These ARTISTS of FULL MOON ARTS COLLECTIVE are impressive! Each member is accomplished in their respective genres and always exploring new mediums, subjects and styles.

Meet PETER BESTON, GINA GILMOUR, ANNA JURINICH, JANE KIRKWOOD, ELIZABETH MALUNOWICZ, MIKE McLAUGHLIN, STEVE PALUMBO, JONATHAN PEARLMAN and VALERIE ZEMAN at their second annual exhibit, opening on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22nd, 4 - 7pm at WILLIAM RIS GALLERY.

Excellence and conviviality is guaranteed!These requirements have been the gallery’s model since its inception decades ago.

WOMEN ARTISTS of LONG ISLAND

Featuring Janet Culbertson, Grainne deBuitlear, Anna Jurinich and Ty Stroudsburg

June 11th - July 10th, 2022

OPENING RECEPTION : June 11th, 4-7pm

ARTISTS TALK : July 25th, 1-3pm 

On Saturday, June11th Janet Culbertson, Grainne deBuitlear, Anna Jurinich and Ty Stroudsburg will be centerstage at William Ris Gallery’s opening day reception for WOMEN ARTISTS of LONG ISLAND. The exhibit runs through July 10th.

On Saturday, June 25th the 4 artists will meet again for an artists talk, 1-3pm. Both events are open to the public. 

Each artist has an interesting history influencing her work. Although now residing on Long Island their unique experiences, background and extensive travel come alive and encourage interpretation.  

Jurinich is from Croatia, deBuilear from Ireland while Culbertson and Stroudsburg have years of traveling internationally while collecting inspiration for their collections. A range of mediums and styles will be represented in this group  show. 

 

The collection will highlight works by 20+ artists who’ve enthusiastically accepted the invitation to participate in this important exhibit. A portion of sales will go to a recognized global organization benefiting those countless people in need as a result of the war in Ukraine.

Watching the news I am reminded just how fortunate we all are. This is how we can help in a small but important way. It’s the right thing to do.

William Ris Gallery is winding up for its first show of 2022. The gallery is also celebrating its 6th anniversary on Long Island. ELEMENTS opens on March 19th and will run through April 17th.

This group show merges art and design with a concentration on fine art, photography, hand-built furniture, sculpture & lighting. The exhibition includes abstract painter DIANNE ATHEY, aerial photographer EDUARDO AMORIM, artist FRANCO CUTTICA, master-craftsman and furniture maker MICHAEL JAVIDI, assemblages by DENNIS LERI and Studio Arma’s NADIRA VLAUN & KRISTIAN IGLESIAS, EUGENIO CUTTICA and Outdoor sculpture by Steven Zaluski.

The elements of design include all mediums. While combining and curating one-of-a-kind furniture and original art, each piece can stand alone and reflect the collector’s taste and influence the direction of one’s vision. ELEMENTS will include a broad range of pieces in varying styles. And the focus on color will be strong.

ISADORA, RASA & WILL
Featuring works by Isadora Capraro, Rasa Valiene & Will Ryan

Exhibition Dates: October 23rd - November 28th
Opening Reception: October 23rd

William Ris Gallery is pleased to present ISADORA, RASA & WILL with ceramics by BOBBIE & BOB DALPIAZ. On view from Saturday, October 23rd - November 28th.

Opening Reception: October 23rd from 4-7pm

Highlighted will be paintings by artists
Isadora Capraro, Rasa Valiene and Will Ryan

Isadora Capraro immigrated to Argentina from Italy in the mid- 90’s. After graduating from Buenos Aires’ National School of Fine Arts she settled in NYC. Figures are often hidden adding nuance to her paintings. Isadora's paintings construct a universe in which the human figure merges with nature. She is part of the renowned and artistic Cuttica family that has recently established itself as a significant influence in the regional art scene.

Rasa Valiene moved to the East End of Long Island from Lithuania 20 years ago. Her work leans toward the surrealistic with symbolism inspired by her international experience. Rasa is fascinated by the infinite intricacy and complexity of the universe as well as nature and human consciousness.

Will Ryan is a force in the Hamptons’ art community. His Ryan is a force in the Hamptons’ art community. His focus merges many art forms including painting, photography, music and poetry. In the artist’s words,”On a quest for spirit, playfulness and primal beauty, my goal is to approach each new work with joy and curiosity; trusting in knowing when to lead, and when to follow.” The Dalpiaz’s blend Bobbie’s ceramics with Bob’s wood sculpting. They are Long Island residents who will include their functional and sculptural pieces.

