Ronnie Rysz Primary Medium: Mixed media Other media: Collage, Paint, Printmaking, Installation Keywords: Figurative, Portraiture, Narrative, Social, Obsessive | Add to favorites |
116 Crown Street
New Haven, CT 06510-3011
Phone: 203.517.7237
Email: r (dot) j (dot) rysz (at) gmail (dot) com
Artist Statement
The bravado of a rapper, the quirkiness of an academic, the charm of a politician, the self-loathing of a socialite, and the aggression of a corporate stiff all pooled together only begin to explain the inner complexities of my characters.
Secured Creditor - 2009 - Mixed media - 36" x 24"
Irrational Exhuberance - 2009 - Mixed media - 36" x 24"
Co-Branding Opportunities - 2009 - Collage Construction - 19 x 14 inches
Intergrated Metrics - 2008 - Collage Construction - 36 x 24 inches
Low-Hanging Fruit - 2008 - Lithograph - 29.5 x 22.25 inches
Collaborator - 2009 - Collage Construction - 20 x 16 inches
Socialites - 2008 - Collage Construction - 36 x 36 inches
Green Princess - 2008 - Collage Construction - 16 x 16 inches
Toxic Assets - 2009 - Collage Construction - 36 x 24 inches
Artist Bio
Ronnie Rysz
1042 Broad Street #302
Bridgeport, CT 06604
203.517.7237
r.j.rysz@gmail.com
Education:
BFA- Fine Art Painting 2002-2006
LymeAcademy College of Fine Art / Old Lyme, CT
Fine Arts 2000-2002
School of Visual Arts / New York, NY
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2009 -Portrait Selections, 116 Crown, New Haven, CT
2008 -Climate of Uncertainty, Fairfield Arts Council, Fairfield, CT
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2009 -International Miniature Print, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
-Crossing the Bridge, Hygienic Gallery, New London, CT (Honorable Mention)
-Members' Exhibit, Artist & Juror, Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton, CT
2008 -MONOTHON, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
-Conncentric, Artspace, New Haven, CT
-Tête á Tête, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT (Honorable Mention)
-Impressed, Chauncey Stillman Gallery, LACFA, Old Lyme, CT
-Not Printed on Paper, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT & Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown, NY
-A Printer's Eye, Fairfield Arts Council, Fairfield, CT
2007 -MONOTHON, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
-City Wide Open Studios (Artspace NH), Alternative Space, Hamden, CT
-Works on Paper, Foundry Arts Center, St. Charles, MO
-Bi-annual Exhibit, Read's Artspace, Bridgeport, CT
2006 -National Print Exhibit, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
-Dirty Fingernails, Foundry Arts Center, St. Charles, MO
-Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
-Crossing the Bridge, Hygienic Gallery, New London, CT
-BFA Thesis Exhibit, Chauncey Stillman Gallery, LACFA, Old Lyme, CT
-Regional BFA Exhibit, 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
-Hygienic Art XXVII, Hygienic Gallery, New London, CT
Collections:
Housatonic Museum of Art / Bridgeport, CT
LymeAcademy College of Fine Art / Old Lyme, CT
Honors:
Change Inc.; Grant, Captiva, FL 2008
Vermont Studio Center; Full Fellowship, Johnson, VT 2006
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