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Courtney Ryan

Foundation studies professor

Education

  • M.F.A., art, Georgia Southern University
  • B.F.A., art, Columbus State University

Credentials

  • Professor of foundation studies, 2019–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta
  • Instructor, 2018–19, LeMoyne Arts Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
  • Fine art specialist, 2018–19, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
  • Instructor of record, 2016–18, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
  • Ceramics and sculpture graduate teaching assistant, 2015–16, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
  • Instructor, 2015–18, Averitt Center for the Arts, Statesboro, GA
  • Instructor, 2013–15, The Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • ThinkTank 10 Emerging Educator Fellowship, Integrative Teaching International, University of Delaware, Newark, Del., 2018
  • CAA's Professional Development Fellowship in Visual Arts, Honorable Mention, College Art Association Annual Conference, Los Angeles, 2018
  • SECAC Gulnar Bosch Travel Award, Columbus, Ohio, 2017
  • Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award Honorable Mention, International Sculpture Center, Sculpture Magazine, 2017
  • Howard Lumber History, Mural Commission, Howard Lumber Sawmill, Statesboro, Ga., 2017
  • Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art Graduate Travel Fund, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Ga., 2017
  • Carolyn Joyner Memorial Scholarship, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Ga., 2017
  • Face Jug Workshop, invited instructor, Averitt Center for the Arts, Statesboro, Ga., 2017
  • Demonstrating Visiting Artist, Roxie Remley Center for the Arts, Statesboro, Ga., 2017
  • Eagle Nation on Parade (ENOP), Public Art Installation—Legacy of Lumber, Statesboro, Ga.
  • Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art Graduate Travel Fund, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Ga., 2016
  • Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (SLSA) National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Student Travel Grant, Atlanta, 2016
  • Roxie Remley Scholarship for Graduate Achievement, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Ga., 2016
  • Averitt Award for Excellence in Graduate Research and Instruction Nomination, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Ga., 2015
  • Art Basel-Miami Beach Graduate Travel Grant, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Ga., 2015
  • The Masters, Mural Commission, MMA Studio, Columbus, Ga., 2015
  • Before I Die Wall, Public Art Installation Research Assistant, Broadway Street, Columbus, Ga., 2013

Organizations

  • FATE Foundations in Art: Theory and Education, 2020–present
  • College Art Association (CAA), 2016–present
  • International Sculpture Center, Sculpture Magazine, 2017–18
  • Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC), 2015–present

Publications and presentations

Selected exhibitions

  • Interrupted, M5, MINT Gallery, Atlanta, March 31–May 26, 2018
  • Irrational Aggregates, Contemporary Gallery, Center for Art & Theatre, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Ga., Feb. 12–19, 2018
  • Aalto University: Show Swap, Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Helsinki, Finland, March 5–April 5, 2018
  • Domestic: 2017 MFA Biennial, The Delaware Contemporary Museum, Wilmington, Del., Nov. 30, 2017–March 18, 2018
  • Environs, 600 Broad Street Gallery, Augusta, Ga., Jan. 5–27, 2018
  • MFA Showcase, Glass Gallery, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga., Nov. 15–Jan. 9, 2018
  • SECAC Juried Exhibition, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 2017
  • Ovation, Savannah Blick Gallery, Savannah, Ga., Oct. 2017
  • Domestic Consumption, Art Lab Seaboard Depot Studio, Columbus State University, Columbus, Ga., Aug. 22– Sept. 23, 2017
  • Perceived Landscape: Umwelt, Gallery 650, Georgia State University, Atlanta, April 2017
  • In Our Heads, Out of Our Hands, Glass Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga., Nov. 2016
  • In Our Heads, Out of Our Hands, Glass Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga., Nov. 2016
  • Polyhdera, Roxie Remley Center for Fine Art, Statesboro, Ga., Oct. 2016

Presentations

  • "Size Matters, or so I Thought," paper presented at Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC), Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 25–28, 2017.
  • "Domestic Consumption,” visiting artist lecture presented at Columbus State University, Columbus, Ga., Sept. 23, 2017.
  • "Frames of Visual Consumption, the Vitrine as the 'IS' of Artistic Identification," presented at Research Symposium, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Ga., April 14, 2017.
  • "Discovering the Psychological Identity Within Us All: Sculptural Representations of Various States of Mind,” poster presented at Dr. Gregory P. Domin Graduate Research Conference, Columbus State University, Columbus, Ga., Nov. 4–5, 2017.

Publications

  • Amassed 1 & 2, Helsinki, Finland, The School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Aalto University, Mar. 13, 2018.
  • "Ryan's Work Selected for Juried Exhibition at MINT," Noteworthy, March 26, 2018.
  • "Ryan receives CAA Professional-Development Honorable Mention in Visual Arts," Noteworthy, March 1, 2018.
  • "Ryan's Work Accepted into 2017 Delaware Contemporary MFA Biennial Exhibition," Noteworthy, Jan. 29, 2018.
  • "Georgia Southern University to Highlight Work of Master of Fine Arts Candidates this Semester," College of Arts and Humanities, Feb. 7, 2018.
  • "Ceramic Exhibition Examines the Environmental Impact of Consumerism," Noteworthy, Jan. 29, 2018.