Michael Radyk is an artist who explores woven textiles and the qualities inherent in their structure, production, design, craft, and history. He uses both the hand loom and Jacquard loom to produce his work. Michael designs, weaves, cuts, sculpts, and manipulates his textiles into both two and three-dimensional sculptural forms. Michael’s work involves the reinvention of manufactured materials and familiar textiles such as corduroy. He creates work that is based in place and material research using mainly recycled and repurposed materials both found and created by Michael.
His work Swan Point is included in the Textile Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Recent exhibitions include: “Structured,” Textile Center, Joan Mondale Gallery, Minneapolis, MN; the Invitational Biannual Exhibition, “International Fiber Art Fair,” Seoul Arts Center, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea; and “Reemergence” the18th Annual Betsy Meyer Award for contemporary Art & Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA. He has an upcoming solo exhibition in 2022 at the Kellner Gallery, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, Pa.
Michael has attended residencies at the Hambidge Artist Residency, Rabun Gap, GA, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA.
Michael received his MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and Brown University’s Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning. He has taught at SCAD, RISD, Kutztown University, and the University of Georgia in Athens. He served as the Area Chair of Crafts and Textiles Area at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania from 2011-2016. He is the former Director of Education for the American Craft Council from 2016-2019 and was the founding Editor in Chief of the journal American Craft Inquiry.
His work was featured in the books Artistry in Fiber, Vol.1: Wall, and Artistry in Fiber, Vol. 2: Sculpture, published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd. and the exhibition catalogues Influence and Evolution: Fiber Sculpture…then and now, and Blue/Green: color/code/context published by browngrotta arts.
Michael is an artist member of InLiquid Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA.
His work Swan Point is included in the Textile Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Recent exhibitions include: “Structured,” Textile Center, Joan Mondale Gallery, Minneapolis, MN; the Invitational Biannual Exhibition, “International Fiber Art Fair,” Seoul Arts Center, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea; and “Reemergence” the18th Annual Betsy Meyer Award for contemporary Art & Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA. He has an upcoming solo exhibition in 2022 at the Kellner Gallery, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, Pa.
Michael has attended residencies at the Hambidge Artist Residency, Rabun Gap, GA, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA.
Michael received his MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and Brown University’s Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning. He has taught at SCAD, RISD, Kutztown University, and the University of Georgia in Athens. He served as the Area Chair of Crafts and Textiles Area at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania from 2011-2016. He is the former Director of Education for the American Craft Council from 2016-2019 and was the founding Editor in Chief of the journal American Craft Inquiry.
His work was featured in the books Artistry in Fiber, Vol.1: Wall, and Artistry in Fiber, Vol. 2: Sculpture, published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd. and the exhibition catalogues Influence and Evolution: Fiber Sculpture…then and now, and Blue/Green: color/code/context published by browngrotta arts.
Michael is an artist member of InLiquid Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA.
