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P R O F I L E

Artist and Educator with over a decade of experience in teaching, research, publishing and curatorial
work. Areas of expertise include, fine art, illustration, design, the history of art and creative writing. Has
published and exhibited work in periodicals, galleries and museums across the U.S.A., Canada, the
United Kingdom and continental Europe.

O V E R V I E W

Ryan M. Muldowney has a broad background as both an educator and as a practicing artist. Having been
formally trained as fine artist and as an illustrator, Mr. Muldowney is conversant with traditional,
nontraditional and digital materials and techniques, as well as a battery of image-making methodologies.
Experimentation with interdisciplinary cross-pollination has contributed greatly to his research in the
studio, in addition to heavily informing the configuration of his instructional platform.

From 2002 to 2006 Mr. Muldowney studied at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. He was
awarded numerous substantial awards and honors, including two coveted nominations by the University
of the Arts faculty to participate in elite interdisciplinary competitions. In addition to this, he began
exhibiting his work regularly in the Philadelphia area during his sophomore year. In 2006, Mr.
Muldowney was awarded the MFA Merit Scholarship when he began his graduate work at the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and was involved in eleven regional and national shows during
his next two years at the Academy.

Since the completion of his graduate work, Mr. Muldowney has taught at a number of institutions within
higher education including Sheridan College, Tidewater Community College, Southwest Minnesota State
University, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Middle Tennessee State University. In these
positions, Mr. Muldowney has taught a breadth of courses that include all levels of drawing and painting,
illustration, digital methods, printmaking, and the history of art. He has also distinguished himself in
leadership roles such as Director of an international arts festival, Chair of an Art Program Review
Committee, and he has overseen the interview and hire of art faculty, managed departmental budgets,
written grants to augment program equipment and facilities, and coordinated exhibition programming.

Through all of these experiences, Mr. Muldowney has maintained a focused studio practice, resulting in
both domestic and international gallery and museum exhibitions. In conjunction with his dedication to
the studio, he has developed and delivered lectures coupled with his exhibitions as well as in faculty
lecture programs.

In addition to his academic and studio endeavors, Mr. Muldowney has actively pursued a number of
writing projects that have resulted in the publication of written works of fiction and non-fiction alike.
Further book projects that Mr. Muldowney has underway include a number of children’s books, and a
drawing textbook.
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E D U C A T I O N

2008 M.F.A. The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)
Specialized in painting and drawing. Thesis title and overview: “The Sublime” an
examination of the authority, process, ideation and authenticity of art.

2006 B.F.A. The University of the Arts (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)

Degree in illustration; completed additional studies in critical and creative writing, art
history, photography, printmaking, sculpture and digital media

E M P L O Y M E N T H I S T O R Y

2014- present Assistant Professor of Studio Art

Tidewater Community College (Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.A.)
Teach Courses in Graphic Design, Drawing, Painting, 2D Design, General Art and
Portfolio and Resume Preparation.

2013-present Instructor
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)
Teach workshops in illustration and digital art-making methods.

2014-2017 Instructor
Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts (Murfreesboro, Tennessee, U.S.A.)
Taught “Orientation to Art” course as a visual art component of the Tennessee
Governor’s School for the Arts. Introduced both historical and contemporary art figures
and methods. Led discussions addressing theoretical aspects of art practice.

2013 – 2014 Lecturer in Art

Middle Tennessee State University (Murfreesboro, Tennessee, U.S.A.)
Taught courses in 2-D Design, Drawing and Art Appreciation.

2012 – 2013 Assistant Professor of Art

Southwest Minnesota State University (Marshall, Minnesota, U.S.A.)
Taught courses in painting, drawing, foundations and printmaking. Served as advisor to
graduating students mounting capstone exhibitions, and as the advisor to the SMSU Art
Club. Oversaw Sophomore/Junior reviews, and sat on scholarship and technology
committees.

