About
Grace C. Ryder was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. In 2016 she attended the Oxbow School in Napa, California. Grace graduated with a BA in Studio Art and a minor in math from Kenyon College in 2022.
Grace has worked as a ceramics studio assistant, a canvas shop technician, ceramics, metal and woodshop monitor and TA over the years.
She is currently finishing her MFA in Visual Arts at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at WashU in St. Louis.
Curriculum Vitae
Education:
2025 MFA in Visual Arts Candidate, (Expected May, 2025) Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis
2024 Study Abroad, Berlin Sommerakademie, Washington University in St. Louis, Berlin, Venice
2022 Kenyon College, BA Studio Art
Teaching Experience:
2025 — Teaching Citation, Center for Teaching and Learning (Expected May, 2025), Washington University in St. Louis
Teaching Assistant to Joe deVera, Intro Painting: Duration, Space, Time, Washington University in St. Louis
2024 - 25 — Graduate Arts Organization Co - President, Washington University in St. Louis
2024 — Teaching Assistant to Arny Nadler, 3-D Design, Washington University in St. Louis
Cyanotype Workshop Instructor, Nocefresca Residency, Sardinia, Italy
Teaching Assistant to Andrea Moon, Ceramics: Content and Form, Washington University in St. Louis
2023 —Teaching Assistant to Anika Todd, 3-D Design, Washington University in St. Louis
Work experience:
2023 - 25 Teaching Assistant, Washington University in St. Louis, MO
2023 - 25 Wood, Metal and Ceramics Shop Technician, Washington University in St. Louis, MO
2021 - 22 Lead Painting Shop Technician, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
2020 - 21 Studio Assistant for Ceramicist, Kristen Cliffel, Lakewood, OH
Group Exhibitions:
2025 (Upcoming) Slow Gardens, Kemper Museum, St. Louis, MO
Parabola 2025, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, St. Louis
Feel the Love, GWP Gallery, Kensington, MD
Annual Juried Fine Art Competition, Clarkwell Gallery, Honeywell Center, Wabash, IN
2024 11th Biannual Exhibition, Angad Arts Hotel, St. Louis, MO
The Eleventh Hour, Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO
When I Rebel, TechArtista, St. Louis, MO
Hide and Seek, GCADD, Granite City, IL
Parabola 2024, Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2023 The Queer Experience, Gephardt Institute, St. Louis, MO
So Many Hammers, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, St. Louis
Rebellion 2023, Exhibizone, Canada (Online Exhibition)
2022 Senior Show, Gund Gallery, Gambier, OH
2021 In Progress, Horvitz Hall, Gambier, OH
2019 4th Annual Pop Up, Gund Gallery, Gambier, OH
2017 OS34 Final Show, The Oxbow School, Napa, CA
Virtual Magazines:
2023 The Artful Collective, Reclaim Collection, Issue 2,
https://www.theartfulcollective.com/reclaim-collection-1/reclaim-collection-rx827
