Some PaintingsLiz Rywelski
www.lizrywelski.com
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
2008Parking 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
320×200:: 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)
Paper Rad: Mixed Tape Clubhouse
Be 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
THE SEPTA LETTERS
The Septa LettersIn 2003 Space 1026 artist Liz Rywelski began writing notes and letters to her fellow Septa subway passengers. The Septa Letters is the culmination of Rywelski’s correspondence-a detailed collection of notes, emails and love letters she acquired and inspired along the way.
Below is the introduction to the book. It is an actual account of the event that first inspired the letters:::::
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Waiting for the Market bound el-train at about 7:15 pm on a night in late December, I was running about ninety minutes late to the opening reception of a group show I had work in. The Frankford bound train pulls up and away as I watch a cute boy in a yellow puffer jacket and headphones bop along towards the overpass singing something terribly sweet like R&B at the top of his lungs.
(If I were a boy that would be me), I say to myself. I watch him curiously, smile, and say, “Hi.”, as he passes through the turnstile and off the platform. It took him a few seconds to recognize I had said something to him. He looks back,“Hi”, I say again.
“Come closer, I can’t hear you.” he says.
“Why don’t you turn down your headphones so you can hear me,”
Then, so animated, he whips out his TransPass, swipes his card, walks over to me on the platform, and very sweetly asks if I like music.
“Yes, I like music.”
He said, “No, Musiq, the artist.”
“Oh.. Yeah. Yes, I do.” I said,
He doesn’t look like el-trade. He is beautiful. With crystal-sea eyes and fresh skin; he is clean looking. I ask him where he’s from. “I was born in France, an orphan, adopted to the states at 12, left my adopted family at 15 and have been living on my own, supporting myself since I was 15. I work down town and go to band practice everyday. I love Musiq. Music is my life. You?”
“I am from Philadelphia.”
He takes out his phone and asks for my number. I can see my train coming around the York/Dauphin bend, so I start reciting my digits very slowly hoping I wouldn’t be able to finish by the time my train gets here… 2 … 6 … 7 … he kisses me! This kid takes my face and kisses off all of my lipgloss, and keeps kissing me until the train doors open.
He is a light, I am a prism on the Dark Side of the Moon album cover. I was once the only person I knew who did things so passionately. I rush