2011
War Making
A-Space Gallery, West Haven, CT
Bridgeport Prints
BACC Gallery, Bridgeport, CT
Second Glance
CCCT Gallery, Hartford, CT
2010
Losing All Touch (s)
22 Haviland Street Gallery, South Norwalk, CT
Linear Structure
Fairfield Arts Council, Fairfield, CT
Comix
305 Knowlton Street Gallery, Bridgeport, CT
Flock
Artspace, New Haven, CT
Glengarry Glen Ross
Alternative Theater Space, South Norwalk, CT
Echo
Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
2009
Tanning Membership (s)
116 Crown, New Haven, CT
CWOS Index One
International Miniature Print
Crossing the Bridge
Hygienic Gallery, New London, CT
2008
Climate of Uncertainty (s)
Conncentric
CWOS
(Artspace NH), West Cove Studios, West Haven, CT
Tête á Tête
Impressed
Chauncey Stillman Gallery, LACFA, Old Lyme, CT
Not Printed on Paper
Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT & SAAC Gallery, Spencertown, NY
A Printers Eye
2007
Politics as Usual
(Artspace NH), Alternative Space, Hamden, CT
Works on Paper
Foundry Arts Center, St. Charles, MO
Bi-annual Exhibit
Reads Artspace, Bridgeport, CT
2006
National Print Exhibit
Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
Dirty Fingernails
Art of the Northeast
BFA Thesis Exhibit
Regional BFA Exhibit
808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
Prosthetic Artist, Alternative Prosthetic Services, Bridgeport, CT, 2009-Present
Curatorial/Studio Assistant, Estate of Artist Gabor Peterdi , Rowayton, CT, 2008-2009
Exhibitions & Workshop Coordinator, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT, 2007-2009
Adjunct Faculty- Printmaking, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT, 2007
Assistant to Painter Randy Davis, Off the Wall Murals, Killingworth, CT, 2005-2006
Assistant to Master Printer James Reed, Milestone Graphics, Bridgeport, CT, 2003-2007
BIOGRAPHY
Ronnie Rysz was born in Stamford, CT in 1982. He was educated at the School of Visual Arts in NYC, and at Lyme Academy College of Fine Art in CT, where he studied drawing, painting, printmaking, and sculpture. During his college tenure, Ronnie served as assistant to both Master Printer James Reed of Milestone Graphics and to Mural Painter Randy Davis of Off the Wall Murals. After graduation, he completed a residency at the Vermont Studio Center. Ronnie has taught block printing, intaglio, and lithography at institutions such as Western Connecticut State University and the Center for Contemporary Printmaking. Now a Prosthetic Artist for Alternative Prosthetic Services, he travels across the continental U.S. creating custom cosmetic prosthetics for civilian and soldier alike. He continues to make art, and his work is featured in several public and private collections. Ronnie currently lives and works in New Haven, CT, and participates in solo and group exhibitions nationwide.
My work addresses the diminishing importance of physical communication between individuals. The micro-universes created by social networking and mobile devices spread a user's attention thin, but simultaneously inflate a user's ego by the large numbers of people he or she can instantly access. In this body of work there are no intimate relationships. Quality time is discarded in search of other stimuli, whether arbitrary internet information, a status posting, or shallow abbreviated text exchanges. The titles of each work reinforce the fact that social applications and new media slang serve as surrogates for personal interaction in contemporary communications.
Images and content copyright of Ronnie Rysz
2011.06.02 - 2011.07.02
Past Exhibition:
War Making:
An Exhibition of This Time
A-Space Gallery
West Cove Studio
West Haven, CT 06516
Work by Chris Alexiades, John Bent, Edward Castiglione, Steven DiGiovanni, Greg Haberny, Brian Kavanagh, Martha Lewis, Nathan Lewis, Philip Lique, Fethi Meghelli, Susan Nichols, Margaret Roleke, Ronnie Rysz, Gerald Saladyga, Joseph Smolinski, Jonathan Waters, Elizabeth White, Mark Williams, and Bradley Wollman.
Gathered by Stephen Vincent Kobasa
Reception: Sunday, June 5 from 2 - 4pm.
More Information...
2011.05.12 - 2011.06.23
BRIDGEPORT PRINTS:
An Exhibition of Original Prints
Bridgeport Arts and Cultural Council
BACC Gallery At the Arcade
1001-12 Main Street
Bridgeport, CT 06604
The works in the exhibition were selected by Master Printer, Artist and Collector, James Reed.
Featuring 24 artists, BRIDGEPORT PRINTS gives the public a snapshot of the variety of fine art printing techniques and styles used by artists.
Reception: Thursday, May 12 from 5 - 7pm. Curator Discussion 6pm.
2011.05.09
Past Event:
SymphonyCity:
What Would Mahler Tweet
360 State Street, 6th Floor
New Haven, CT 06510
Social media and web 2.0 has affected individual artists and the arts in general in a myriad of ways. Speak with artists about their views of how social media has changed their perceptions and how they are using social media as their medium.
Artist Discussion: Monday, May 9 from 5:30 - 7pm.
2011.05.05 - 2011.07.15
Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism
CCCT Gallery
One Constitution Plaza, 2nd Floor, Hartford, CT 06103
Second Glance is an exhibition of photographs, works on paper, paintings, sculpture/installations and poetry created by past recipients of the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism ("CCT") Artist Fellowship program. The artworks in this exhibit present multiple interpretations that reward viewers through prolonged experience.
Reception: Thursday, June 2 from 4:30 - 6:30pm.
contact info.
email
ryszstudio[at]gmail.com
phone
+01 203 517 7237
Images and content copyright of Ronnie Rysz© 2006-2011
