Ryan Goolsby creates geometric sculptures, both freestanding and wall mounted, made from common building materials. Influenced by his background in photography, the artist translates his previous mode of making from candid documentation into a kind of recording through object abstraction. Through these sculptures, he organizes and amplifies patterns found in nature, such as the concentric circles that occur within the wood with which he sculpts or the microscopic structures within everything. This ultimate duality in the work thus echoes one of existence—the push and pull between being something and nothing, purpose and futility.
Goolsby has a B.F.A. in photography from the University of North Texas (2001), and an MFA in sculpture from Texas Christian University (2014). He has exhibited at the Modern Museum of Fort Worth, Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Liliana Bloch Gallery (Dallas), The Power Station (Dallas), among others. His work is held in the collections of Morgan Stanley, Fidelity, UT Southwestern, Greenhill School, and Mercedes Benz.