Ryana Lawson (b. 1993, Rochester, NY) is a ceramic artist whose practice is made from whimsical objects often adorned in flora and fauna that extend from both the natural world and dream state. Ryana currently resides in Seattle, WA where she has been an Artist in Residence at Pottery Northwest since 2019.

In 2020, she was awarded the Wally Grant and De Poi Awards through Pottery Northwest. Ryana received her MFA from Pennsylvania State University in 2019, and as a graduate student, received the Penn State Creative Achievement Award.

In 2017, she was an Artist in Residence at Flower City Arts back in Rochester, and received a post-baccalaureate education from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2016. She graduated with a BFA from The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 2015.