2008 – 2012 Instructor of Art and Art History

Sheridan College (Sheridan, Wyoming, U.S.A.)
Developed and taught courses in art, design and art history in the Fine Arts Department,
as well as managing departmental budgetary and scheduling concerns. Additionally
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served as Co-director for an international annual art festival held at and sponsored by the
college.

2007 – 2008 Instructor of Painting and Drawing

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)
Cooperative High School Art Program
Instructed college level courses in painting and drawing in a program designed to provide
elite high school students with advanced training as well as credit for college coursework.

2007 Instructor of Printmaking (Graduate Assistantship)

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A)
Instructed introductory course in relief printmaking (woodcut).

2006 – 2007 Instructor of Photography

Valley Forge Military Academy and College (Wayne, Pennsylvania, U.S.A)
Instructed introductory course in dark room photography.

P U B L I C & P R O F E S S I O N A L S E R V I C E

2016 - present Committee Member - Student Evaluation Committee (TCC)

2014 - 2016 Faculty Advisor – Student Art League (TCC)
2012 – 2013 Committee Member – Whipple Scholarship Committee (SMSU)
2012 – 2013 Committee Member – University Technology Advisory Committee (SMSU)
2012 – 2013 Committee Member – Academic Technology Committee (SMSU)
2011 – 2012 Committee Member – Assessment Committee (Sheridan College)
2009 – 2010 Committee Chair – Art Program Review Committee (Sheridan College)
2008 – 2010 Director – Big West Arts Festival (Sheridan College)
2008 Committee Member – Social Science Program Review Committee (Sheridan College)

F E L L O W S H I P I N P R O F E S S I O N A L B O D I E S

Member, College Art Association

Member, Foundations in Art: Theory and Education

T E A C H I N G R E C O R D

This is a list of selected course titles that I have developed and taught in recent years. Full course
descriptions are available upon request.

“Art Appreciation”
“Art History Survey I”
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“Art History Survey II”

“Children’s Book Illustration”
“Comic Strip Illustration”
“Computer Graphics”
“Digital Portraiture”
“Drawing I”
“Drawing II”
“Drawing III”
“Editorial Illustration”
“Foundation: 2D Design I ”
“Foundation: 2D Design II”
“Foundation: Digital Design”
“Graduation Exhibition”
“Graphic Design”
“Graphic Design for Studio Artists”
“Introduction to Digital Photography”
“Life Drawing”
“Painting I”
“Painting II”
“Painting III”
“Photojournalism”
“Photoshop”
“Portfolio”
“Portfolio and Resume Preparation”
“Printmaking”

C E R T I F I C A T I O N S

2017 TOP-Elite Online Teaching Certification

Tidewater Community College (Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.A.)

T E C H N O L O G Y

Proficient in the use of various hardware and web-based systems as well as a number of software
platforms used in the delivery of course material, the development of class projects, and professional
studio work. Skilled in the use of both Mac and Windows-based machines as well as Android mobile
computing operating systems. Capable in the utilization of such classroom aids as digital projectors,
printing equipment, Wacom tablets, Wacom Cintiq interactive pen displays, web conferencing, Adobe
Creative Suite, Google Drive, Google Apps, and Microsoft Office. Competent in the construction of
websites, blogs and other networking tools.

S E L E C T E D P U B L I C A T I O N S
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2015 "Zortle MacZoinks" (Children’s Book)

Muldowney, R.M., Brazen Fleece Press (St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.)

2015 "Why a Career in Magic Never Pays" (Children’s Book)

Muldowney, R.M., Brazen Fleece Press (St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A)

2015 "Redeemed Without Money" (Non-Fiction)

Muldowney, R.M., Levin Brand Press (Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.A.)

