ON VIEW
April 22 – 29
+ May 12 – 20
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
Friday, April 21, 5 – 7 pm
+ Thursday, May 11, 5 – 7 pm
April 22 – 29
+ May 12 – 20
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
Friday, April 21, 5 – 7 pm
+ Thursday, May 11, 5 – 7 pm
@ryan.w.wight
www.ryanwight.net
Ryan Wight
Ryan Wight is a conceptual artist born in Belfast, Maine and currently residing in Portland, Maine. His interdisciplinary practice utilizes sculpture, photography, and film to address humanity's relationship to the natural world. Ryan is currently a second year MFA candidate at Maine College of Art & Design and received his BFA from the University of Southern Maine after studying at Syracuse University. He has furthered his artistic development by attending opportunities such as the Monhegan Artist Residency and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.
Repetition and Disintegration: My art practice is inspired by a deep interest in nature. I draw from personal experiences and research to explore the potent relationships that exist between remote environmental systems. I strongly believe that everything is unified and balanced through the movement and flow of interacting forces. My work aims to highlight this delicate balance as I create unique interconnections through assemblages of organic and synthetic materials, while also considering the tensions created by technology and human agency. Sculpture, photography, film, and installation are utilized to manipulate movement of materials as they mesh together, creating potential for transformative change. Given the current environmental crisis, my research takes on added significance as it highlights the need for greater ecological awareness and balance.
www.ryanwight.net
Ryan Wight
Ryan Wight is a conceptual artist born in Belfast, Maine and currently residing in Portland, Maine. His interdisciplinary practice utilizes sculpture, photography, and film to address humanity's relationship to the natural world. Ryan is currently a second year MFA candidate at Maine College of Art & Design and received his BFA from the University of Southern Maine after studying at Syracuse University. He has furthered his artistic development by attending opportunities such as the Monhegan Artist Residency and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.
Repetition and Disintegration: My art practice is inspired by a deep interest in nature. I draw from personal experiences and research to explore the potent relationships that exist between remote environmental systems. I strongly believe that everything is unified and balanced through the movement and flow of interacting forces. My work aims to highlight this delicate balance as I create unique interconnections through assemblages of organic and synthetic materials, while also considering the tensions created by technology and human agency. Sculpture, photography, film, and installation are utilized to manipulate movement of materials as they mesh together, creating potential for transformative change. Given the current environmental crisis, my research takes on added significance as it highlights the need for greater ecological awareness and balance.
The MFA Thesis Exhibitions for the Class of 2023 are interdisciplinary shows that incorporate a range of making practices unified by the overwhelming concerns these students have for their environment, their communities, their families, and their own well-being. With an emphasis on the personal, and at times the anecdotal, these 21 artists make a variety of contributions in the form of ceramics, garments, furniture, installations, paintings, photographs, poems, prints, sculptures, and videos. The nature of their work and research demonstrates the caliber and cultural relevance of our program.
2023 MFA artists (April 22 – 29)
Corinne Colpitts, Deanna Jacome, Marlena Faxon, Jordann McKenna, Allison Overpeck, Maya Parry, Phoebe Snyder, Richard Takita, Michael Tilbury, Ryan Wight
2023 MFA artists (May 12 – 20)
McKenna Bishop, Maeve Doolan, Grace Hager, Mattie Hinkley, Rebecca Laws, James Meyer, Ted Moore, Steffany Ojeda, Connor Pirruccello-McClellan, Deborah Santoro, Anthony Surratt
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Corinne Colpitts, Deanna Jacome, Marlena Faxon, Jordann McKenna, Allison Overpeck, Maya Parry, Phoebe Snyder, Richard Takita, Michael Tilbury, Ryan Wight
2023 MFA artists (May 12 – 20)
McKenna Bishop, Maeve Doolan, Grace Hager, Mattie Hinkley, Rebecca Laws, James Meyer, Ted Moore, Steffany Ojeda, Connor Pirruccello-McClellan, Deborah Santoro, Anthony Surratt
Institute of Contemporary Art
at Maine College of Art & Design
522 Congress St.Portland, ME 04101
Gallery Hours:
Wed–Sun, 11:00am–5:00pm,
Thursday, 11:00am–7:00pm