14 Facts About Bonnie Rychlak

Bonnie Rychlak was born on 1951 and is an American artist, curator, and writer.

Bonnie Rychlak is known for her wax sculptures representing functional urban forms and actions of evacuation and for her practice of carving, casting wax, and melting it into fabric.

Bonnie Rychlak's work has been featured in various solo and group exhibitions and is included in collections in the United States, Europe and Asia.

Bonnie Rychlak received a Master of Fine Arts in sculpture in 1976 at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Bonnie Rychlak married the artist Brian Gaman in 1973; together they built a notable modernist art retreat in Springs, Long Island not far from the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center.

Bonnie Rychlak describes her practice as blunt but joyfully humorous.

In 2021, Bonnie Rychlak collaborated with fellow New York artist Jeanne Silverthorne, mounting the exhibition Down and Dirty at the Lupin Foundation Gallery at the University of Georgia.

Bonnie Rychlak's process is labor-intensive and transformative, using mutable materials such as beeswax and paraffin.

Bonnie Rychlak's work is in important private collections in Japan, the United Kingdom, Verona, Italy, New York and East Hampton, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, California.

Bonnie Rychlak ultimately staged an exhibition of this project fifteen years after Noguchi's death, illustrating Noguchi's deep interest in other cultures and the journey's impact on his artistic evolution.

Bonnie Rychlak advised and wrote the commentary for the deluxe limited-edition book produced by Ivory Press.

Bonnie Rychlak was a curatorial consultant to noted entrepreneur, art patron, and philanthropist Henry Segerstrom and his estate from 2011 to his death in 2015.

Bonnie Rychlak produced several exhibitions for cultural projects in South Coast Plaza, California, and authored a monograph on the renowned individual.

Bonnie Rychlak received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, a fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation for a residency at the Bellagio Center, the Prix de Rome from the American Academy in Rome, and two residencies at the Bogliasco Foundation.