2014 "The Approved Inter-Universal, Pan-Dimensional, Omni-Galactic, Alphabetical Guide

to the Cosmos for Beginning Space Explorers" (Children’s Book)
Muldowney, R.M., Brazen Fleece Press (St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A
2014 "Big Day for Little Lion" (Children’s Book)
Muldowney, R. M., Brazen Fleece Press (St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A)

2013 "Art and Western Cultural Identity" (Non-Fiction)

Muldowney, R. M., Brazen Fleece Press (St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A)

2013 "Tyrannosaurus Rex Machina" (Literary Satire)

Muldowney R. M., Muldowney J. M., Brazen Fleece Press (St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A)

G R A N T S

2010 Sheridan College Faculty Development Grant

Sheridan College
(Sheridan, Wyoming, U.S.A.)
Received research grant to travel to The National Gallery (Washington D.C, U.S.A.) and
study the works of New York School artists included in the Meyerhoff Collection in
connection with a retrospective of the work of Arshile Gorky held at the Philadelphia
Museum of Art (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A).

2008 Sheridan College Faculty Development Grant

Sheridan College
(Sheridan, Wyoming, U.S.A)
Received research grant to travel to the Museo Nacional del Prado (Madrid, SPAIN) and
studied the work of Velasquez, Goya and Ribera.

L E C T U R E S

2018 "Generations"
The Visual Arts Center (Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.A.)
An examination of the Nature/Nurture equation among artists with a shared origin.
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2017 "Interruptions"
Chowan University (Murfreesboro, North Carolina, U.S.A.)
How "Art" is often found in and shaped by interruption. That which hampers the
sideshow of "illusion" lays the foundation for sensorial experiences beyond those
which are afforded by the confines of this world.

2013 “Unraveled”
Casper College (Casper, Wyoming, U.S.A)
Making anachronisms in a contemporary context. Drawing upon antiquated traditions of
both Eastern and Western art and theory in an effort to revitalize contemporary painting
modes.

2011 “Revelations in Isolation”

Cerulean Arts Gallery (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A)
The virtues of hermitical isolation when seeking illumination as an artist. How process,
methodology, and practice can be modified to create opportunities for moments of
revelation in the studio.

A W A R D S & R E C O G N I T I O N S

2015 Merit Award

10th International Art Competition (Church History Museum)

2013 Honorable Mention

International Competition (ArtAscent: Art & Literature Journal)

C O L L E C T I O N S

Brooklyn Art Library (Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A)

Siena Art Institute (Siena, ITALY)
ANNEX: Art (Berlin, GERMANY)
Benedictine University (Lisle, Illinois, U.S.A)
Chowan University (Murfreesboro, North Carolina, U.S.A.)
Casper College (Casper, Wyoming, U.S.A)
Sheridan College (Sheridan, Wyoming, U.S.A.)

B I B L I O G R A P H Y

2016 "Ryan Muldowney: Artistic Omnivore"

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www.thekrakens.com (Nov. 3, 2016)

2015 "Ryan Muldowney: Unraveled"

www.thekrakens.com (Sept. 1, 2015)

2014 "The State of Art: Representational & Abstract Vol.2"

(Nov. 2014): pp.66-69
Bare Hill Publishing (Worcestershire, ENGLAND)

2013 "ArtAscent: Art & Literature Journal"

Vol. 3, (Oct. 2013): p. 38
2013 "Perceptions Literary Magazine"
Vol. 5, (Apr. 2013): pp. 28, 30

2012 "Naming Ceremony’s Art Gallery Magazine"

Vol. 1, Issue 3 (Nov. 2012): Front Cover & pp. 66-69.

S E L E C T E D E X H I B I T I O N S

2018 "Lady Madonna" (Scheduled)

Jheronimus Bosch Art Center ('s-Hertogenbosch, NETHERLANDS)

2018 "Generations: Influences of the Pennsylvania Academy"

The Visual Arts Center (Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.A.)

2017 "The Interpretation Thereof: Contemporary LDS Art and Scripture"

BYU Museum of Art (Provo, Utah, U.S.A.)

2017 "In Places"

LAMOSA (Cuenca, SPAIN)

2017 "Annual Member's Show"

Ankeny Art Center (Ankeny, Iowa, U.S.A.)

2017 "The Brothers Muldowney"

Chowan University (Murfreesboro, North Carolina, U.S.A.)

