Always Learning w/ printmaker Ryan O’Malley
Studio Noize teams up with the good folks at Print Austin to bring you interviews with the winners of the 2022 Print Austin 5x5. This annual juried show features 5 amazing printmakers with a fantastic range of skill and experience. Ryan O’Malley is an artist, educator, event organizer, and teaches at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Ryan talks about his philosophy on teaching, how his students have affected his personal work over the years, and how he is finally creating the work he wants. Listen, subscribe, and share!
Episode topics include:
printmaking philosophy
creating a good teaching environment
working in different print mediums
traveling
teaching vs personal work
Print Austin
Reductive woodcut by Ryan O’Malley
Ryan O’Malley is an artist, educator, event organizer and traveler based in Corpus Christi, Texas. He works in a variety of media with focus on the expansive realm of printmaking. His love of people and process is explored in his ongoing body of work Shapeshifter. Transmuting traditional and technology-driven techniques, O’Malley contrasts their static and dynamic properties and navigates the spaces between precision and imperfection; between the ephemeral, and perpetual.
As an artist, educator and member of the Outlaw Printmakers, his work has been included in numerous national and international exhibitions, publications, and portfolios. He has shown internationally including Canada, Estonia, Russia, Japan, France China, Mexico, Italy, Latvia and Iran. His expertise is included in Printmaking: A Complete Guide to Materials and Process, Second Edition, by Fick and Grabowski and his work is in numerous collections including the Mint Museum of Art and the U.S. Library of Congress.
O’Malley’s commitment to education includes serving as Professor of Art and Graduate Coordinator at Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi.
See More: www.ryanomalleyart.com
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