Ryan Gondarowski
United States
Born in Connecticut in 1997, I was introduced to painting by my grandmother at the age of 12. In the Fall of 2016, I found my way to the Academy of Realist Art in Boston with a one year scholarship. While there, I was able to study at the highest levels of drawing and painting under the tutelage of Cindy MacMillan, Julie Beck, Garrett Vitanza, Emanuela De Musis, and Eric Johnson. As a student I won numerous prizes, including the ARC Scholarship Competition, the Anna Lee Stacey Scholarship, 2020 Portrait Society’s Certificate of Excellence, 2021 AAPL Scholarship Award, Head start Competition Scholarship 2022 and was a Future Generation Competition finalist 2022.
After graduating, I have begun to work towards my dream of becoming a full time artist. I’ve always had the opportunity for commissions, and I have initiated freelancing into my repertoire. This has allowed me to also hone my craft and create personal work on the side. With my strong academic background; what drives my work now is being open to new possibility’s and engaging in creative risks in as many ways as I can. With subject matter ranging from portraits, landscapes, figures and still lifes, idealistic representation of nature is the driving force of my work. In pursuit of excellence, I continue the study of academic art to this day.
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