RYAN MURRAY
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Ryan Murray Studios, Owner, Industrial Designer/Fabricator, Phoenix, AZ – 2008 – Present
Instructor, TechShop, Chandler, AZ – 2013 – 2017
Project Manager of Design and Fabrication, Aluma.inn, Phoenix, AZ – 2014 – 2015
Freelance in video and film production, Prop Master/Art Director, Phoenix AZ – 1998 – 2014
Teaching Assistant, RISD, Junior Studio, (Metals) Providence, RI – 2009 – 2011
Fabricator Designer, Burgeon Group, Phoenix, AZ – 2007 – 2009
Freelance Metal Fabricator, Phoenix, AZ – 2000 – Present
SELECTED PRIVATE COMMISIONS
Tempe Market Place, Tempe AZ – Umbrella Shade Instillation – 2018
Tempe Mission Palms Hotel, Tempe, AZ – Wall Art – 2018
Tempe Market Place, Tempe, AZ – Wildest Dreams Calk Board – 2018
The Melting Point, Sedona, AZ – Kinetic Sculpture – 2017
First Studio, Phoenix, AZ – Pivoting Entry Door – 2016
Park & Co., Phoenix, AZ – Monument Directory Sign – 2015
Radish at Desoto Central Market, Phoenix, AZ Radish Sign – 2015
Postal The Edit Suite, Phoenix, AZ – Adjustable Height Desks – 2012
House of Production, Phoenix, AZ – Custom Metal Work – 2013
Park&Co., Colab Sign, Phoenix, AZ – Custom Metal Sign – 2011
Mayo Clinic Radiology, Scottsdale, AZ –Custom Metal Sculpture – 2004
River Point Entry, River Point Office Complex, Tempe, AZ –Mixed Metals Sculptural Waterfall – 2002
PUBLICATIONS
Arizona Republic, Movers And Makers. Phoenix, AZ – 2015
Oregon Manifest, Bike Craft, Design, Innovation. Portland, OR – 2012
Bigger Picture Productions, Unleashing Creativity. Phoenix, AZ – 2009
The State Press, Sparks Will Fly. Tempe, AZ – 2003
Phoenix New Times, Road Show. Phoenix, AZ – 2003
The State Press, Friendly Furniture. Tempe, AZ– 2004
CONFERENCES
Mayor’s Maker Roundtable Discussion, Phoenix, AZ – 2014
Entrepreneurship & Innovation Community Workshop, Phoenix, AZ – 2014
Higher Education Makers Summit, Chandler, AZ – 2014
CAA College Art Association, Manhattan, NY – 2011
ICFF International Contemporary Furniture Fair, Manhattan, NY – 2011
Dead Sea Conference, Israel – 2010
Friends and Neighbors, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS –2007
Southern Conference on Cast Iron Art, Birmingham, AL, SLOSS Furnaces – 2007
EDUCATION
MFA, Design, RISD, Providence, RI – June, 2011
Brown University Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching + Learning, Providence, RI – June, 2010
BFA, Sculpture, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ – December, 2007
AAS, Motion Picture Production, Scottsdale Community College, Scottsdale, AZ – May, 2004
Wilderness First Aid, SOLO, Phoenix, AZ – November, 2014
SKILLS
Computer: Solidworks, Rhino, Auto Cad, 3D Printing, Adobe (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
Fabrication: Injection molding, Machining (Lathe, Mill, CNC milling, 5 axis water jet), Steel Fabrication including welding (Tig, Mig, Oxy-acetylene), Wood Fabrication including milling, bending, and joinery, Foundry (Wax Working, Mold Making, Operating a furnace),Mold Making (Multi-piece Plaster, Urethane Rubber, Silicone Rubber,Sand), Thermo Plastic Fabrication, Vinyl Cutter