{"id":8371,"date":"2021-11-22T11:07:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T16:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/?p=8371"},"modified":"2021-11-22T11:30:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T16:30:33","slug":"ryan-takaba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/ryan-takaba\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Takaba"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/ryantakaba.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12052 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0836-rotated.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0836-scaled-1.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0836-scaled-2.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0836-scaled-3.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0836-scaled-4.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0836-scaled-5.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0836-scaled-6.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0836-scaled-7.jpeg 315w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0836-scaled-8.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0836-scaled-9.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>Ryan Takab<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ryantakaba.com\/\">a<\/a> is a material artist whose sculptures, tableaux, and installations are centered around a study of scientific reason and the power of belief, incorporating thematic materials -flowers, ash, wax, and water.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He exhibits his work throughout the United States and has participated in residencies at the European Ceramic Work Center -Netherlands, The Pottery Workshop in Jingdezhen -China, and was awarded a residency through Blue Star Contemporary to live and work at Kunstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin -Germany.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He earned an MFA in Ceramics from Kent State University and a BFA in Ceramics from the University of Hawaii. Ryan currently lives and works in San Antonio, Texas.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>The books mentioned in the interview are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/stuff-matters-mark-miodownik\/1116226377\">Stuff Matters<\/a> by Mark Miodownik and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlebrown.com\/titles\/sam-kean\/the-disappearing-spoon\/9780316089081\/\">The Disappearing Spoon<\/a> by Sam Kean. The Atlantic article mentioned can be read here.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12053\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12053\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12053 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Takaba_Ryan_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Takaba_Ryan_01-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Takaba_Ryan_01-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Takaba_Ryan_01-3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Takaba_Ryan_01-4.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Takaba_Ryan_01-5.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Takaba_Ryan_01-6.jpg 630w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Takaba_Ryan_01-7.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Takaba_Ryan_01-8.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Relationship with Flight 2020-2021 Glassine Paper, Ivory Roses, Basswood, Incense Ash, Helium, Latex, Pillar Wax, Wick, Steel\u00a0\u00a0 235\u201d * 341\u201d * 120\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12054\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12054\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12054 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Takaba_Ryan_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Takaba_Ryan_02-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Takaba_Ryan_02-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Takaba_Ryan_02-3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Takaba_Ryan_02-4.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Takaba_Ryan_02-5.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Takaba_Ryan_02-6.jpg 630w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Takaba_Ryan_02-7.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Takaba_Ryan_02-8.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Relationship with Flight 2020-2021 Glassine Paper, Ivory Roses, Basswood, Incense Ash, Helium, Latex, Pillar Wax, Wick, Steel\u00a0\u00a0 235\u201d * 341\u201d * 120\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Takaba is a material artist whose sculptures, tableaux, and installations are centered around a study of scientific reason and the power of belief, incorporating thematic materials -flowers, ash, wax, and water. He exhibits his work throughout the United States and has participated in residencies at the European Ceramic Work Center -Netherlands, The Pottery Workshop [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","spay_email":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wybcxlogoforweb-big-1sq-e1491800568261.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8371"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8371"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8401,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8371\/revisions\/8401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}