EDUCATION
2004
MFA Ceramics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1998
BFA Glass and Ceramics, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
1997
Drawing and Art History, Studio Art Center International, Florence, Italy (Summer)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
Form/Space Atelier Gallery, Back to the Head, photography & video installations, Seattle, WA
2009
Ingham Chapman Gallery, RH: tp- AH, University of New Mexico, Gallup, NM
2007
Kolva Gallery, American Haikus, Spokane, WA
2005
UC Art Gallery, trans-passage, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
2004
CMA Gallery, impulse//idea MFA Thesis Exhibition, UW, Seattle, WA
2002
Vera Mercer Gallery, Ryan Horvath, Omaha, NE
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015
Scarfone/Hartley Gallery ,Biennial Invitational, Electronics Alive VIII, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL
Sunshine Art +Design, Process & Product/ Quilting Redefined, Lancaster, PA
2012
Family Business Gallery, Sun Worshipers, New York, NY
Metro Transit & Photo Center NW, Panorama, two public murals, Seattle, WA
One Sea Gate Lobby, Forty-six Years of Teaching Glass Art: BGSU, 5th& 3rd Center, Toledo, OH
2011
Gallery (206), City Phone-booth Installation, Seattle, WA
Violet Strays, Morphine, Seattle, WA
2010
Gasser & Grunert Gallery, Games of Antiquity: 30 Days + 30 Nights, NY, NY
Dotted Line Studios, Spring Show, Seattle, WA
2009
The Stables, B.A.H.H., Seatlle, WA
2008
Caladan Gallery, Light & Air: Landscapes Revisited, Cambridge, MA
Georgetown Super-8 Film Festival, Aurora, Seattle, WA
Fisherman's Pavilion, City Center, Artist Trust Auction, Seattle, WA
Ceramics Studio, UW, Scholars for Scholarship Auction, Seattle WA
2007
Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Summer Introductions, Seattle, WA
Crawl Space Gallery, Rivet Art Auction, Seattle, WA
2006
Photographic Center Northwest, PCNW Members' Exhibition, Seattle, WA
Larson Gallery, 34th National Photography Exhibition, Yakima, WA
Crawl Space Gallery, Rivet Art Auction, Seattle, WA
2005
Center for Visual Arts, 48th National Exhibition of American Art Chautauqua, NY
Crawlspace Gallery, Common: Celebration of the Mundane, Seattle, WA
Kellogg Gallery, Ink & Clay 32, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
Henry Art Gallery, Bashville Auction, Seattle, WA
Crawl Space Gallery, Rivet Art Auction, Seattle, WA
2004
University House, UW Masters Exhibition, Seattle, WA
Henry Art Gallery, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Seattle, WA
School of Music, orange on blue on, video projection, UW, Seattle, WA
Sandpoint Gallery, Graduate Exhibition, UW, Seattle, WA
911 Media Center, Open Screening, orange on blue on, video projection, Seattle,WA
2003
Flor y Canto Jackson Galleries, NCECA Regional Student Exhibition, San Diego, CA
CMA Gallery, Prologue: Graduate Exhibition, UW, Seattle, WA
Roja International Art Symposium, ROJA-RAKU, Roja, Latvia
CMA Gallery, Osmosis: Graduate Exhibition, UW, Seattle, WA
Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Works in Progress Graduate Exhibition, UW, Seattle, WA
2002
Bemis Center for the Contemporary Art, 20/20 Vision Exhibition, Omaha, NE
2001
13th Street Gallery, Wood-fired Exhibition, Omaha, NE
Fluxion Gallery, Omaha, NE
Angela Graham Gallery, Hastings, NE
2000
Bemis Center for the Contemporary Art, School of Art Drawing Exhibition, Omaha, NE
1998
Three Rivers Arts Festival, Three Rivers, PA
Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Undergraduate Exhibition, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Thesis Exhibition, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
Bockrath Gallery, Cleveland, OH
1997
Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Undergraduate Exhibition, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
Spectrum Downtown Gallery, Toledo, OH
1996
Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Undergraduate Exhibition, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
Spectrum Botanical Garden Gallery, Toledo, OH
Studio 129, Bowling Green, OH
1995
Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Undergraduate Exhibition, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
AWARDS, COMMISSIONS, GRANTS
2009
Blade, photography commission, Seattle, WA
Williams, photography commission, Seattle, WA
2008
Amy Van Quathem, photography commission, Seattle, WA
2007
King County Purchase Prize Collection Award, Seattle, WA
2006
Artist Trust / WSAC Fellowship, Seattle, WA
2003
Graduate School Funding for Excellence and Innovations, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Nordstrom Recognition Award, School of Art, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2002
Financial Recruitment Package, MFA, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1998
School of Art Scholarship, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Best of Show, Undergraduate Exhibition,Uber Bryan Gallery, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
1997
School of Art Scholarship, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
1996
Medici Purchase Prize, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
2012
Studio Assistant, Jeffery Mitchell Studio, Ambach & Rice Project, Seattle, WA
2011
