BIO

Ryan Dewey conducts site-specific research on landscapes formed by ice, water, and deep time. He works through post-glacial terrain using field observation, archival research, and material experimentation to follow the physical processes and human narratives recorded there.

Projects such as the FIELD OFFICE expeditionary practice and the ANGLING DIVISION river research initiative function as long-term research platforms, combining fieldwork, writing, and object production as tools for thinking. These projects are archived by the Nevada Museum of Art’s Center for Art + Environment and his work has been engaged by Donna Haraway, Warren Ellis, Nicola Twilley, Virginia Burrus, and others.

Dewey writes from field research and uses material construction as a means of working through problems in the natural sciences, human systems, and cultural history. He also advises on landscape-based projects, including land art and privately held land.