Biography/Work Experience

Ryan Slone is a designer and educator whose work focuses on social-advocacy poster design, speculative processes, and constraint-led provocations. He received his MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier, Vermont, and studied at the Miami Ad School in Atlanta, Georgia. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Arkansas School of Art.

Professional Specialties

For over a decade, Ryan served as an art director for DOXA/VANTAGE in Fayetteville, Arkansas. His previous work experience includes Pentagram in New York City with Michael Bierut, and Unboundary in Atlanta, Georgia.

Graphis Appearances

New Talent Design Annual, Protest Poster 2, Poster Annual 2023

Awards

His work has been featured in numerous national and international publications and exhibitions including Graphis, Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition, Mut zur Wut, Poster Stellars, Peru Design Biennial, PosterFest Budapest, B.I. International Poster Biennale of Korea, Cyprus Poster Triennial, Poster Quadrennial Bardejov, Taiwan International Graphic Design Awards, Design Research Society, British Design and Art Direction, Communication Arts, AIGA, HOW, and PRINT.

Graphis Awards

1 Platinum Award / 2 Gold Awards / 7 Silver Awards

Featured In:

Museum/Gallery Collections

The International Poster Collection: Colorado State University (USA), Center for the Study of Political Graphics: Los Angeles, CA (USA)

Education

MFA, Vermont College of Fine Arts

Affiliations

Invited designer at the International Cyprus Poster Triennial, Member of CEIDA, Member of Worldwide Graphic Designers, Invited juror for Poster Stellars