From 1995-99, I earned my BFA at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Here are some photos of some of my friends from that time and place. (The black-and-white shots are all from my Photo 1 class, 1998). To see more photos like these, see the "Ryan Simonson" page.

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One of many late-night trips to Mickey's diner, in the Salad Days when Sharon still dished-up the Buck's. Just before I left to Japan, 3/98.	Rare shot of Jakab, Draplin, Berling, Lisa, Simonson, Miki, Shunsuke, Mike Godfrey and Atsushi (bottom), 1999, Shunsuke/Draplin send-off.	Dimmel, Simonson, Shunsuke, Berling, and Jakab, on our one-and-only snowboarding adventure. 2/99.

You're goddamned right we slept under our desks on the design studio floors. Jakab and Berling.	Kiyo (my former roomate and a wonderful artist) sleeping peacefully on the Media Center couches after staying up for probably 3 days straight	"Jesus, who taught you how to do massage?" -Ogaz "I just taught myself." -Miki "I couldn't tell...feels like someone's kickin' me in my back." -Ogaz

Studios, making plans to go to Mickey's. Berling, Nao, Jakab, Simonson	Contact sheet showing late-night design studio mayhem... wrestling and "Sending Things To Hell"	Contact sheet of trip to (now-defunct, I think) Rocky Roccoco Pizza in Dinkytown

A sleepy Nao being given due representation by Ryan's hard-workin' hands. (I stayed w/ her family in Japan)	Ogaz: sharp mind, great art, the king of quotes, an amazing roomate. I miss him constantly.	Berling and Wacker at the atmospheric Little Tijuana restaurant, purveyors of the best damn salsa ever.

Nao in the doorway of building 209, where I lived for about 3 years	A meal at the Seafood Palace (I never liked that place), Jakab, Berling and Ogaz	Me giving props to an overdressed Maniotes, Calhoun Square gallery

This is what it was all about, burning the midnight-7am oil in either the studios or labs.	Ogaz, Rocky Roccoco pizza's big-screen basement	Kiyo and Ulli and I while they were passing through MI during the winter holiday, '98.

Draplin and Maniotes at a gallery opening, Calhoun Square	An All-Star gallery opening. See who you can spot (besides Byrne, Grika, Ogaz, Miki, Jakab, Ulli, Reubl, etc.)	A more recent photo of motion graphics gurus Jakab and Lisa, in the "Full House" shot, S.F., 7/01

more MCAD-related photos:

Photos from my trip to NYC for Kiyo's Wedding
(5/02)

Ryan's Amazing "Homies" Page
(Featuring pages dedicated to me, Berling, Maniotes, and Draplin)

Photos from my trip to Minneapolis
(Memorial Day wknd, 5/03)