RYAN DAVIS
22 E 105th St 1C, New York, NY 10029 | ryandavistheartist@gmail.com | ryandavistheartist.com
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 is the Garden, The Yard, New York, NY 2022
- Art From Acid Mine Invitational, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, OH 2022
- Lotus Live Art 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 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: 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
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
Family Art Project Weekend Coordinator, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY, 2018-2021
- Oversee operations of event hosting 100+ individuals weekly
- Develop inventory and archiving electronic systems through Google Docs and Sheets
- Create new curriculum in professional development for Interns
- Co-develop and conceptualize nature based theme projects integrated with social justice based practices
Juror, Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, New York, NY, 2019
- Collaborate with fellow jurors in jurying high school students’ works for awards and scholarship
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