Liz Rywelski
Liz at space1026 dot com
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About Me:
Liz Rywelski was born and raised in Massapeaqua, NY, spending her summers with family on Lake Champlain in Willsboro, NY. She attained her BFA at Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia. Liz became a Space 1026 member in 2002 and remains Philadelphia continuing her own body of work, as well as working with collaborators. Her best known work is seen in the American Portraits series, Text Messages, and The Septa Letters..
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EXHIBITION RECORD
2008 Parking Gallery, 1st International Roaming Biennial of Tehran, Istanbul, Turkey, and Tehran, Iran
The South Philly Biennial, w.southphillybiennial.blogspot.com
2007
DCAC, Sloganeers, Washington DC
The Institute of Contemporary Art, Locally Localized Gravity, Philadelphia
2006
The Myerson Gallery, Philadelphia PA Vernacular Spectacular
The Midwives Collective, Acting 101 Philadelphia PA
LIT Gallery, NY NY Drawing Show
The Padlock Gallery, Philadelphia PA Exquisite Corpse
Rx Gallery San Francisco CA Shopping
Yerba Buena Center San Francisco CA Group show with Royal Art Lodge, Space 1026 and Instant Coffee
2005
Joymore Gallery, Miami Basel Art Fair
Better Than Toast, Listen To Sweatheart, Saratoga Springs NY
Esther M Klein Gallery, The Faux Show, Philadelphia PA
Joymore Gallery, Brooklyn NY Precious Moments
Space 1026, Philadelphia PA Santa Fe 2006
Ashley gallery, Philadelphia, PA Lubrica Mi Vida
The P4 Gallery, Milan Italy, The Urban Edge Show
2004
Antisocial Gallery, Everybody Rules Everything, Vancouver, BC
Goldie Paley Gallery, Philadelphia Selections 5, Philadelphia, PA
The Mockbee Gallery, Beaver College, Ohio
Mimi Barr Gallery, Paper Awesome!, A drawing show, San Francisco, CA
Arcadia University, Works on Paper 2004, curated by Jordan Kantor, MOMA
The Fleisher-Ollman Gallery, The New Acropolis, An invitational exhibition of young Philadelphia artists, Philadelphia, PA
Space1026, Man, I Feel Like a Woman, Philadelphia, PA
2003
Repo Records, the Pornography of Emotion, a so-low drawing exhibition, Repo Records, Philadelphia PA
the bad touch, A Drawing Show, Curated by Lump Lipschitz
Keith Talent Gallery, London, UK, The Rose Museum, Boston MA, LUMP Gallery, NC, The Ukrainian Museum, Chicago IL
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
Cotter, Holland, “Precious Moments”, The New York Times, August 19, 2005 (with Illustration)
Goings On About Town, “Precious Moments at Joymore Gallery”, The New Yorker, August 12, 2005
Burket, Brent, “Joy Found In Williamsburg”, artblog, www.artblog.com, August 2005 (with illustrations)
Shafrir, Doree, “Space Odyssey”, The Philadelphia Weekly, July 2005
Rice, Robin,” Shiny Happy People”, The City Paper. August 26, 2004
Pym, William, Rockpile magazine, Issue #102 (with illustrations)
Complex Magazine, Nike Trading Card Illustration, October 2003 (with illustrations)
Work Magazine, Issue One, March 2004, "YOU ARE IN OR YOU ARE OUT"
Work magazine, Issue Five, June 2004, "TURN UP THE HEAT", www.workmag.net
Maybe Magazine, Issue #4, April 2004, www.maybemagazine.com
The Philadelphia Independent, "The SEPTA Letters", Issue 14-21
Budget Living Magazine, August/September 2004 (with illustrations)
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
“Auditions for The Talent Show: Applying to internships and juried exhibitions”, Moore College of Art and Design, April 2008
Foundations Lecture Series, Moore College of Art and Design, October 2006
Foundations Lecture Series, Moore College of Art and Design, October 2005
GALLERY AFFILIATION
Space 1026 Gallery, Curating Member 2002-2006
The Philadelphia Institute for Advanced Study, Member 2007- Present
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Representative for 2005 Philadelphia Invitational Portfolio, Philadelphia Print Collective
Muralist Volunteer for The Village of Arts and Humanities, Philadelphia PA
EXHIBITIONS CURATED
2008
Art of the Invisibles, NONGRATA: Estonian performance art, PIFAS Philadelphia PA
2006
The Experimental People, D.Mocean, Nathan Whipple, Bunny Brains, and Mutation Collapse, Space 1026
2005
320x200:: DA SHOW, Cory Arcangel, Joe Beukman, Joseph Bonn, and Paul B. Davis:: Beige Programming Ensemble, Space 1026
From the Ground-Up, Space 1026
(curated from the online project by, www.learningtoloveyoumore.com, created by Harrell Fletcher and Miranda July)
Tbe Kind Be Cause, a solo exhibition by Luke Ramsey
2004
Corporacist, a solo exhibition by Albo Jeavons
Paradise, A solo exhibition by Lily Frisco
New Money, a meta-history of the 20th century, solo exhibition by Josh Kline
2003
Baby Girl Put It On Me, a tattoo show showcasing The baby Girl Tattoo Project by Sherri Wood
