Award, Richmond Art Museum 113th Annual
Exhibition Richmond Art Museum, Richmond, IN
2011 Second Place (Avocational Division), 21st Minnetrista Annual Juried Art Show and Sale, Minnetrista, Muncie, IN
2010 Mattie G. Jacobs Memorial Award, Richmond Art Museum 112th Annual Art Competition, Richmond Art Museum, Richmond, IN
2010 Top 15 Award, Whitewater Valley Annual Art Competition, Indiana University East, Richmond, IN
2010 The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
2010 Stephen Oberreich Memorial Art Scholarship
2010 Lucia Mysch Scholarship Award for Painting, 75th Annual Student Art Show, Ball State University Museum of Art, Muncie, IN
2009- 2010 Sursa Fine Arts Scholarship
2009 US Bank Merit Award, Richmond Art Museum 111th Annual Art Competition, Richmond Art Museum, Richmond, IN
2009 Diane Ferlauto Purchase Award, Richmond Art Museum 111th Annual Art Competition, Richmond Art Museum, Richmond, IN
2009 Jean-Ousley Mixed Media Painting Award, 74th Annual Student Art Show, Ball State University Museum of Art, Muncie, IN
2007-2010 National Society of Collegiate Scholars
2006-2010 Presidential Scholarship
2006-2010 Dean’s List, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
2006-2010 Ball State University Art Scholarships
2006 Purchase award, County Student Art Show, Medina General Hospital, Sky Bank, Medina, OH
2005 Best of Show, Student Photography, Medina County Fair, Medina, OH
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 6,081 Miles [These Are The Places We Grow Into], Gallery II, Washington State
University, Pullman, WA
2011 Kathleen Ryan Gallery Exhibition, Art 101 Gallery, Wooster, OH
2010 She’s Growing Her Own Home (Senior Thesis), Atrium Gallery at Ball State
University, Muncie, IN
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 Pancakes and Booze Art Show, El Corazon, Seattle, WA
2015 Winter Exhibition, Matter! Gallery, Olympia, WA
2014 Pancakes and Booze Art Show, El Corazon, Seattle, WA
2014 Fall Exhibition, Matter! Gallery, Olympia, WA
2014 MFA Thesis Exhibition:“__________” : Time To Reset [This Is My New Normal],
Washington State University Museum of Art, Pullman, WA
2014 Relatively Flat, Aurora Gallery, Vancouver, WA
2014 Attraction and Doubt, 308 Gallery, Muncie, IN
2014 Something Along Those Lines, The Reflections Gallery, Moscow, ID
2014 No Comment, Autzen Gallery, Portland, OR
2014 Reinterpreting Reality, CUB Gallery, Pullman, WA
2013 Well, Well, Well, Gallery II, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2013 Back And Forth: The Art Of Postcard Exchange Group, Florence Quarter
Gallery, Southwest University of Visual Arts, Tucson, AZ
2013 Reinterpreting Reality, CUB Gallery, Pullman, WA
2012 Terrain 5, Terrain, Spokane, WA
2012 Student Show, Gallery III, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2012 22nd Minnetrista Annual Juried Art Show And Sale, Minnetrista, Muncie, IN
2012 Sugar and Ice, Art 101 Gallery, Medina, OH
2012 Winter Exhibit, Art 101 Gallery, Wooster, OH
2011 Richmond Art Museum 113th Annual Exhibition, Richmond Art Museum,
Richmond, IN
2011 Private Event, Quail Hollow Resort, Painesville, OH
2011 Summer Gallery Exhibit, Art 101 Gallery, Wooster, OH
2011 21st Minnetrista Annual Juried Art Show and Sale, Minnetrista, Muncie, IN
2010 Nina B. Marshall Memorial Women Faculty and Student Exhibition, Atrium
Gallery, Ball State University Muncie, IN
2010 Richmond Art Museum 112th Annual Art Competition, Richmond Art Museum,
Richmond, IN
2010 Whitewater Valley Annual Art Competition, Indiana University East,
Richmond, IN
2010 Bookish, Center Gallery, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
2010 75th Annual Student Art Show, Ball State University Museum of Art, Muncie,IN
2009 Nina B. Marshall Memorial Women Faculty and Student Exhibition, Atrium Gallery, Ball State University Muncie, IN
2009 It’s Not Your Mother’s Refrigerator Anymore, Artist Within, Muncie, IN