2017 "Cerulean Arts Invitational"

Cerulean Arts Gallery (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)

2017 "48th Annual TCC Art Faculty Exhibition"

Tidewater Community College (Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.A.)

2016 "In the Vault"

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Susquehanna Art Museum (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)

2016 "Lineage"
Marshall Area Fine Arts Council Gallery (Marshall, Minnesota, U.S.A.)

2016 "47th Annual TCC Art Faculty Exhibition"

Tidewater Community College (Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.A.)

2015 “Smeti”
The Goriska Regional Museum, Kromberk Castle (Nova Gorica, SLOVENIA)

2015 “10th International Art Competition”

Church History Museum (Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.)
Jurors: Campbell Gray, Rita Wright, Glen Nelson, Laura Durham, Shu Chih Murray

2015 “Black Hole”

Cabana dos Parodiantes (Salvaterra de Magos, PORTUGAL)

2015 “46th Annual TCC Art Faculty Exhibition”

Tidewater Community College (Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.A.)

2014 “Pulse”
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.)

2014 “Portraiture in the 21st Century”

Benedictine University (Lisle, Illinois, U.S.A.)
Juror: Ellen Wallenstein

2014 “45th Annual TCC Art Faculty Exhibition”

Tidewater Community College (Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.A.)

2014 "Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts Faculty Exhibition"

Middle Tennessee State University (Murfreesboro, Tennessee, U.S.A.)

2013 “Unraveled”
Casper College (Casper, Wyoming, U.S.A.)

2013 “Object Abuse”

Spinach (London, ENGLAND)

2013 “Snap to Grid”

Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.)

2013 “Tiny Cameras/Tiny Pictures”

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Benedictine University (Lisle, Illinois, U.S.A)

Juror: John Sevigny

2013 “Collaborative Spirit”

Middle Tennessee State University (Murfreesboro, Tennessee, U.S.A.)

2012 “Man of Sorrows”

Southwest Minnesota State University (Marshall, Minnesota, U.S.A)

2012 “The Land”

Community Fine Arts Center Gallery (Rock Springs, Wyoming, U.S.A.)

2012 “MayWorks”
Nanaimo Art Gallery (Nanaimo, British Columbia, CANADA)

2012 “9th International Art Competition”

Church History Museum (Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.)
Jurors: Robert Davis, Rita Wright, Shauna Hruby

2012 “In the Pink”

Six Summit Gallery (Ivoryton, Connecticut, U.S.A)
Jurors: Jacqueline Hubbard, Sonia Baghdady, Erica Tannen

2012 “Landscape”
Linus Galleries (Pasadena, California, U.S.A.)
Jurors: Linus Galleries curatorial staff

2011 “Revelations in Isolation”

Cerulean Arts Gallery (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)

2011 “The Vending Machine: Seeds and Gains”

Exhibited at two locations:
Serra dei Giardini (Venice, ITALY)
Galleria Perela (Venice, ITALY)

2011 “Digital Unity”

Exhibited at two locations:
Annex:art (Berlin, GERMANY)
The Goethe Institute (Kiev, UKRAINE)

2011 “Drawing Connections”

Siena Art Institute (Siena, ITALY)

2011 “9 x 12 Works on Paper”

Fort Worth Community Art Center (Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.)
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2011 “Small Wonders”

Anton Art Center (Mount Clemens, Michigan, U.S.A)

2011 “2011 Terrace Annual”

Terrace Studios and Gallery (London, ENGLAND)
Juror: Karl Bielik

2011 “Being Human”

Union Street Gallery (Chicago Heights, Illinois, U.S.A)
Juror: Dan Addington

2010 “Contemporary Art in Wyoming”

University of Wyoming Art Museum (Laramie, Wyoming, U.S.A.)

2009 “Recent Work: Ryan Muldowney and Rod Dugal”

Sage Gallery (Sheridan, Wyoming, U.S.A.)

2008 “Meditating on the Wyoming Landscape”

Sheridan College (Sheridan, Wyoming, U.S.A.)

2008 “Interrogating Beauty”

Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.)
Juror: Eleanor Heartney