La Verne, CA, United States
My name is Stephen Rybacki. I currently reside just outside of Los Angeles, CA. In the spring of ...
About the artist
Joined In 2018
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About the artist
Joined In 2018
(84 Followers)
My name is Stephen Rybacki. I currently reside just outside of Los Angeles, CA.
In the spring of 2009 I received my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at California Polytechnic University Pomona. My goal was to further gain knowledge of media and technical hand skills in painting, drawing, and sculpting. Out of school my focus with my art was to expand my techniques, materials, illustration skills, as well as meet new people in the art community.
While moving through my body of work over the last few years, I have found that my strongest asset is texture and media on the surface of my work. I began to develop a love for new material, sheet metal. I spent years experimenting and trying to control rust/oxidation on the surface of the metal, as well as incorporate the rust into compositions on different surfaces.
I am currently in the mid stages of establishing my artist voice. My desire to create, and strength in my work, comes from surface textures and natural process results. I have a keen interest in natural oxidation: controlling it as a medium, and its variances on surfaces, and involving “rust” with mixed media. I enjoy isolating the delicate texture and beauty of the natural oxidation process through contrast with another ma...
Education: BFA- California Polytechnic University, Pomona. 2009
Art Mentor: Fr. Bill Moore
2025 Pending exhibition- TAG Gallery Group Show- January- Los Angeles CA
2025 Pending exhibition- Rukh Art Hub/Mriya Gallery Group Show- January- New York NY
March 2024- Sandstone Gallery- Guest- Laguna Beach CA
Nov 2023- Bunny Gunner Gallery- Solo- Claremont CA
Sept/Oct 2023- Sandstone Gallery- Guest- Laguna Beach CA
Sept 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024- “The Other Art Fair” with SaatchiArt- Los Angeles CA
May-July 2023- Ontario Open Group Exhibition- Ontario CA
April 2022- Studio C Gallery- Solo exhibition “Rust”- Claremont CA
March 2020- Sasse Museum of Art- Group exhibition “Soul Stories”- Upland CA
Aug 2019- Progress Gallery- “Under the Influence” Solo- Pomona CA
2017- Las Laguna Gallery- Group exhibition, “Small Works, Big Talent”- Laguna Beach CA
2017- AvantGarden Gallery, Featured Artist- Group exhibition- Santa Ana CA
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