
Ryan Bock is an American artist who lives and works in New York City. Borrowing from the visual languages of Soviet Russia and Fascist Italy, Bock uses graphic stylization and his signature desaturated color palette to dehistoricize his subject matter. He points this style at everything from the German Expressionist film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari to the post-9/11 American surveillance state. Bock has shown at numerous galleries both nationally––New York, Miami, Dallas, Chicago, and Oakland––and internationally in Paris, London, and Prague, including seven solo exhibitions. In 2019, Bock’s installation at SPRING/BREAK Art Show, and subsequent solo exhibition Somnambulist were featured by Hi-Fructose Magazine, ARTnews, Observer, and Artnet News.
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Exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITION
2019
Somnambulist
Ki Smith Gallery, New York, NY2018
The Golem
Deep Space Gallery, Jersey City, NJI’m Afraid of Americans
Ground Effect Gallery, Paris, FranceBocktropolis 3.0
Garden Studio, New York, NY2017
Bocktropolis 2.0
Superchief Gallery, Queens, NYBocktropolis
Apostrophe NYC, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ2016
Shadow Boxing
Macie Gransion, New York, NY2012
Shamanistic Tendencies
Apostrophe NYC, Brooklyn, NYGROUP EXHIBITION
2020
Base 12: Don’t Call It a Comeback
Ki Smith Gallery, New York, NYFight Coronavirus & Artist Aid
Christie’s CSR Online Auction, New York, NY2019
Ars Necronomica Group Show
Providence, RITromadance Film Festival
Brooklyn, NY Moniker Art Fair, New York, NYUrban Art Fair
Accueil, Paris, FRSPRING/BREAK Art Show
New York, NY2018
Birthday
Good Mother Gallery, Oakland, CAWalls to Smalls
Deep Space Gallery, Jersey City, NJ2017
Juxtapoz Clubhouse
Downtown Miami, FLApostrophe NYC Fundraiser
The Warehouse, Bronx, NYLittle Big Show
Apostrophe NYC, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJStreet Pop
Buddy Warren Gallery, New York, NY40th Year Arts Magnet Alumni Exhibition
Hudson Foundation Gallery, Dallas, TXOpen House
Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJBSMT Nights: April Fools, Mana Contemporary
Jersey City, NJBehind the Walls, Part 1
Ground Effect, Paris, FranceArt World
Wayfarer’s Gallery, Brooklyn, NYAgain in Art City
Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJLazer Prints
Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJKluster Fest
Gargantua, Paris, FranceArtRooms
Melia White House, London, UKCamoghini Winter Installation
American Two Shot, New York, NY2016
BSMNT Nights
Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJApostrophe NYC Secret Base 12 Pop Up
Juxtapoz Clubhouse, Miami, FLThe Casual Art Fair
Hester Street Fair, New York, NYBase 12 Subway Show
Apostrophe NYC, Kosciuszko J Train Platform, Brooklyn, NYThe World Today
Petite Gallery, Brooklyn, NYBase 12 Popup #2
MoMa Ps1, Apostrophe NYC, Queens, NYFestival of Colors: Holi NYC
Brooklyn, NYBase 12 Popup #1
Whitney Museum of American Art, Apostrophe NYC, New York, NY1080 Project Space Group Show
Rockwall Studio, Brooklyn, NYStudio 9 Launch Event
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Education
2012
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
BA Fine Art