Ryan W. Kelly

Ryan W. Kelly holds a BFA in Ceramics from the Kansas City Art Institute and an MFA in Ceramics from Ohio State University. Ryan has exhibited his work extensively throughout the U.S. and his work has been featured in Ceramics Monthly, Other People’s Pixels, ICON Magazine, among other publications. From 2006 to 2011, he was an Artist in Residence at The Clay Studio in Philadelphia and was the Lourmina Salter Fellow at Baltimore Clayworks. He has taught at Ohio State University, Swarthmore College, the Maryland Institute College of Art, Tyler School of Art, Rutgers University and is currently an Associate Professor of Ceramics and Foundations at Western Washington University.

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AMcE Exhibitions

This Must Be The Vase (2023)

States of Being (2023)

Ryan W. Kelly AMcE Creative Arts

Kitty, 2023
Hand-built Stoneware
9” x 7” x 6” sold

Ryan W. Kelly AMcE Creative Arts

Anxious Dog, 2023
Hand-built Stoneware
10” x 9” x 9” sold

Ryan W. Kelly AMcE Creative Arts

Hog, 2023
Hand-built Stoneware
11” x 7” x 7

Ryan W. Kelly AMcE Creative Arts

Elf, 2023
Hand-built Stoneware
11” x 7” x 6” sold

Ryan Kelly AMcE Creative Arts

Anxious Toby Jug II (Full body), 2023
Hand-built Stoneware
11” x 9” x 10” 

Ryan W. Kelly AMcE Creative Arts

Over-sized Pirate Mug, 2023
Hand-built Stoneware
12” x 12” x 8” sold

Ryan W. Kelly AMcE Creative Arts

Anxious Toby Jug (Full Body), 2023
Hand-built Stoneware
11” x 9” x 10” sold

Ryan W. Kelly AMcE Creative Arts

Anxious Toby Jug (Head), 2023
Hand-built Stoneware
10” x 10” x 11”

Ryan W. Kelly AMcE Creative Arts

Butterfly, 2023
Hand-built Stoneware
8” x 7” x 7” sold

Ryan W. Kelly AMcE Creative Arts

Peanut, 2023
Hand-built Stoneware
8” x 7” x 7” sold

Ryan W. Kelly AMcE Creative Arts

Hotdog, 2023
Hand-built Stoneware
6” x 8” x 7” sold

Ryan W. Kelly AMcE Creative Arts

Banana, 2023
Hand-built Stoneware
6” x 7” x 7” sold

Ryan W. Kelly AMcE Creative Arts

Witch, 2023
Hand-built Stoneware
11” x 8” x 4”

Ryan W. Kelly AMcE Creative Arts

Faux Staffordshire Spaniels, 2023
Slip-cast Stoneware
13” x 8” x 6”

Ryan W. Kelly AMcE Creative Arts

Lay an Egg!, 2023
Hand-built Stoneware
7” x 7” x 7” sold

Ryan W. Kelly AMcE Creative Arts

Eyeballs (yellow base), 2023
Slip-cast Stoneware
6” x 6” x 6”

Ryan W. Kelly AMcE Creative Arts

Man Eating Clam, 2020
Hand-built white earthenware
8” x 11” x 11” sold

Ryan W. Kelly AMcE Creative Arts

Danger Shark, 2023
Hand-built Stoneware
6” x 9” x 6” sold

Ryan W. Kelly AMcE Creative Arts

Foam Finger (Shit Yeah!), 2023
Hand-built Stoneware
8” x 7” x 7” sold

Ryan W. Kelly AMcE Creative Arts

Foam Finger (Oh Boy!), 2023
Hand-built Stoneware
8” x 7” x 7”

Ryan W. Kelly AMcE Creative Arts

Faux Wedgwood plates, 2021
Slip-cast stoneware with sprig decoration
13” x 2″

Ryan W. Kelly AMcE Creative Arts

Faux Wedgwood plates, 2021
Slip-cast stoneware with sprig decoration
13” x 2″

Ryan W. Kelly AMcE Creative Arts

Faux Wedgwood plates, 2021
Slip-cast stoneware with sprig decoration
13” x 2″