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EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts in Painting + Drawing, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 2016

Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2-Dimensional Studies, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, 2012

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

• Warriors in the Garden, (solo exhibition curated by Akeem Duncan) The Yard, New York, NY 2022
• Art From Acid Mine Invitational, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, OH 2022
• Lotus Live Art Mural Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY 2020
• New Prints 2017/Winter, International Print Center New York, New York, NY, 2017
• Resolutions: More Art, Wash Park Art, Cincinnati, OH, 2017
• 23rd African American Arts Exhibition, Actors Theatre Gallery, Louisville, KY, 2017
• Athens International Film + Video Festival, Athens, OH 2016
• Polyvocal Mixtape: Positionality, Majestic Galleries, Athens, OH 2016
• Paint Is Thicker Than Water, Rio Grande, OH 2016
• I Can’t Breath, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2015
• Changeling, Majestic Annex, Nelsonville, OH, 2015
• 21st African American Arts Exhibition, Actors Theatre Gallery, Louisville, KY, 2015
• Neoteric, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, OH, 2015
• Hybrid Identities International Experimental Video Art Festical, Mediterráneo Centro Artistico, Almeria, Spain 2014
• Hidden Rooms International Video Art Exhibition, Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi, Venice, Italy, 2014

ARTIST RESIDENCY

• Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY, 2022

TEACHING ARTIST RESIDENCY

• Creative Artworks, New York, NY, 2022

SELECTED AWARDS & HONORS

• Wassaic Project Education Fellowship Stipend, Wassaic Project, 2022
• Ishmon and Terri Burks Award, African American Arts Exhibitions, 2015
• Palmer Scholarship Travel Grant, The Toledo Museum of Art, 2012

COLLECTIONS

• K. Caraccio Fine Art Print Collection, 2022
• Private Mural, Jamaica, NY 2021
• Untitled Mural, Lotus Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2020
• Dagara Music Center, Ghana, West Africa, 2012

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Professor, (Art History) Prehistory to Middle Ages, Renaissance to Modern World, Modern Art, Ocean County College, Tom Rivers, New Jersey, 2023-Present

• Create course curriculum
• Present artworks and historical context
• Track student progress in understanding of materials
• Develop responsive discussion posts and assignments

Teaching Artist-in-Residence, Creative Art Works, New York, NY, 2018-Present

Clients: MS. 328, I.S. 254X, Bronx Family Court, Queens Community Justice Center, Hamilton Grange Middle School, Madison Square Boys & Girls Club, PS/MS 4, Police Athletic League Webster Center

• Design lesson plans for various middle schools, for in-school and after school classes
• Lead middle school, high school and college students in designing and painting murals around New York City
• Manage inventory of mural supplies
• Lead financial literary lectures
• Develop students abilities in professionalism

Teaching Artist, Groundswell, Brooklyn, New York, 2021

• Guide students in creating a mural with local client
• Develop lesson plan to facilitate mural design elements from youth artists
• Lead student in presentation of mural with client
• Teach professional development skills including interviewing client and writing resume

Instructor, Intersectional Approaches (studio course), Ohio University, 2016

• Create course curriculum
• Integrate cross-disciplinary materials with oil painting
• Introduce readings to create an intersectional framework in thinking about how to make, view, and synthesize artwork
• Encourage students to experiment and make mistakes with materials and process
• Track student progress there willingness to create multiple ideations
• Manage course budget

Instructor, Art and Hip Hop (lecture course), Ohio University, 2016 & 2015

• Create course curriculum
• Write scripts for online recorded video lectures
• Introduce contemporary art through the historical lens of hip-hop culture: graffiti, dance, DJ, and music
• Regularly monitor and engage with students on message boards

Instructor, Introduction to Painting (studio course), Ohio University, 2015

• Encourage creative expression, perception, and composition
• Develop fundamental skills and techniques in oil painting
• Maintain grade logs to monitor student progress
• Create course curriculum and manage course budget

Instructor, Figure Drawing (studio course), Ohio University, 2015

• Emphasize skeletal structure, proportional figure drawing, and close frame drawing
• Expand notions of the figure by exploring contemporary practices in figure drawings
• Graded works to monitor student progress
• Create course curriculum and manage budget

VISITING ARTIST – LECTURES & WORKSHOPS

• Glazing in Oil Painting, Professional Children’s School, Spring, 2023
• Student and Emerging Professionals Panel, CAA Advancing Art & Design, 2019
• Black On Both Sides Lecture, International Print Center New York, New York, NY, 2017
• Monotype printmaking workshop, Stanley Isaac Center, New York, NY, 2017

PUBLICATIONS

• Davis, Ryan, Masking: The Art of Manifestation, Quiet Lunch Issue 4, 2017
• Davis, Ryan, The Art of Fear: The Act of Making Art Post Graduate School, Naturestudies.com, 2016
• Davis Ryan, Because The Internet: Micro-Genres and The Individualistic Revolution in Music, Jettison Magazine, 2016

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Exhibition Catalog, “Secret of the Friendly Woods,” Wassaic Project, 2021
• Exhibition Catalog, “23rd African American Arts Exhibition,” Actors Theatre Gallery, 2017
• Exhibition Catalog, “Athens International Film + Video Festival – 2016,” Athensfilmfest.org, Athens Film Fest, 2016
• Feature Article, “Featured Artist: Ryan Davis,” Penny, Mad, Jettison Magazine, 2016
• Exhibition Review, “Nelsonville gallery reopens nearly a year after fire”, Powell, Dennis E. The Athens News, 2016.
• Exhibition Catalog, “21st African American Arts Exhibition,” Actors Theatre Gallery, 2015
• Featured Interview, “Creative Economy of Northwest Ohio,” WBGU Documentaries, 2011