Kat Ryals joins us on the podcast to share her journey as both an artist and co-founder of Paradice Palase, a NYC-based artist-run space dedicated to building a more accessible and sustainable art world. Kat opens up about her recent solo exhibition in New York City, her creative process, and how she balances her dual roles as artist and arts organizer. With deep insight and honesty, she offers guidance on finding the right residency opportunities, nurturing your practice, and reimagining what success in the art world can look like.

Here’s what we discuss:

• How to know which artist residency is right for you

• Kat’s experience with her recent solo exhibition in NYC

• Insights into her artistic process and the evolution of her work

• Balancing life as a practicing artist and co-founder of paradice palase

• Building community and creating opportunities for emerging artists

• Kat’s vision for change: helping artists make a living doing what they love

About Kat Ryals

Kat Ryals (b. 1988) holds a BFA in Photography from Savannah College of Art and Design and an MFA & Adv. Certificate in Museum Education from Brooklyn College. She has shown her work nationally, including recent two person shows at Elijah Wheat Showroom (2023) and Ortega Y Gasset Projects (2022), in group exhibitions with ChaShaMa (2020, 2021), Ortega Y Gasset Projects (2019), and The Wassaic Project (2018, 2019, 2023), and in solo booths at SPRING/BREAK Art Show (2020, 2022). She has also attended residencies at the Studios of Key West (2025), Museum of Arts and Design (2024), Wassaic Project (2017, 2019, 2022), ChaNorth (2019), The Peter Bullough Foundation (2021), and received a Fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center (2018). She is a 2022 Joseph Robert Foundation grant recipient, and has been featured in The New York Times, The Financial Times, White Hot Magazine, Artnet, Forbes, and Hyperallergic. Originally from Arkansas, she lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

Website: katryals.com / paradicepalase.com
IG: @kitsch_witch /@paradicepalase

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