Jack Dingo Ryan received his BFA with a minor in Philosophy from the University of Oregon. He worked as a commercial fisherman in Kodiak, Alaska before attending The University of Georgia, receiving his MFA in 2000. Residing and teaching in Nashville and New York, he has recently shown in Nashville, Memphis, Chattanooga TN, Athens GA, Austin TX, Portland OR, Seattle, Switzerland, and Ireland, and was admitted into The Drawing Center’s viewing program in NY. He received the Tennessee Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant for 2007.