Ricki Dwyer (USA) is an artist and educator working between San Francisco and Brooklyn. His practice considers the intersections of material, industry, and the somatic. This research addresses weaving and craft in both theory and practice. He honors drapery as the negotiation that things will never fall the same way twice. In 2022 he had solo exhibitions with Anglim/Trimble in SF, and Rupert in Lithuania and participated in the Biennale de Lyon. His most recent text, Decennial, on weaving as a metaphor for mutual aid was published with the Wattis in June. He has been an artist in residence with Recology, Jupiter Woods Gallery in London, The Textile Arts Center in New York, ARTHAUS Havana, and most recently completed a residency in the foundry of Kohler Co through. Dwyer is currently on the curatorial council of Southern Exposure. He received his undergraduate degree in Fiber from the Savannah College of Art and Design and an MFA from UC Berkeley.
