Ryan Jacob Smith is a graduate, with honors, from Art Center College of
Design in Pasadena, California (2001). He lives and works in Portland,
Oregon where he enjoys collecting old science books and ephemera from
thrift stores, skateboarding and buying records. He was raised in Orange
County where he passed his early days rock collecting, bmx riding, skating
and cub scouting. His work has been shown New York, San Francisco, Los
Angeles, and Tokyo Japan.