Rylan Steele


Education

2007 Master of Fine Arts, with distinction, Photography, Lamar Dodd School of Art,

University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

2006 Study Abroad Program, University of Georgia, Cortona, Italy

2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts, cum laude, Photography, Art History Minor,

Florida International University, Miami, Florida

2000 Associate of Science, with honors, Photographic Technology, South Eastern Center for

Photographic Studies, Daytona Beach Community College, Daytona Beach, Florida

Exhibitions

2011 Photo National: A Survey of Contemporary Photography, Curated by Brian Clamp, Director of Clamp Art in New York, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, Maine

2011 Midwest Center for Photography Exhibition, Center Gallery, Wichita, Kansas

In Place, Vizivarosi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

Lens 2011, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, IL

2010 AIR, Duna Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

16th Juried Exhibition, juror Jorg Colberg, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA

Picturing Home, curated by Julian Cox, Photography Curator at the High Museum of Art, Emory Visual Arts Gallery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

Photographing America 08-09, UNC-Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina

Focal_Resolution-1, Climate Gallery, Long Island City, New York

25th Tallahassee International, Florida State Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, Florida (catalog)

New Works Galley Online, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Blue, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont

Photowork 10’, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York

Mcneese National Works on Paper Exhibition, Abercrombie Gallery, Mcneese State University,

Lake Charles, Louisiana (catalog)

2009 Not Enough Space, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida *(solo)

Emerging Artists 2009, Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia

Intersections, A Traveling UHAUL Exhibition, Chattanooga, Birmingham, Atlanta

Art in Academia, Space 301, Mobile, Alabama (catalog)

27th Anniversary Juried Membership Exhibition, juror Katherine Ware, Curator of Photography

at the New Mexico Museum of Art, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas

Onward 09, juror Peter Barberie, Photography Curator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art,

Project Basho Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Studio Art Faculty Exhibition, Illges Gallery, Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia

North Carolina Photographers Biennial, Meredith College, Raleigh, North Carolina

6th Photographic Image Biennial, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University,

Greenville, North Carolina (catalog)

Positive/Negative 24, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee

Photo+Book, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, Oregon

2008 Athica Emerges II, curated by Maria Lundin, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art,

Athens, Georgia *(solo)

Annual Studio Art Faculty Exhibition, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, The University of North Carolina

Asheville, Asheville, North Carolina

Out of The South, juror Diana Edkins, Director of Exhibitions Aperture Foundation, Atlanta

Photography Group Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia

Group Show No. 27, Humble Arts Foundation, New York, New York, Online Exhibition

Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, California

Lagrange National Biennial XXV, juror Julian Cox, Photography Curator at the High Museum of Art, Lagrange College, Lagrange, Georgia

Awards / Residencies

2010 Artist in Residence, Hungarian Multicultural Center, Budapest, Hungary

Faculty Research and Equipment Grant, $10,000 towards a Digital Camera for Personal

Research, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA

Honorable Mention, Developed Work Exhibition, Center Gallery, Midwest Center for

Photography, Wichita, Kansas

Travel Stipend, College of the Arts, Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia

2009 Nominated for the $10,000 Baum Award for Emerging American Photographers,

Baum Foundation, San Francisco, California

Faculty Development Grant, $3720 for Artist Residency in Budapest, Columbus State

University, Columbus, Georgia

Adjunct Instructor Conference Scholarship, Society for Photographic Education, Dallas, Texas

Honorable Mention, Hey Hot Shot, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, New York

2007 Associate Artist in Residence, with Thomas Struth, Atlantic Center for the Arts,

New Smyrna Beach, Florida

2007 Juror's Award, 1st Annual SPA Juried Show, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, Georgia

2005 - 2007 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

2006 John D. Kehoe Scholarship, Highest Scholarship for Studies Abroad in Cortona Italy,

University of Georgia Studies Abroad, Athens, Georgia

2005 Graduate School Dean's Award, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

2004 - 2005 Graduate Recruiting Assistantship, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

Artist Lectures

2010 Artist’s Talk, AIR-HMC, International Artists in Residency, Medosz, Budapest, Hungary

2009 Visiting Artist Lecture, Redlands University, Redlands, California

Visiting Artist Lecture, Myers School of Art, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

Visiting Artist Lecture, Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia

2008 Walk and Talk, A Conversation with Kim Deakins and Maria Lundin, Athens Institute of Contemporary Art, Athens, Georgia

Visiting Artist Lecture, Barry University, Miami, Florida

Visiting Artist Lecture, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida

2007 Panelist, ART-TALK with Paul Pfeiffer, Lamar Dodd School of Art,

Athens, Georgia (transcript published)

Visiting Artist Lecture, Florida International University, Miami, Florida

Photography Portfolio Reviews

2010 PhotoNola Portfolio Review, New Orleans, Louisiana

Review Santa Fe, Juried Entry, The Center Sante Fe, New Mexico

2009 PhotoNola Portfolio Review, New Orleans, Louisiana

Project 5 Group Portfolio Review, juried entry, Daniel Cooney Gallery, New York, New York

2008 ACP Portfolio Review, juried entry, Atlanta Celebrated Photography, Atlanta, Georgia

2007 ACP Portfolio Review, juried entry, Atlanta Celebrated Photography, Atlanta, Georgia

Publications

2010 Photographer, Newsweek, Issue February 15th, 2010, New York, New York

Photographer, OneOneThousand.org, December, 2010, Atlanta, Georgia (Online Publication)

2007 Photographer, Dynamic Painting for Beginners, by Diane Edison, Harry Abrams Publishing,

New York, New York

Photographer, Diane Edison: Black & White, exhibition catalog, George Adams Gallery,

New York, New York

Photographer, Due South, a juried publication of student photography, Juror: Sam Wang,

Society For Photographic Education Southeast

Bibliography

2010 Photographers Find Beauty in Old, New and Familiar, Mark Feeney, The Boston Globe,

Boston, Massachusetts

A visionary exhibit at the Griffin Museum of Photography, Chris Bergeron, Wicked Local,

Waltham, Massachusetts

2008 New in the Art Department, Erica Grabon, The Blue Banner, Asheville, North Carolina

ATHICA features works by Emerging Artists, April Moore Skelton, Athens Banner Herald - Marquee, Athens, Georgia

Local Atmosphere Inspiration for Art, Tahni Segars, The Red and Black, Athens, Georgia

Shows point lens to South, Jerry Cullum, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia

2007 Studies in Contrast, April Moore Skelton, Athens Magazine, Athens, Georgia

Portraiture for People Who Like Places, Abigail Guay, The Stranger,

Seattle, Washington

One of These Things, Kara Pound, Folioweekly, Jacksonville, Florida

Redefinition, Beth Sale, Flagpole, Athens, Georgia

'Properly Out of Place', Carol Elliot, The St. Augustine Record, St. Augustine, Florida