2009 74th Annual Student Art Show, Ball State University Art Museum, Muncie, IN
2009 Richmond Art Museum 111th Annual Art Competition, Richmond Art Museum,
Richmond, IN
2009 Whitewater Valley Annual Art Competition, Indiana University East, Richmond, IN
2008 Nina B. Marshall Memorial Women Faculty and Student Exhibition, Atrium
Gallery, Ball State University Muncie, IN
2008 Wax and Water, Artist Within, Muncie, IN
2007 72nd Annual Student Art Show, Ball State University Museum of Art, Muncie, IN
2003, 2004, Medina General Hospital Student Art Show, Medina General Hospital,
2005: Medina, OH
WORK EXPERIENCE
2013 (January) Gallery II Graduate Committee Member — Washington State University, Pullman, WA
-2014 (May) gallery installation/de-installation, curatorial work, drafting exhibition calendar, exhibition proposals,
assisting in visiting artist duties
2012 (August) Instructor of Record — Washington State University, Pullman, WA
- 2014(May) Classes taught: Beginning to Drawing, Visual Concepts II (equivalent to 3D foundations)
2012 (August) Teaching Assistant—Washington State University, Pullman, WA
-2014 (May) Grading, clerical work, note taker, classroom assistant
2011(June) Art Department Head — Pat Catan’s, Strongsville, OH
- 2012(July) Register, answering art and framing related questions, department management, ordering stock
for art department, training new hires in art department
2011 (May) Gallery Staff and Artist (2013) —Art 101 Gallery, Medina and Wooster, OH
-2012 (July) Gallery monitor and sales staff: live painting sessions during gallery hours, opening and closing
the gallery, informing guest about artwork, events, gallery and services, helping with special
events (i.e. receptions, city art walks), answering guest questions, setting up and takedown of displays/artwork.
2011 Exhibits Intern — Minnetrista Cultural Center, Muncie, IN
(Jan.-April) Unpack and arrange exhibitions, Installation of art exhibitions, cutting and mounting exhibition signs,
labels and artworks, assist with setting up and designing small exhibits
2010 Undergraduate Intern — Ball State University Museum of Art, Muncie, IN
(May-July) Assist in planning and running public museum events and event activities, create hand outs and
other event or exhibition related documents (i.e. surveys, children activities, art information for
exhibition display) and displays, clerical work, editing of museum’s collection database, written record
keeping of interactive exhibition (public comments that were part of an interactive exhibit)
SERVICE
2015 Visiting Artist — collaborative installation with students at Beaver Lake Middle School, Issaquah, WA
2014-2015 Artist Member — Matter! Gallery, Olympia, WA (closed 2015)
2012-2013 Drawing/Foundations Search Committee — Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
Graduate on the search committee responsible for the hire of the 2013 Drawing/Foundations
position in Department of Fine Arts at WSU
2012-2013 Member — Glue and Scissor Society
2011-2013 Artist Member — Art 101 Gallery, Medina, and Wooster, OH
2011-2012 Volunteer Gallery Staff — Art 101 Gallery, Medina, and Wooster, OH
2008 Member — Fine Arts League at Ball State University, Muncie, IN
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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2014 Dr. Philips, Natalie. “Exhibition Review” Attraction and Doubt—Exhibition Catalog: Artist Biographies and Statements. 2014. Pg. 70-78.
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2013 “Past Exchanges: Summer 2013: Exchange” The Postcard Collective.August2013.
<http://www.postcardcollective.org/past-exchanges/#/summer-2013/>
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2012 “Past Exchanges: Fall 2012: Accidental Discoveries” The Postcard Collective.January 2013.
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