William Ris Gallery x folioeast: OUTEAST

July 24 - August 29th, 2021

Opening Reception: July 24th from 4-7pm

William Ris Gallery x folioeast present OUTEAST, the second show of the summer and the first of a series with the Hamptons based collective folioeast.

The exhibit includes work by 16 of the represented artists in Folioeast curated by the group's founder Coco Myers and William Ris Gallery Owner Mary Cantone.

Painters featured in the multi-disciplinary collection include Jonathan Glynn, John Haubrich, Janet Jennings, Jane Martin, Christine Matthai, Beth O’Donnell, Dan Welden and Amy Wickersham. The exhibition also features printmaker Lesley Obrock, collagist Janice Stanton, photographers Scott Farrell and Jaime Lopez, as well as sculptors Dennis Leri, Aurelio Torres, Sarah Jaffe Turnbull and Mark Webber.

The constant throughout the exhibition is color. Each participating artist brings to the gallery a unique palette and style.

Dates of artist talks to be announced.
The exhibit is open to the public and free.

On June 12th, the William Ris Gallery kicks off its summer season with a group exhibit WORKING IN SYNCHRONY. The show will highlight work by painters Anahi DeCanio and Kurt Giehl with sculptor Katherine Stanek. 

Anahi DeCanio is a multidisciplinary artist using mixed media, photography, collage as a form of expression. Her complex abstract landscapes encompass layer upon layer, each awaiting exploration. As viewers dive deeper into the works, subtle details that might have been missed upon initial glance are unveiled. Graffiti like elements and text, in combination with Zen and gilding with occasional collage elements produce a vibrant energy creating unexpected arresting works. 

Kurt Giehl was drawn to the Hamptons for the amazing light and natural beauty. His seascape paintings highlight the subtleness horizon – where air meets land meets water. Each painting is orchestrated to not only capture the physical beauty of Long Island’s East End but to also capture a state of mind, atmosphere and aura of the images captured on these fishing trips. 

Katherine Stanek has worked in bronze, stone and marble. She became intrigued by the versatility of concrete and began to explore the medium further and developed her own mixtures and formulas enabling her to manipulate the material in a way that works with her personal aesthetic. This marriage of content and craft has gained the attention of collectors and artists alike as she has been invited to exhibit her unique concrete sculptures in museums, galleries and sculpture gardens throughout the United States.

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The opening reception will be held on opening day, Saturday, June 12th from 4-7pm.

The exhibit is open to the public. Dates of artist talks to be announced. 

William Ris Gallery is pleased to partner with the Full Moon Arts Collective to present an exciting premier exhibition of paintings, photographs, collage, sculpture and mixed media artworks created by the group’s accomplished collection of East End artists. On View April 17 – May 23, 2021.

Participating artists are painters Peter Beston, Gina Gilmour, Jane Kirkwood, Elizabeth Malunowicz and Ronnie Weiner; photographer Mike McLaughlin; collagist Steve Palumbo; Sculptors Jonathan Pearlman and Giampaulo Fallai; Mixed Media artist Valerie Zeman; and lens- based artist Robert Moore. To learn more about the artists please visit www.fullmoonartscenter.org

Artist Talks, Saturdays at 2pm: May 1st, May 8th and May 15th

Closing Reception: May 22nd, 1-5pm

ABOUT FULL MOON ARTS

The Full Moon Arts Collective came into existence in East Moriches in 2005, spearheaded and supported by artist Ronnie Weiner, with the express intent of creating a space and environment to allow artists of varying disciplines to create visionary work. Whether art, music, dance, performing arts or poetry, the vision then and now is to allow the spirit of free and unencumbered ideas to flourish, and then to present the result of that effort to the community at large. In 2018 the collective was reinvigorated by Weiner with a new group of East End artists to pursue their individual visions in the same collaborative environment.

A Collection:
John Cino, Jane Hartley, Dawn Lee, Seung Lee, Deborah Lennek, Ro Lohin Will McCarthy, Doug Reina, Roohi Saleem, Jim Stewart, and Kevin Wixted

THE FORCE OF NATURE

Each artist in the WRG group show THE FORCE OF NATURE has a unique interpretation and visual in mind when considering the natural world. 

From monotypes and collage by printmaker Erika Radich; abstract landscapes by Roohi Saleem; Deborah Lennek’s bivalve imagery; the sensual and evocative trees by Seung Lee; photomontages and imagined landscapes by Susan M. Saunders; Tom Brydelsky’s mixed media compositions; and the graceful organic wood sculpture by John Cino. 

At the William Ris Gallery, we believe in the power of art as a source of joy and we are thrilled to be reopening the gallery to public, while complying with all NY State protocols.

