Ryan Scails
Ryan Scails is a multidisciplinary artist whose work examines the nuances of materiality
within the built world and how intentional shifts in details can give humans context in
ways that confront the limits of their bodies. By using fiber to create hyper specific
structural relationships, his work highlights the potential in substantive engagements
between the human body and our environment. In a manner that leans heavily on the
sequential harmony of physical labor his work seeks to foreground pre-colonial
technologies by riffing on fractured schematics, glyphs, and vernacular tools to sift
through the imperial aggregate. His most recent exhibitions include RAW at Eric
Firestone Gallery (New York City, NY), To Prepare A Place For You at Temple
Contemporary (Philadelphia, PA), Martin's End at Tiger Strikes Asteroid (Philadelphia,
PA), Graphite Stew at Upper Market Gallery (San Francisco, CA). Ryan has attended
residencies at MASSMoCA, Textile Arts Center - Brooklyn, and the John Michael Kohler
Arts Center Arts/Industry program.