Ryan! Feddersen

Ryan Elizabeth Feddersen (stylized RYAN! Feddersen) (born 1984) is a Colville artist known for her interactive public art installations in the Pacific Northwest.

Early life and education Feddersen was born in 1984 and grew up in Wenatchee, Washington. She is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. Feddersen attended the Institute of American Indian Arts before transferring to Seattle's Cornish College of the Arts, graduating in 2009 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. One of Feddersen's first installations was "Coyote Now," an interactive piece that invites viewers to use crayons shaped like coyote bones to color the art themselves. Her piece "Kill the Indian, Save the Man" was displayed at Seattle's King Street Station in 2017. The artwork was a large map of the United States that, when rubbed by the viewer, displayed a list of Indian boarding schools.

Feddersen completed her first work of public art, "Nexus," in 2019. That same year, Feddersen participated in Forest for the Trees, a major exhibition held alongside the Seattle Art Fair. She also painted a mural on the side of CitizenM's location in Pioneer Square.

In 2024, Feddersen constructed stained-glass windows for the Auburn Sounder station. The piece, titled "Companion Gardens," consisted of multiple brightly-colored windows with various plants displayed on them.