While we ask that all patrons wear a mask during these next re-opening phases, the "touchless" experience of viewing art in a gallery environment remains pure in form for everyone to safely enjoy.

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INSTALLATION VIEWS

Saturday, February 15th will officially mark William Ris Gallery’s 4th anniversary on the North Fork of Long Island. The weekend celebration will include an opening for A SENSE of PLACE with work by painters Amanda Kavanagh and Maxine Jurow and photographer Scott Farrell.

The reception will be 4-7pm with an artists’ talk scheduled for February 29th, 1-3pm.

Kavanagh, Jurow & Farrell venture into land and seascapes propelled by their respective styles and views of the world. Crossing the boundaries A Sense of Place finds common ground in this first show of 2020.

Maxine Jurow: “I have been deeply inspired by trips to Australia, the Caribbean, Morocco, the Southwest and Long Island where I live. Through memories of these places I construct essential, abstracted landscapes - part observation, part imagination. My art works are, in a sense, a meditation on these places; the sources I continually return to.”

Amanda Kavanagh: As a landscape oil painter, I am interested in exploring themes of transition and contrast in nature. For me, painting is a form of meditation and, if I am lucky, an opportunity to witness that fleeting moment between ordinary and extraordinary. This latest work developed following an artist residency in Watch Hill, Fire Island and focuses on the connection between nature, place and memory.

Scott Farrell: "Elliott Erwitt described photography as an art of observation - having little to do with what you see and everything to do with how you see it. Whether shooting representational landscapes or what I refer to as 'alternative landscapes', my principle desire is to reveal that which is most often overlooked."

The show will run through March 15th.

The William Ris Galleryarrived on the North Fork in 2016. That summer we were pleased to present the first Abstract Women exhibition.

This summer, the second Abstract Women show will open on August 10th. The exhibition includes both emerging and mid-career artists highlighting the works of Dianne Athey, Anahi DeCanio, Anokhee Designs, Jacqueline Ferrante, Diane Hulse, Judith Nilson, Sarah Jaffe Turnbull, Marilyn Weiss and Valerie Zeman. Using a variety of media, including painting, sculpture, jewelry and textiles, each artist brings her own unique style to the show. Color is woven through the collection revealing each artist’s personality, substance and passion for their respective disciplines.

Join the conversation and celebrate with the artists at the
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, August 10th from 4-7pm.

The William Ris Gallery is pleased to present WATER WORKS. Painters and photographers Paul Dempsey, Hector DeCordova, Pat Dews, Christine Matthäi, Dan Pollera, David Lyttleton Smith and Carol Young.

"The symbol of water represents our subconscious, that which lies beneath the surface, our limitless divine nature. Our subconscious sea is where creativity exists and from where, through the seed of thought, ideas manifest in the physical realm." - Christine Matthäi

Also, works by ceramic artist Bill Shillalies make a debut at the gallery.

The William Ris Gallery is honored to welcome painter Karl H. Szekielda in his solo exhibition SPACE & COLOR opening on May 25, 2019.

Born in Germany and a long time resident of the Hamptons, one can say Szekielda has led a multi-faceted life, not only geographically but also career-wise. Studying art in Berlin then later receiving a Doctorate in Science from the University of Aix-Marseille in France laid the foundation for what would become a parallel passion for both art and science as Szekielda was offered a Fellowship under NASA interpreting satellite images, then later at the United Nations heading the Remote Sensing Unit as a Senior Fellow, all while interpreting space images and ocean color onto his artwork. Szekielda believes that art is a process that is based both on imagination as well as a thorough understanding of space, color and material flow that leads to an esthetic interpretation.

The influence of science on Szekielda’s artwork led to an invitation by the German Haus in Manhattan to present a solo exhibition as part of the celebration of the “Einstein Year” in 2005. As Renée Phillips, director of Manhattan Arts International, noted, “Science and art are connecting, interspersed and overlapping. His art evokes a sensual and energetic condition of atmospheric light with effortless movement and soft edges.”

During the nearly month long exhibition of SPACE & COLOR , the Gallery will also be hosting a performance of contemporary composer Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Tierkreis (the English title is “Music of the Zodiac”) on June 1 at 8:00 p.m. as part of the Fourth Annual Rites of Spring Festival, to be performed by long time collaborators Cliff Baldwin and Dwight Frizzell. Composed in 1974 for music boxes, each short melody was created for a specific constellation of stars in the Zodiac. What better backdrop for this unique musical experience than with Szekielda’s space inspired paintings.

SPACE & COLOR exhibition will run until Father’s Day, June 16.