Production Assistant & Fabricator, Gary Hill Studio, The Psychedelic Gedanken Experiment, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, NY, NY
2010
Temporary Assistant, Gary Hill Studio, Seattle, WA
2007
Temporary Assistant, Gary Hill Exhibition, 991 Media Center, Seattle, WA
Artist, Collage Party with Paul Butler, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005
Designer, technician, 14/48, Consolidated Works Seattle, WA
Studio Assistant, Jeffery Mitchell, Linda Farris Project, Seattle, WA
2004
Temporary Assistant, Eric Nation, Eric Nation Design, San Diego, CA
2001-1999
Studio Assistant, Jun Kaneko Studio, Omaha, NE, fabrication of large scale clay works, mixing & application of glazes, research development of glazes, load, program, & fire kilns, restoration of finished ceramic works, assistance in proposals & fabrication for public commissions, underpainting for large scale paintings, ordering, preparation of materials, inventory of materials & finished work, arrange, pack, and ship work to national & international destinations, operation & maintenance of building & equipment
1998-1995
Blacksmith & Glassblower, Cedar Point, Sandusky, OH (seasonal) , demonstration, production, operation, maintenance of building & equipment
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
2015
Adjunct Faculty, Art& Design: 2-D Fundamentals, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Adjunct Faculty, Art& Design: 3-D Fundamentals, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
2014
Adjunct Faculty, Art& Design: 2-D Fundamentals, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Teaching Instructor, Visual Art, Trinity Performing Arts Center, Orlando, FL
2014-2012
Adjunct Faculty, Visual Literacy, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL
2010
Visiting Artist, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
2008
Teaching Instructor, Centrum, Port Townsend, WA
Artist Lecturer, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
2007
Artist Lecturer, Kolva Gallery, Spokane, WA
2005
Artist Lecturer, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
2004
Artist Lecturer, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Artist Lecturer, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Artist Lecturer, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Artist Lecturer, Ingraham High School, Seattle, WA
Artist Lecturer, CMA Gallery, UW, Seattle, WA
2003
Teaching Assistant, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Artist Lecturer, Latvia Academy of Art, Riga, Latvia
Artist Lecturer, Roja Art Symposium, Roja, Latvia
ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES
2015
Featured Artist, lecturer & workshop, Sip & Snip, Discerning Eye Center for the Arts, Lancaster, PA
2014
Juror & Lecturer, Observations, Ridge Art Association, Chain O’ Lakes Civic Center, Winter Haven, FL
2010
Volunteer, Gage Academy, Seattle, WA
2007
Volunteer, 991 Media Center, Seattle, WA
2006
Volunteer, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
2004
Juror, BFA Juried Exhibition, CMA Gallery, UW, Seattle, WA
2003
Juror, BFA Juried Exhibition, CMA Gallery, UW, Seattle, WA
1998
Anagama Kiln Firing, Don Reitz, Dan Anderson, John Balistreri, Denver, CO
1997
Drawing Coarse, Michiko Itatani, SACI, Florence, Italy
1996
Workshop, Fritz Driesbach, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
Workshop, Paul Cunningham, Glass Axis, Columbus, OH
Workshop, Kent Ispen, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
Workshop, Ruth King, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
Stinton, Sierra, Sun-Worshipers, Haikus by Ryan Horvath, July 3,2012
Seattle Weekly, Back to the Head: mixes jazz with his art. October 19-25, 2011
Alt Blog, Violet Strays- Morphine, photo, April 1, 2011
Graves, Jen, The Stranger-Slog News & Art, Introducing Violet Strays: to just pass by as if the whole thing is an after image, review & photo, April1, 2011
Hackett, Regina, Another Bouncing Ball, Eat Me Art- food as odious necessity, photos,
February 2010
Seattle Channel, Artist, Collage Party with Paul Butler, Henry Art Gallery
September 2007.
Artsource Newsletter, Artist Trust, photos,
Winter 2006
Hackett, Regina, Seattle Post’s Intelligencer, “One of 21 Artist Trust Fellowships”, review,
October 19, 2006
48th Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art Catalog, photo,
June 2005Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts Newsletter, photo,
Summer 2005
Sakariassen, Alex, Montana Kaimin, “Trans-passage : A Mass transit blur arrives at UC Gallery” review,
December 1, 2005
Hackett, Regina, Seattle Post’s Intelligencer, UW M.F.A. Exhibition, “UW Master of Fine Arts Students Deserve a Shot in the Spotlight”, review,
June 11, 2004
Demetre, Jim, Artdish, review,
June 2004
Rupenheite, Ieva, Diena, ROJARAKU Art Symposium, “Skaistaks par kugi, review”,
August 30, 2003
Staltes, Gita, Banga, ROJARAKU Art Symposium, “Roja-Raku Musdienu Makslas Simpozijs 4.-23. Augusta Roja”, review,
August 8, 2003
Mayer, Ken, Omaha Weekly, 20/20 Vision Exhibition, “Not Strictly Commercial,” review,
April 18, 2002
Lukasiewiecz, Holly, Gateway, Ryan Horvath Exhibition, “Disjointed Swan’s Neck,” review and photo,
February 20, 2002
Prisbell, Leslie, The Reader, Ryan Horvath Exhibition, “Will and Grace,” review and photo,
February 20, 2002