Ryan Mrozowski's immersive language, which is rooted in visual and linguistic puzzles, frequently uses botanical subjects to explore elements of presence, absence, and perception. Foliage, fruit, and letters become abstracted in Mrozowski’s compositions, as the artist crops and repeats his motifs. The resulting lyrical patterning disrupts the traditional still-life and often reimagines nature with methodical order.
Ryan Mrozowzki (b.1981, USA) lives and works between Hudson and in Brooklyn, New York. Mrozowski earned his MFA from Pratt Institute, New York, in 2005, and his BFA from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 2003. His work has been the subject of exhibitions at international venues including Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin (2024, 2022); Ratio 3, San Francisco (2021); Chapter, New York (2019); Simon Lee Gallery, London (2018); Hannah Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2018); and Arcade, London (2016).
b. 1981 in Pennsylvania
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York
EDUCATION
2005
MFA, Pratt Institute, New York, NY
2003
BFA, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, PA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Interleaf, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, SWE
2022
night/light, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, DE
Eyes like Ponds, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik, IS
2021
Racecar in Reverse, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA
Eagle or Sun?, Galerie Nordenhake, México-City, MEX
2020
Phantom Limb, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, SWE
2019
False Topiary, Chapter NY, NY
2018
shadow nor prey, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, DE Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK
2017
Ryan Mrozowski, Hannah Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Numb Tongue, Arcade Gallery, London, UK
2015
Open, Other, End, On Stellar Rays, New York, NY
2014
Flotsam, The Gardens, curated by Art in General, Vilnius, LT
2012
A mouth that might sing, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
2010
Luminous Fleas, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
2008
Arm In Arm With the Empty Spirit, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
The Refrain, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Tessellations, Nicelle Beauchene, New York, NY
Patterns, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY
2023
Fronds, Marinaro, New York, NY
2022
To Light, Shadow and Dust, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, DE
2020
Arte y perros, Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, México-City, MEX
2019
WORDS, Alexander Berggruen Gallery, New York, NY
Garden, Sargent's Daughters, New York, NY
Nature as Measure, curated by Candice Madey, Chambers Fine Art, Beijing, CN
2018
Spieltrieb, curated by Silke Lindner-Sutti, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, NY
Glade Hits, Halsey McKay, East Hampton, NY
Dead Eden, Lyles & King, New York, NY
2017
Camerado, this is no book, curated by Jenni Crain, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Persuasive Percussion, On Stellar Rays, New York, NY
I Can Hear You Singing in the Wire, Arcade Gallery, London, UK
A Change of Heart, Hannah Hoffman, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Foreground, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, SWE
Duplify, Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY
Scarlet Street, curated by Walter Wanger and Dan Duryea, Lucien Terras, New York, NY
2015
Tiger, Tiger, Salon 94, New York, NY
Loom, Lucien Terras, New York, NY
Ordering Nature, Marianne Boesky, New York, NY
2014
The View from the Window, Chapter NY, New York, NY
Destiny’s Fleshies, Knowmoregames, Brooklyn, NY Evidence of Absence, Ziehersmith, New York, NY
Idiom, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Hope Despite the Times, ZieherSmith, New York, NY Taken, Practice Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
In Search Of..., TSA, Brooklyn, NY
Nearly Neutral, Sarah Lawrence College, Yonkers, NY
2012
Habeas Corpus, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
About Face, ACME Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
In Search Of..., Rhodes College Clough-Hansen Gallery, Memphis, TN; Kansas University Art & Design Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2011
Discursive Arrangements, Klaus Gallery, New York, NY LIFT #20, The Kitchen, New York, NY
2010
Synaptic Mimes: The Private Spectacular, Kelly Writers House, Philadelphia, PA EYTJ, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2009
Relocation, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY Cream, No Sugar, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
2008
Pierogi et al, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Building Steam, curated by Mike Homer, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
2007
In Full Cry, New Image Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Pierogi Flatfiling, Artnews Projects, Berlin, DE, Come One, Come All, 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY
2006
Natural Reaction, Tastes Like Chicken, Brooklyn, NY
One Year Later, Romo Gallery, Atlanta, GA Northbound, Gallery Boreas, Pittsfield, MA Northbound, Gallery Boreas, Reykjavik, IS
2005
CoCa Annual, CoCA, Seattle, WA
Four Squared, MOTEL Gallery, Portland, OR Underneath, McCaig Wells Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
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Independent Art Fair 2024
Spring Studios, New York 9 - 12 May 2024i8 Gallery is pleased to present a solo booth of new paintings by Ryan Mrozowski at Independent New York. Ryan Mrozowski’s immersive language uses botanical...Read more -
Art Basel Miami Beach 2023
Miami Beach Convention Center 6 - 10 Dec 2023i8 Gallery's presentation for Art Basel Miami Beach 2023 features artists who are key figures within the gallery's history from past to present.Read more -
Frieze London 2023
The Regent's Park 11 - 15 Oct 2023i8 Gallery's presentation for Frieze London 2023 features artists who are key figures within the gallery's history. Two new works by Olafur Eliasson (b. 1967,...Read more