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MICHAEL RADYK

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COLLECTIONS

Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Textile Collection, Public Collection
University of Georgia, Special Collections Library


EDUCATION  
        

Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
Providence, RI
Master’s of Fine Arts, Honors
Concentration in Textiles and Material Studies

Brown University
The Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning

Providence, RI
Concentration in Collegiate Teaching

Tyler School of Art, Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Magna cum laude
Concentration in Fibers & Material Studies, Art History
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GRANTS

Illuminate the Arts Grant, City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture & the Creative Economy, 2021, 2022
Gus Foundation Research Grant for Clothworker's Centre for the Study of Textiles and Fashion, Archive, V & A Museum, London, UK, 2019, 2022, 2023
Artist Relief Grant, organized by United States Artists, 2020
Kutztown University, College of Visual & Performing Arts Research Grants, 2012-2016
Kutztown University, Professional Development Grant, 2012-2016 

Kutztown University Foundation Grants for Engage conference and exhibition, 2014
Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation Grant, 2010
Textile Society of America Presenter Grant, 2010

SELECTED FELLOWSHIPS & RESIDENCIES

Hambidge Center For the Arts, Artist Residency, Rabun Gap, GA, 2020

Research Fellowship, Clothworker's Centre for the Study of Textiles and Fashion, Archive, V & A Museum, London, UK, 2019
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, VCCA, Arlington, VA, 2019
Hambidge Center For the Arts, Artist Residency, Rabun Gap, GA, 2010                                  Oregon College of Art and Craft Residency Program, Portland, OR, 2010


​AWARDS

Recipient of the 2021 Meyer Family Award for Contemporary Art and 
18th Annual Betsy Meyer Exhibition, Main Line Art Center Gallery
​Awarded by James Claiborne, Curator of Public Programs at the Barnes Foundation


Presidents Prize, FOCUS; Fiber 2014-2015, Erie Art Museum, Bacon Gallery
Textile Art Alliance of the Cleveland Museum of Art
​Awarded by Paola Morsiani, Director Neuberger Museum, State University of New York

Merit Award, 34th Juried Exhibition 2009, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA
​Awarded by Karen Shaw, Chief Curator of the Islip Art Museum and Carriage House Workshop

Visionary Award of Excellence, Craft Forms 2008, 14th Annual International Juried Exhibition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
​Awarded by Michael W. Monroe, Executive Director & Chief Curator at the Bellevue Arts Museum and former curator at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C.

PROFESSIONAL & TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Studio Artist, Philadelphia, PA, 1999-present
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Curator of Public Programs, 2016-2019
American Craft Council
Minneapolis, MN
Responsibilities included-

Director of Education and Founding Editor in Chief, American Craft Inquiry Journal.


Associate Professor,  Area Head of Textiles, 2011-2016
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Department of Art Education & Crafts


Area Chair of Crafts (Textiles, Fine Metals, Ceramics & Wood), 2012-2016
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Department of Art Education & Crafts


Professor, Textiles & Fibers, 2010-2011
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)

Visiting Artist/Professor of Art, Fibers, Textiles, Fabric Design, 2008-2010
University of Georgia, Athens
Lamar Dodd School of Art

Instructor, 2006-2008
RISD, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

TEACHING PORTFOLIO
www.behance.net/michaelradyk

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Work and Interview Featured in ArteMorbida, Textile Arts Magazine,
​January 2022 Issue, print and online, Italian and English

“Moving On,” RISDXYZ, Providence, RI, Fall/Winter 2019/20. 90.
“International Fiber Art Fair,” catalogue, Seoul, South Korea, 2019. 12.
“Focus Fiber: Kent State University Museum,” catalogue, Kent, OH, 2019. 50-51.
Michael Radyk, “Juror Statement,” Burke Prize MAD Museum, New York, NY, 2018. 11.
“Blue/Green: color/code/context,” catalogue, Wilton, CT, 2018. 90-91.
“Super Surfaces,” catalogue, Seoul, South Korea, 2018. 34-35.
Helen Lee and E. Ashley Rooney, “Artistry in Fiber, Vol. 2: Sculpture,” 2017. 12, 150-151.
Helen Lee and E. Ashley Rooney, “Artistry in Fiber, Vol.1: Wall Art,” 2017. 150-151.
“Still Crazy After All These Years,” catalogue, Wilton, CT, 2017. 124-125.
“Influence and Evolution: Fiber Sculpture-then and now,” catalogue, Wilton, CT, 2015. 16, 122-    125. 


SELECTED LECTURES & PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Project Manager, Present Tense Conference, Omaha, NE, American Craft Council, 2016
Artist Lecture, Cleveland Museum of Art, Sponsored by the Textile Art Alliance, 2015
Artist Lecture, Kent State University, 2015
Conference Chair, ENGAGE: Color, Ritual & Material Studies Conference, Kutztown University Annual Art Education & Crafts Conference, 2014
Artist Lecture, Wayne State University, 2013
Artist Lecture, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2010
Artist Lecture, Oregon College of Art and Craft, 2010

SELECTED CURATORIAL ACTIVITIES

Exhibition Curator, ENGAGE: Color, Ritual & Material Group Exhibition, Kutztown University, Marlin & Regina Miller Gallery, 2014

JUROR & PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

American Craft Exposition, awards judging, 2019
Emerging Voices Awards, American Craft Council, selection juror and organizer, 2017, 2019
Burke Prize for Craft, MAD Museum, Inaugural selection juror,  2018
Jerome Foundation, Textile Center Exhibition Grants, fellowship selection juror, 2018
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Small Favors: Think Inside the Box, exhibition juror, 2017
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, selection juror, 2018
Rare Craft Awards, sponsored by Balvenie Distillery and American Craft Council, selection juror and organizer, 2016
American Craft Council, show awards judge, 2016, 2017, 2018
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Adrianna Farrelli Prize For Excellence in Fiber Art, award judge, 2014

WORKSHOPS & OTHER TEACHING

Peters Valley School of Craft, 2017, 2019
​Kent State University, Kent Blossom Art Summer Program, 2015
Kutztown University Summer Institutes, 2012-2016

SCHOLARSHIPS

Barbara L. Kulhman Foundation, Greene, NY.  2008
Graduate Fellowship, RISD, Providence, RI.  2006-2008
Handweavers Guild of America, HGA Scholarship, Suwanee, GA.  2007
John A. Chironna Scholarship, Providence, RI.  2006-2008

WEB
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