About me
Ryan Gondarowski was born and raised in Connecticut. Since graduating from the Academy of Realist Art in Boston in 2022 he’s been working as a freelance artist and instructor. With a focus on still life and portraiture, he employs painting as a means to forge connections. Through deliberate manipulation of design, composition, and narrative, he conveys both preconceived and emergent ideas. Driven by an unwavering passion for painting, his work—whether poetic or provocative—aims to provoke contemplation about the interconnectedness of our world, leaving viewers intrigued and questioning the bonds that surround us.
RYAN GONDAROWSKI, (B. 1997, US)
EDUCATION
2015 - 2022 Academy of Realist Art Boston - Alumni
TEACHING
2025 - Current, Wethersfield Academy for the Arts
2021 - Current, Private lessons
2019 - 2024, Scout Hall, CT
2016 - 2019, Wakeen Atelier, CT
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 Group show, "Art Groove", 555 W Street, New York
2021 Group show, ”93rd GNE”, Salmagundi Club, New York
2021 Group show, “New England Regional Juried Exhibition”, Boston Artists Guild, MA
2017 Group show, Bowersock Gallery, MA
2017 Group show, “ Small Works”, Richeson School of Art & Gallery, Wisconsin
AWARDS/HONORS
2025 1st Place, "Variations" Marblehead Art Association
2025 Finalist, Seattle Prize Masters Fellowship
2025 Honorable Mention, Ten Mior Nature's Wonder
2023 Finalist, Boynes Artist Award
2022 Head Start Competition Scholarship
2022 Finalist, The Future Generation Competition
2021 93rd Grand National Exhibition
2021 American Artists Professional League Award
2021 Finalist, New England Regional Juried Exhibition, Boston Art Guild
2020 Certificate of Excellence, Portrait Society
2019 The John F. and Anna Lee Stacey Foundation Fine Art Award
2019 2nd place, Art Renewal Center Scholarship
2017 Finalist, Richeson75 Art Competition
2017 2nd place scholarship, Art Renewal Center
2015 One year scholarship, Academy of Realist Art Boston
2015 YHT Scholarship
2015 Outstanding Acrylic Award, Boldbrush
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
2021 Elected Artist Member, American Artists Professional League