Adelaide Ryder
Education
MFA, Photography, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 2012
BA, Art and Communication, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT 2006
Exhibitions
2011
• Inbetweens, Kimball Art Center (Park City, UT)
• 1687, Alvin Gittins Gallery (Salt Lake City, UT) *solo exhibition
• Tension, Alvin Gittins Gallery (Salt Lake City, UT)
• Annual State Wide Art Competition, Bountiful/Davis Art Center (Bountiful, UT)
2010
• Awaiting, Utah State Capitol (Salt Lake City, UT) Performance artist with Ernesto Pujol
• Mind the Gap, GARFO Art Center (Salt Lake City, UT)
• Who Do They Think They Are, Alvin Gittins Gallery (Salt Lake City, UT)
• Commissioned photo installation, University of Utah College of Nursing (Salt Lake City, UT)
• Booking a Brouhaha, Special Collections Gallery, J. Willard Marriott Library (Salt Lake City, UT)
2009
• Westminster College Alumni Art Exhibit, Westminster College (Salt Lake City, UT)
2008
• Narrative, Women’s Art Center (Salt Lake City, UT)
2007
• Group Photo Exhibition, Capitol Hill Gallery (Salt Lake City, UT)
2006
• Utah Women Artists Exhibition, American Association of University Women,
Rose Wagner Gallery (Salt Lake City, UT)
• Senior Show, Westminster College (Salt Lake City, UT)
• Annual Student Art Exhibition, Westminster College (Salt Lake City, UT)
2005-2003
• Annual Student Art Exhibition, Westminster College (Salt Lake City, UT)
Gallery Experience
2011
• Installation of 1687, Alvin Gittins Gallery, University of Utah
2010
• Assisted invited Juror with selection of undergraduate student show, Alvin Gittins Gallery, University of Utah
2008
• Outreach Director and Assistant Curator, Women’s Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT
2007
• Curated & installed, Group Photo Exhibition, Capitol Hill Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2006
• Installed and revamped, Senior Show at Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT
Publications
• Alta Visitors Bureau, Visitors Guide, 2008-09 season
-Artistic director and photographer
• Wasatch Journal, various issues 2007-08
• Salt Lake Visitors Guide, Salt Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau, 2008 issue
• Catalyst Magazine, various issues 2003-2008
• Fill Magazine, Westminster College Student Art Catalogue, 2006
- Developed concept and initiated publishing of Westminster’s first art publication
Teaching Experience
2010-2012: University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
• Adjunct Faculty Member
• ART 2060 Beginning Digital Photography
2004-2006: Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT
• Photography lab tutor and monitor
2003-2005: Virginia Tanner Dance, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
• Teacher’s Assistant, Summer Art and Dance Program
Skills
• Photoshop
• InDesign
• Illustrator
• Traditional dark room printing and developing
• Knowledge of alternative photo processes
• Traditional letter press printing
• Basic book arts skills