Ryan Scails is a multidisciplinary artist based in Philadelphia, PA. His work examines the nuances of materiality within the built world and how intentional shifts in details can give humans context in ways that confront the limits of their bodies. By using fiber to create hyper specific structural relationships, his work highlights the potential in substantive engagements between the human body and our environment. In a manner that leans heavily on the sequential harmony of physical labor his work seeks to foreground pre-colonial technologies by riffing on fractured schematics, glyphs, and vernacular tools to sift through the imperial aggregate. His most recent exhibitions include To Prepare A Place For You at Temple Contemporary (Philadelphia, PA), Martin's End at Tiger Strikes Asteroid (Philadelphia, PA), Graphite Stew at Upper Market Gallery (San Francisco, CA). Ryan has attended residencies at MASSMoCA, Textile Arts Center - Brooklyn, and the John Michael Kohler Arts Center Arts/Industry program.