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Ryan Somelofske serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Media Arts, Sciences and Studies at Ithaca College's Roy H. Park School of Communications (Office: Park 367; Email: rsomelo1@ithaca.edu). His practice bridges artistic creation and academic instruction in lens-based media.
His educational foundation includes:
- BFA in Film, Photography and Visual Arts from Ithaca College (2015)
- MFA in Art Photography from Syracuse University (2021)
Somelofske critically examines how lens-based imagery fails to document local folklore, meteorological phenomena, and climatic crises. Through folk history, urban legends, and religious frameworks, he explores land's entanglement in cultural narratives. His crafted installations—combining sculptures, prints, and objects—interrogate the fissures between decaying physical reality and hopeful enchanted worlds.
His research manifests through:
- Video Art & Experimental Filmmaking
- Documentary Practices
- Analog/Alternative Photographies
- Climate-Change Art Interventions
- Urban Legend Visualization
- Landscape Narrative Construction
Exhibition analysis (2014-2021) reveals consistent thematic throughlines: climate crisis documentation via experimental documentary techniques, sculptural interpretations of folklore, and landscape-as-narrative frameworks. His projects like A Mountain Exists Until It's Washed to Sea and Canalway demonstrate interdisciplinary fusion of video, sculpture, and site-specific installation.
No scientific awards or fellowships were documented in available sources.
While student advising details remain unspecified, his creative output functions as scholarly contribution within art academia. Major projects include Dead Vol. 1-3 (2015), Bedside Table Manners (2015), and the Canalway Local History Site & Sculpture Gardens.
Somelofske maintains active creative engagement through his website (ryansomelofske.com) and social media (@ryansommelofsky), with recent works exploring Syracuse-area landscapes and climatic transformations.
