As someone who grew up navigating two cultures, my work employs a range of mediums including ceramics, fiber, paint, and wood to explore the intersections of my Chinese heritage and American food culture. In recent years, I have become increasingly fascinated by the ways in which food and the act of eating can be both a source of connection and a site of tension. My ceramic sculptures often depict familiar foods I craved as a child, each one bitten as an exploration of the human form and my fascination with these highly processed foods I was seldom allowed to eat. Throughout my making process, I contemplate the complexities of my own identity and the ways in which societal values intersect with consumption.
Ricey Wright creates playful and visually striking works that focus on themes of identity and consumption through a variety of mediums including ceramics, fiber, paint, and wood. Drawing upon her upbringing in the suburbs of southern California, Ricey investigates the intersection of her Chinese heritage within the broader tapestry of American culture. After graduating with a BFA in Studio Art from Brigham Young University in 2020, she has dedicated her focus towards creating ceramic food pieces investigating the human form and specifically her relationship with highly processed foods. Through her work, she sheds light on pressing issues related to diet culture, food waste, and the environmental repercussions of mass consumption. Ricey has exhibited her work at several galleries across the country, including the Textile Art Center in Brooklyn and Collar Works in Troy, NY. She currently resides in California with her husband and daughter and loves to garden in her parent’s backyard.
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2020
BFA, Studio Art, Brigham Young University
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2023
Tiny Sculpture Show, Writ & Vision, Provo, UT
Eat Me, Collar Works, Troy, NY
2021
With Care, Textile Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
2020
Incubation Period, Parc Collective, Virtual Exhibition
Oddspace(s), A Cooperative Book Arts Project, Thomas Nelson Community College Gallery, Hampton, VA
BFA Solo Show, Two Cakes Will Feed All the People, Gallery 303, Provo UT
2019
Site Cite Sight, Gallery 303, Provo UT
I was framed, B.F. Larsen Gallery, Provo UT
Group Exhibition, Figure Drawing, BYU Gallery 303, Provo UT
Other Worlds, Solo Show, B.F. Larsen Gallery, Provo UT
Under Pressure, Group Show, Provo UT
MOV.ing Image, Harris Fine Arts Pardoe Theater, Provo, UT
Mayhew Student Show, B.F. Larsen Gallery, Provo UT
Annual Student Show, Gallery 303, Provo UT
Phenomenal Women, Third Space Studios, Provo UT
Group Exhibition, U of U and BYU collaboration, SLC UT
Group Exhibition, BYU Dance Ensemble, Provo UT
Group Exhibition, Harris Fine Arts Center, Provo UT, Brian Christensen
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2020
Gallery Director, SmartSpace Galleries, Provo, Utah
Gallery Assistant, Art & Design Galleries, Brigham Young University
Co-curator, I was framed, B.F. Larsen Gallery, Provo, UT
Art internship with The House that Lars Built, Springville, UT
2019
Cyanotype workshop at Art Access Gallery with Joseph Ostraff
Moderator for Braid- Utah Women Entrepreneur Non-Profit
2018
Art instruction at SLC troubled teens center
Assistant to Patrick Dougherty for Installation in Utah
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2020
Incubation Period, Published by Granary Arts, curated by PARC Collective
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2020
Experiential Learning Grant, Department of Visual Arts, BYU
2019
Film and Digital Media Grant, Department of Visual Arts, BYU
Juror’s Choice Award, Annual Student Show, Brigham Young University
Betty and Paul Boshard Grant, Department of Visual Arts, Brigham Young University
