Ryn creates cyanotypes through an intuitive process featuring a signature figure - like form. Ryn’s most recent cyanotype collection, Tension in Ease (2021 - 2025) holds space for the apprehensions we may experience as we step into a new sense of self. The “self” gestural figure is held in varying shades and weights of blue. Heavier, darker forms ground the figure and allow for expansion, while lighter linework represents new interactions for the figure as a layer of the “self” is formed. 

Ryn came to art through sociology, seeking alternative mediums to present her perspective beyond the essay. From 2013 - 2016, she produced research based, participatory photography and found object projects. Simultaneously, Ryn began a more personal practice of intuitively drawing on transparencies with ink and printing cyanotypes. Finding meaning in process and working out of a non-traditional studio, she continued printing cyanotypes, engaging with the intuitive nature of printing in a “less controlled” environment. In this time, she also worked on refining the figure and the intuitive movements which informed its making by participating in workshops led by artists Heather Hanson (2016, Dark Matter Residency) as well as Ayako Kato (2025 - 2026, Art of Being workshops). Here, she more intentionally defined the role of movement in relation to the cyanotype. 

In addition to movement based work, Ryn is currently producing relief prints that inquire into the decisions we make as “ourselves” in relation to others and how and why we may hesitate to fully voice our needs or be our “full” selves. 

Ryn holds a BA in sociology from the College of Wooster, an MA in arts administration and policy from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and am Masters in Teaching with a special education endorsement from Relay Graduate School of Education. She is a middle school reading teacher on Chicago’s South West side.