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).
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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
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
2025
Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin
2024
Interleaf, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm
2022
night/light, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin
Eyes like Ponds, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik
2021
Racecar in Reverse, Ratio 3, San Francisco
Eagle or Sun?, Galerie Nordenhake, México-City
2020
Phantom Limb, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm
2019
False Topiary, Chapter
2018
shadow nor prey, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, DE Simon Lee Gallery, London
2017
Ryan Mrozowski, Hannah Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles
2016
Numb Tongue, Arcade Gallery, London
2015
Open, Other, End, On Stellar Rays, New York
2014
Flotsam, The Gardens, curated by Art in General, Vilnius
2012
A mouth that might sing, Pierogi, Brooklyn
2010
Luminous Fleas, Pierogi, Brooklyn
2008
Arm In Arm With the Empty Spirit, Pierogi, Brooklyn
The Refrain, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Tessellations, Nicelle Beauchene, New York
Patterns, Luhring Augustine, New York
2023
Fronds, Marinaro, New York
2022
To Light, Shadow and Dust, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin
2020
Arte y perros, Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, México-City
2019
WORDS, Alexander Berggruen Gallery, New York
Garden, Sargent's Daughters, New York
Nature as Measure, curated by Candice Madey, Chambers Fine Art, Beijing
2018
Spieltrieb, curated by Silke Lindner-Sutti, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York
Glade Hits, Halsey McKay, East Hampton
Dead Eden, Lyles & King, New York
2017
Camerado, this is no book, curated by Jenni Crain, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn
2016
Persuasive Percussion, On Stellar Rays, New York
I Can Hear You Singing in the Wire, Arcade Gallery, London
A Change of Heart, Hannah Hoffman, Los Angeles
Background/Foreground, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm
Duplify, Kate Werble Gallery, New York
Scarlet Street, curated by Walter Wanger and Dan Duryza, Lucien Terras, New York
2015
Tiger, Tiger, Salon 94, New York
Loom, Lucien Terras, New York
Ordering Nature, Marianne Boesky, New York
2014
The View from the Window, Chapter NY, New York
Destiny’s Fleshies, Knowmoregames, Brooklyn, NY Evidence of Absence, Ziehersmith, New York
Idiom, Pierogi, Brooklyn
2013
Hope Despite the Times, ZieherSmith, New York, NY Taken, Practice Gallery, Philadelphia
In Search Of..., TSA, Brooklyn
Nearly Neutral, Sarah Lawrence College, Yonkers
2012
Habeas Corpus, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton
About Face, ACME Gallery, Los Angeles
In Search Of..., Rhodes College Clough-Hansen Gallery, Memphis, TN; Kansas University Art & Design Gallery, Lawrence
2011
Discursive Arrangements, Klaus Gallery, New York, NY LIFT #20, The Kitchen, New York
2010
Synaptic Mimes: The Private Spectacular, Kelly Writers House, Philadelphia, PA EYTJ, Robischon Gallery, Denver
2009
Relocation, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY Cream, No Sugar, Pierogi, Brooklyn
2008
Pierogi et al, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
Building Steam, curated by Mike Homer, Lafayette College, Easton
2007
In Full Cry, New Image Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Pierogi Flatfiling, Artnews Projects, Berlin, Come One, Come All, 3rd Ward, Brooklyn
2006
Natural Reaction, Tastes Like Chicken, Brooklyn
One Year Later, Romo Gallery, Atlanta, GA Northbound, Gallery Boreas, Pittsfield
Northbound, Gallery Boreas, Reykjavik
2005
CoCa Annual, CoCA, Seattle
Four Squared, MOTEL Gallery, Portland, OR Underneath, McCaig Wells Gallery, Brooklyn