BONNIE RYCHLAK
brychlak09@gmail.com
EDUCATION: Master of Fine Arts, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Bachelor of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles
AWARDS: 2018 Surnadal Billag A/S, Artist Residency in Norway; 2013 & 2022 Bogliasco Foundation, Italy; 2009 Visiting Artist, American Academy in Rome; 1990
Awarded Fellowship, The American Academy in Rome; 1985 The Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio Residency; 1976 National Endowment for the Arts,
Sculpture
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 MEMORY AND OBLIVION. The Viewing Room. April 1 - April 29. 551 West 21st Street, New York, New York 10011
2006 Cutting Holes in Water. ASK? Art Space Kimura. September 19-September 30. 6-5-2 Kyobashi, 2F, Chu-ku, Tokyo, Japan 104-0031
1994 Screen Memories. February 10 - March 5. Gallery Three Zero. 30 Bond
Street, New York, New York 10012
1993 Role Models/Disparate Narratives. November 9 – December 1. The Sculpture
Center. 167 East 69th Street, New York, New York 10021
1991 Shoshanna Wayne Gallery. January 19 – February 28. 1454 Fifth Street,
Santa Monica, California 90401
1988 Rastovsky Gallery. February. 560 Broadway, New York, New York 10012
1985 Saint Peter's Church. 53rd Street and Lexington Avenue, New York, New York
Group Exhibitions:
2022 Fieldwork: 8 Artists at Lazy Point, Curated by Janet Goleas, D'Amico Studio and Archive,
128 Shore Road, Amagansett, New York 11930, May 22-September 4
2021 Artists Draw Their Studios, Curated by Michelle Weinberg, Byrdcliff Klinert/James
Center for the Arts, 36 Tinker Street, Woodstock, New York, October 9 –
November 21
● Tactile, The Delaware Valley Arts Alliance. Curated by John Back. Narrowsburg, New
York, New York May 2 –June 6, 2020
● Down and Dirty. Bonnie Rychlak and Jeanne Silverthorne, Duck Creek Farm. East
Hampton, New York. May 1 - June 6
● Down and Dirty. May 1 – June 6. Dodd Galleries. University of Georgia, Athens.
January 15 – February 28
2020 Consummate Plush. Museum of Contemporary Art, Patchoque, New York. Curated
by Janet Goleas. March 7 – April 25. 20 Terry Street, Suite 116, Patchogue New
York 11772
● Artists Draw Their Studios. Curated by Michelle Weinberg. September 14 – January 5,
Art & Culture Center, Hollywood, Florida
2019 One Stop: The Slow Slope to Modernism. Curated by Virva Hinnemo and George
Negroponte. November 23. Keyes Gallery, 45 Main Street, Sag Harbor, New
York 11963
● Inside Interiors. Curated by Romanov Grave August 31 – October 31. R.E.Steele, 74
Montauk Highway, East Hampton, New York 11937
● Divine Intervention. Curated by Teri Hackett. Christ Episcopal Church. June 1 –
September 2. 5 Hampton Street, Sag Harbor, New York 11963
2018 Desire in the Bangles. July 27-Labor Day. R.E. Steele, 74 Montauk Highway, East
Hampton, New York 11937
● Black and White and Re(a)d All Over: Part III. Curated by Peter Hopkins. Critical Kunst,
okk/raum 29, Prinzenallee 29, 13359 Berlin, GermaNew York; traveled from:
Galleria Huuto Jatkasarri, May 5 –May 27. Makasilini L3, Tyynenmerenkatu 6,
Helsinki, Finland
● No Longer Supported. March 24 – April 19. Sara Nightengale Gallery, 26 Main Street,
Sag Harbor,New York
● A Radical Voice: 23 Women. February 17 – March 25. Curated by Janet Goleas for the
Southampton Arts Center, 25 Jobs Lane, Southampton, New York 11938
2017 R & R: Mari Rantanen and Bonnie Rychlak. October 7 – October 22. Ille Arts, 171
Main Street, Amagansett, New York 11937
● The Unreliable Narrator. March 3-26. ArtHelix Gallery, 299 Meserole Street, Bushwick,
New York 11206
● Deferred Vision. March 28 – March 6. Curated by Romanov Grave for Spring Break, 4
West 42nd Street, New York, New York
2016 Fish Tank. September 16 – October 31. Long Island University, Flatbush Avenue,
Brooklyn Campus New York
● Black and White and Re(a)d All Over: Part II. September 16 – October 16. ArtHelix, 299
Meserole Street, Bushwick, New York 11206
● Portable Minds. Spring Break Art Show. March 1 – March 7. Moynihan Station, 21
Eight Avenue, New York
● Diminishing Intervals. March 25 – April 17. SHIM Gallery 299 Meserole Street,
Brooklyn, New York 11206
2015 Reinventing the Helm: Self-Styled Nautical Activists Pirate the Canon of Maritime
Art. June 6 - August 3. Sara Nightingale Gallery, 688 Montauk Highway Water Mill,
New York 11976
● Comodies and Tragedies. April 30 – June 27. Hudson Guild Gallery, 441West 26th
Street, New York, New York 10011
2014 Redacted. Curated by Janet Goleas. April 13 - June 1. Islip Art Museum, 50 Irish
Lane, East Islip, New York 11730
2013 The Moby Project. Curated by Janet Goleas. September 27 – October 6. Mulford
Farm, East Hampton, New York 11937
● Skin Trade. Curated by Martha Wilson and Larry List. P.P.O.W. June 27 – July 26. 535
West 22nd Street, 3rd Floor, New York, New York 10011
● Slight of Hand. Brian Morris Gallery. June 26 - July 27. 163 Chrystie Street, New York,
New York 10010
● Modest Sublime. ArtHelix. April 12 – May 4. 56 Bogart Street, Brooklyn, New York
