Ryan M. Pfeiffer
Ryan M. Pfeiffer is a technician in Collections and Loans. He is an interdisciplinary artist and writer who holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His artworks have been exhibited at the Institute of Contemporary Art (Singapore), Breese Little (London), Abbaye Saint–Magloire (France), Come Again (Berlin), The International Museum of Surgical Science (Chicago), Western Exhibitions (Chicago), Andrew Rafacz (Chicago), LAXART (Los Angeles), 80 WSE Gallery (New York), Indiana University (Indiana), among others. His works and exhibitions have been published in The New York Times, Artforum, Art in America, The Brooklyn Rail, Fulgur Press, The New City, the Journal for Extreme Anthropologie, and the Religious Studies Review Journal. His primary focus is a collaborative practice with his partner, Rebecca Walz. Together, they organized Austin Osman Spare’s first US exhibition at Iceberg Projects (Chicago), celebrating the centennial anniversary of a rare folio of drawings from the Kinsey Institute’s collection.
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Eyes in Art
Read what happens when five staff members lock eyes with works of art.
Ashley F. Arico, Ian Gordon, Katherine Greenleaf, Ryan M. Pfeiffer, and Giovanni Verri -
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Birdwatching in the Museum
Five avian-loving staff members guide you to their favorite bird-centered works of art.
Dan Meyer, Sizhao Yi, Violet Jaffe, Paul Jones, and Ryan M. Pfeiffer