About Ring Studio and its People
Ring Studio, Commission Artist and Consultant, maintains studios in Greenville, South Carolina and Jasper, Indiana.
Nick Ring is an award winning commission artist working in a variety of sculpture, painting, and drawing mediums. He also explores glass painting and furniture design. Since 1991 Nick has created major works for public, institutional, private, and sacred installations. After receiving a BFA from Indiana University in 1988, Nick was invited to attend New York Academy of Art, where he was recognized for his talent as a figurative sculptor and artist. Nick has cultivated his skills in the western classical tradition. For many years, he has worked with clients, architects, designers, and tradesmen on a commission basis to create the highest quality installations.
Christine Ring is an award winning surface materials designer and consultant collaborating with Nick to design and create works of art in all mediums. She and Nick moved with their four teenagers to Greenville, South Carolina from Indiana in 2012. Christine received a Textile Design Degree from Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. She worked as a successful Freelance designer in the Fashion Industry before she moved to Jasper, Indiana in early 1991. While working as the Product Development Director for Surface Materials at Kimball International, she received the most prestigious award for contract fabric design at Decosit, in 1998 Brussels, Belgium.