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Bill Rybak is a sculptor, painter and graphic artist. He earned his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, taught at Parsons The New School For Design in New York, is a former board member of the NY Association of Theatrical Artists and Craftspeople, and a former co-operator of the GAS Gallery in Poughkeepsie, NY. He has also worked as a design and fabrication consultant, special effects model maker, wood shop foreman, scenic carpenter and sculptor, display carpenter, colorist, prop maker, graphic designer, antique restorer and conservator, and custom fabricator. After ten years of commuting between his East Village home and his studio in a Jersey City warehouse, he now happily lives and works in rural upstate New York as the director of Bill Rybak Design.
Selected Exhibits and Installations
* denotes solo exhibition
Cycle, Jul.15-Sep. 11, 2022, Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, Woodstock, NY
Active Members Spring Exhibition, Mar. 25-May 8, 2022, Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, Woodstock, NY
Agriculture in the Hudson Valley, March, 2022 Cornell Creative Arts Center, Kingston, NY
InstaSelect V.2 March, 2022, Mark Borghi Fine Art,Sag Harbor, NY
Gratitude, Nov,19-Dec. 31, 2021, Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, Woodstock, NY
Small Works O-Z, Jun.4-Jul. 18, 2021, Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, Woodstock, NY
Prints by Bill Rybak,* Jun. 6-30, 2021, Art Alliance Gallery, Monmouth, NJ
Small Works, Apr. 9-May 23 2021, Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, Woodstock, NY
Kingston Annual 20/20, Sept. 5-27, 2020, ay 8-July 11, 2020, ASK Gallery, Kingston, NY
Mark Arts Abstract National Exhibition, May 8-July 11, 2020, K.T. Wiedemann Gallery, Wichita, KS
Terrain, Sept. 7-29, 2019, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties NY,
The Wilderstein Biennial, May- October, 2019, Wilderstein Historical Site, Rhinebeck, NY
Revisiting Jerseyscapes, September 6 - October 6, 2019, The Harold B. Lemmerman Gallery, New Jersey City University, NJ
Compose to Decompose,July 2019-July 2021, Unison Arts Center, New Paltz, NY
Radius 50, Sept.1-Oct. 7, 2018, Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, Woodstock, NY
What’s Next?, eco-materialism and contemporary art, July 2018-July 2019, Unison Arts Center, New Paltz, NY
Somewhere Over the Interconnected Rainbow & Prospero’s Grand St Masque, June, 2018, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
InstaSelect March, 2018, Mark Borghi Fine Art, New York, NY
The Art Project, December 2017-December 2018, The Art House, Jersey City, NJ
Big Small, November 2017- February 2018, Victory Hall Drawing Rooms, Jersey City NJ
What’s Next?, October, 2017, Mack Cali Atrium, Harborside Plaza 3, Jersey City, NJ
111 First Street: A Community of Artists, October 2017, 395 Halladay St, #2, Jersey City, NJ
Art of the Heirloom, National Heirloom Expo., September, 2017, The Seed Bank, Petaluma, CA
Art as Meditation, Vito A Lofts, July-September, 2017, Jersey City, NJ
Monmouth Museum 38th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, January- March, 2017, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ-- Juror's Award,
Politics and Power, October-November, 2016, Anne Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
New Directions, September.-October, 2016, Barret Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Arte Natura, May 2016, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
Rover 2016, March 2016, Starr Space, Brooklyn, NY
The Church and State Project*, November, 2015, residency and exhibition, C.H.R.C.H. Project Space, Cottekill, NY
Peace and Justice, March 2015, Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery SunyUlster, Stone Ridge, NY
KMOCA Fundraiser, February 2015, Kingston Museum of Contemporary Art, Kingston, NY
Hudson Valley: Art of the Heirloom, Nov.15, 2014 -Jan. 9, 2015, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY
Feast Your Eyes: The Art of Food, Oct. 17, 2014-Jan. 4, 2015, Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Art Center, Dowell MD
What's So Funny?--Humor in Art, May 9-June 22, 2014, Monmouth Museum, Monmouth, New Jersey
Multiplicities, July-August, 2013, Victory Hall Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, New Jersey
First Ever KMOCA Fundraiser, February, 2013, Kingston Museum of Contemporary Art, Kingston, New York
Art of the Heirloom, 2013, touring Exhibit sponsored by the Hudson Valley Seed Library, NY; Horticultural Society of New York, Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC, Philadelphia Flower Show and other venues
City of Dreams*, June 7- July 13, 2012, Tomasullo Gallery, Union City College, Cranford, NJ
MACC Invites U, April 14-June 30, 2012, Museum of Art at Casa Colombo, 380 Monmouth Street, Jersey City, NJ
Small Works, December, 2011, Kingston Museum of Contemporary Art, Kingston, NY
Church and State, March, 2011, Kingston Museum of Contemporary Art, Kingston, NY
