About
Ryan Fitzsimmons is an artist who is currently working with sculptural form jewelry. His current series The Poetry of Growth and Decay evokes the decline of the small town industrial America he grew up in. The pieces from this series explore the stresses and decay of traditional jewelry materials to convey those memories of a former mill town in transition. He is currently studying Jewelry and Metal Arts at Academy of Art University in San Francisco and will earn a MA in May of 2023.
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Ryan has been a nationally recognized teacher having twice qualified for fellowship grants for Fund for Teachers to perform a photographic study in Iceland and a jewelry study in the southwest U.S.
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His other artist works that have been displayed include multiple photographic series, and a show in ceramics.
Awards
Selected Exhibitions
Bodies of Work
Education
2003
Ceramic Students (Master's)
CCSU Art Gallery, New Britain, CT
1994
Black, White and Brilliant II,
Wopowog Gallery, East Hampton, CT
2021-22
2017
Southwest Inspired Jewelry
Portraits of Iceland and Her People
1998-2010
1993-2010
Wedding Photography
Art Portraiture
2023
MA - Jewelry Metal Arts
Academy of Art University
2011
BA - Applied Arts
Charter Oak State College
2021
2017
Fellowship Grant - Fund for Teachers (Jewelry Metal Arts)
Fellowship Grant - Fund for Teachers (Photographic Study)