11206
2012-2013 Sculpture Key West. December 1, 2012 – March 23, 2013, Zachary Taylor
Historic State Park, KeyWest, Florida 33040
2012 Kathryn Markel Fine Arts. June 2 – 30. 2418 Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton,
New York 11932
2011 Twin Twin. Curated by Matt Freedman. Pierogi Gallery, 177 North 9th Street,
Brooklyn, New York
2008 Thresholds of Visibility August 2 - August 24, 2008. Surface Library Gallery, 845
Springs Fireplace Road, East Hampton, New York 11937
2007 So This Is How It All Began… September 27 - November 26. Hudson Guild Gallery.
441 West 26th Street, New York, New York 10011
● Wrapped. June 9 - July 9. Surface Library Gallery. 845 Springs Fireplace Road, East
Hampton, N.Y. 11937
2002-2004 H2O. Traveling Exhibition. Curated by JoAnna Isaak. Opening October 9,
2002 at Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA; Elaine L. Jacob
Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI; Houghton House Gallery, Hobart
and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York; Renato Danese Gallery, NYC
June 2003; Santa Fe Art Institute, New Mexico, October 2003-January 2004
2002
● Strength In Numbers. Curated by Lincoln C. Caplan. October 10. Williamsburg Art &
Historical Center 135 Broadway, Brooklyn, New York 11211
2001 Parrish Art Museum October 6-November 11. 25 Jobs Lane, Southampton, New
York 11968
● The Language of Vision. May 12 – June 3rd. Williamsburg Art & Historical Center.135
Broadway, Brooklyn, New York 11211
2000 Momenta Benefit Exhibition. April 22-May 2. 72 Berry Street, Williamsburg,
Brooklyn, New York
1999-2000 Encaustic Works. December 4, 1999 - January 8, 2000. R&F Gallery. 110
Prince Street, Kingston, New York 12401
1998 Silverstein Gallery. June 9-July 3, 1998. 476 Broome Street, New York, New York
10013
1996 Ota Fine Arts. November 9-26. 2-8-11, Ebisu-Nishi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
● Art Work/Art Workers. July 23 - August 2. Basilico Fine Arts. 26 Wooster Street, New
York, New York 10013
1994 Adam Baumgold Gallery. December. 128 East 72nd Street, New York, New York
10021
● Box Art. K & E Gallery. December. 78 Grand Street, New York, New York 10012
● Splice. Curated by Claire Lieberman. March 12 - April 10. Northern Illinois University,
DeKalb, Illinois
1993 10 x 10 x 10. Curated by Barbara Sahlman. December 4 – January 31. T'zart – Test
Wall. 28 Wooster Street, New York, New York 10013
● Drawings from 55 Ferris Street. October 29 – November 20. Wyn Kamarsky Inc. 560
Broadway, New York, New York 10012
1992 55 Ferris Street. Curated by Fredericke Taylor. October 17 - November 21. 55
Ferris Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York 11231
● Detour. Curated by Sandra Angelo-Suarez and Barbara Duncan. April 24 –
May 27. International House. 500 Riverside Drive, New York, New York 10027
1991 Pleasure. Curated by Steven Salzman. September 27 - December 30. Hallwalls
600 Main Street, Buffalo, New York 14202
1990 Sublime Geometries. June 23 - July 21. Sue Spaid Fine Art. 7454-1/2 Beverly
Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90036
● The Body Once Removed. May 9 - June 1. Emily Sorkin Gallery. 594 Broadway, New
York, New York 10013
● Painting Between the Paradigms Part IV: A Category of Objects As Yet Unnamed.
Curated by Saul Ostrow. March 3 – March 28. Penine Hart Gallery, 568
Broadway, New York, New York 10012
● Invitational. Stux Gallery. January 10 - January 27. 155 Spring Street, New York, New
York 10012
1989 The Milky Way, Shoshanna Wayne Gallery, 1454 Fifth Street, Santa Monica,
California 90401. Curated by Stephen Westfall
1988 Made in N.Y. Rastovsky Gallery. September 7 - October 1. 560 Broadway, New
York, New York 10012
1987-1988 The Blue Angel: Stereotypes in Post-Feminist Sculpture. Traveling Exhibition.
Curated by Julie Carson and Howard McCalebb. Longwood Gallery, Bronx,
New York
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