Kat Ryals

Kat Ryals is a Brooklyn-based mixed-media artist, curator, and photographer. Ryals received a BFA in Photography from Savannah College of Art and Design and an MFA & Adv. Certificate in Museum Education from Brooklyn College. She has shown her work nationally, including recent two person shows at Elijah Wheat Showroom (2023) and Ortega Y Gasset Projects (2022), in group exhibitions with NADA Curated (2024), The Locker Room NYC (2024), The Every Woman Biennial (2024), Geary Contemporary (2023), ChaShaMa (2020, 2021), Ortega Y Gasset Projects (2019), and The Wassaic Project (2018, 2019, 2023), and in solo booths at SPRING/BREAK Art Show (2020, 2022, 2024). She has a forthcoming solo exhibition at 5-50 Gallery in 2025. Ryals was cycle 40 artist-in-residence at the Museum of Arts & Design in Manhattan in 2024 and has also attended residencies and fellowships at the Wassaic Project (2017, 2019, 2022), ChaNorth (2019), The Peter Bullough Foundation (2021), and the Vermont Studio Center (2018). She is a 2022 Joseph Robert Foundation grant recipient, and has been featured in The New York Times, White Hot Magazine, Artnet, Forbes, and Hyperallergic.

Ryals is also the Co-founder of the emerging artist network, PARADICE PALASE, based out of Brooklyn and was recently the Curator of Art for famed nightlife and culture venues House of X at PUBLIC and House of Yes.