Grande, Feb.-May, 2010, Printmaking Council of New Jersey, 440 River Road, Branchburg NJ 08876
Tripple Whammy/Simple Machinery, * Feb.-May, 2010, G.A.S. Visual Art and Performance Space, 196 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, NY
100 Halos, December, 2009, Kingston Museum of Contemporary Art, Kingston, NY
Constructions in the Sunken Garden, October, 2009, Mack Cali Atrium, Harborside Plaza 3, Jersey City, NJ
Bridges and the Span of Time, September-November, 2009, G.A.S. Visual Art and Performance Space, 196 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, New York
G.A.S. Second Anniversary Invitational, August, 2009, G.A.S. Visual Art and Performance Space, 196 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, New York
Building Cities, April-May, 2009, Victory Arts Projects at 545 Washington Blvd., Jersey City, New Jersey
Infrastructures and Dreams, * December 2008-January 2009 G.A.S. Visual Art and Performance Space, 196 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, New York
New Works by Bill Rybak, * October, 2008, ICBA Inc., 50 Dey Street, Jersey City, New Jersey
2008 Jersey City Artists Studio Tour, October, 2008, Canco Lofts Exhibition Space, 50 Dey Street, Jersey City, New Jersey
Dynamic Structures, Victory Arts Banner Project, October, 2008, 70 Greene Street, 77 Hudson Street, Jersey City, New Jersey
Open Studio*, Jersey City Artists Studio Tour, October, 2007, 50 Dey Street, Jersey City, New Jersey
Demolition (a collaborative installation), September-November, 2007, "Art Across the Plaza," Sims Carpet Bldg., Jersey City, New Jersey
Pro Arts Members Exhibition, September 21- October 19, 2007, Artists Studio Tour Anchor Exhibition Space, Canco Lofts , Jersey City, New Jersey
Works on Paper June-September, 2007, Canco Lofts Showroom Exhibition Space, Jersey City, New Jersey
JCAST Kickoff Party Invitational Show, October, 2006, Victory Hall, Jersey City, New Jersey
15th Annual Juried Exhibition, September-October, 2006, Art Institute & Gallery, 212 West Main Street, Salisbury Maryland
A Coney Island of the Mind, July-August, 2006, ICAP Securities Inc., Corporate Exhibition Space, Jersey City, New Jersey
Pro Arts Members' Juried Show, June, 2006, Victory Hall, Jersey City, New Jersey
With Apparent Ease, October, 2005, Victory Hall, Jersey City, New Jersey
Frames of Mind, October, 2005, Brennan Gallery, Justice William Brennan Courthouse, Jersey City, New Jersey
Pro Arts Members' Show, July-August, 2005, Meagher Rotunda Gallery, City Hall, Jersey City, New Jersey
Annual Show, December, 2004, Focal Point Gallery, City Island, Bronx, New York
One Fine Day, * October 2-3, 2004, Jersey City Art Tour/ 111 First Street, Jersey City, New Jersey
Mixed Bag, April, 2004, Chamot Gallery, Jersey City, New Jersey
End of Season Show, January, 2004, Chamot Gallery, Jersey City, New Jersey
Annual Show, December, 2003, Focal Point Gallery, City Island, Bronx, New York
Heartland * (Installation) Nov. 2003 - July, 2004 , I.C.B.A. Inc. Gallery Space, Jersey City, New Jersey
Real Estate Paintings * October, 2003, Jersey City Art Tour /I.C.B.A. Gallery Space, Jersey City, New Jersey
Convergence, ( Installation) 2003, lobby, Metro Nexus Building, 50 Dey Street, Jersey City, New Jersey
New Kid on the Block, June, 2003, Meagher Rotunda Gallery, City Hall, Jersey City, New Jersey
Mechanicals, * April, 1986, Shea Studio, 100 East 16th Street, New York, New York
A's Friends, November/December, 1984, A's, 330 Broome Street, New York, New York
Out of Place: Art for the Evicted, 1983, various public outdoor locations in the Lower East Side, curated by Political Art Documentation and Distribution, 339 Lafayette Street, New York, New York
New York Kidney Foundation Benefit Show, September, 1981, Gallery 112 Greene Street, 112 Greene Street, New York, New York
8 x 11, July, 1978, 16 West Hubbard Street Gallery, 16 West Hubbard Street, Chicago, Illinois
Pieces of Roger Moy and Bill Rybak, February, 1976, The Sparrow Gallery, 1008 West Armitage Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
The Banquet Show, November, 1973, Wabash Transit Gallery, 219South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Communication in Painting, April, 1972, Dimock Gallery, 21st & H Streets, Washington, D.C.
Collections:
Private
Matthew and Pamela Klein, NewYork, New York
Peter and Carol Ledger, Detroit, Michigan
Hannah Nadler, New York, New York
Patrick and Kari Pagnano, New York, New York
Franco and Eve Palaia, Poughkeepsie, New York
Corporate
Hudson Valley Seed Library, Inc., Accord, New York
Bushnell Solutions, Inc., Jersey City, New Jersey
ICBA Inc., Jersey City, New Jersey
Object, Inc., New York, New York
press clips:
The Poughkeepsie Journal, Friday, Dec. 19, 2008
(picture and comments)
The Jersey Journal, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008
(picture and comments)
Works on Paper at Canco Lofts showroom exhibition space
(formerly the American Can Company building)
a brief notice in a review of Arthouse Productions' The Heist Project
a brief clip from The Heist Project
