JOHN SUCHY

E-MAIL – johnsuchy77@hotmail.com

 

BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN SUCHY  

       John Suchy was born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn , New York City in 1946. In 1952 his family moved out to Westbury, Long Island where he grew up as a child. He was introduced to art at an early age by his Uncle John Graham, a self taught Artist. After High School he attended the School Of Visual Arts in Manhattan and studied there for three years. After Graduating from Visual Arts he worked for the next twelve years in New York City , for large and small advertising agencies, learning and applying advertising, promotional and illustration skills. 

   During many of these years he attended night classes at the School of Visual Arts , the Pan American Art School and the Art Students League in N.Y.C. For three years he studied with John Gundelfinger at the School of Visual Arts who taught through many different lessons, not a style of drawing but a way of looking at objects no matter how complicated and breaking them down to their simplest form. While attending the Art Students League he studied figure drawing with the great Gustav Rehberger, who taught how to look and feel the motion of the figure in front of you. He also studied figure Drawing at the Art Students League with Michael Burbon & Anthony Palumbo.

       During the seventies while living on the upper Westside of Manhattan, Suchy started drawing the elegant architectural landmarks as well as the Human landmarks of that neighborhood. He started displaying his Art on the sidewalks of Manhattan in 1974 either in neighborhood shows around town or by selecting various street corners in Manhattan and just opening up his display and looking out for the police. Now artist can display their art all around town but in those days you had to build your displays to be able to fold up in hurry. On the streets he met all kinds of people, and received many criticism and suggestions both good and bad about his art. If,  artist's wants to get a response from their art , the street's are the best place for that. His  severest critic was a dog, who used his display for a fire hydrant. Many people would stop and talk about art, themselves, and the many problems they faced living in the city. By displaying on the streets, Suchy received various commissions including portraits of people, brownstones, homes, boats, animals, landscapes, city scenes, & restaurants scenes (interiors & exteriors) . He also learned about many scenes of Manhattan that New Yorkers and Tourist from all around the world found special to themselves.

       Since 1980, Suchy has been working, in the Three Dimensional medium. He says, " One day, I walked into a Art Gallery on 6th Avenue, N.Y.C. & saw, for the first time, 3-Dimentional Art by James Rizzi & fell in love with his Art & the 3-d medium". “It became a popular medium and I feel it gives a lot of pop to my work and adds more fun to the images.

       Drawing is the backbone of everything that Suchy does. His love of detail and New York City, is obvious to people who enjoy his subject matter and his sense of humor.  

      Besides New York City Suchy has completed Drawings of Washington DC, Las Vegas, Cologne & Berlin, Germany.      

 

     He is always working on new Drawings of New York City because he say's,

 "There are a million drawings to be done of this city & I hope I live to be 200 years old.

However, I will be happy to reach 150.''

                                              

                                                                                                              Suchy & his friend & European Agent Klaus Dieter Brand

 

     This year Suchy will be working on Drawings of Koln & Berlin, Germany. Together with his Friend & European Agent, Klaus Dieter-Brand, They will make (Limited-Editions) available in the near future, consisting of 3-D's, Etchings, Stone Lithographs, Hand-Painted Prints & Originals

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN SUCHY 

 

1959- 1st place in Halloween window painting contest, Westbury, N.Y.

1973- The corner of 73rd street & Broadway

1974- New York City Outdoor Art Shows and Street Fairs  

1974-  Ansonia Street Gallery, NYC

1975- The Broadway Gallery, NYC.

1975- The Park Avenue Bagel Gallery, NYC

1975- The Central Park Wall Gallery NYC

1976- Washington Square Art Show, NYC

1977- The Seventy Third Street Show, NYC

1978- The Neighborhood Art Gallery , NYC  

1978- The Jefferson Market Wall Gallery, NYC

1978- The Catch Me if You Can Gallery, N.Y.C.

1979- The Greater New York Savings Bank, NYC

1979- Jack Morris Gallery , NYC

1980- The Tony Ragusa Gallery, NYC

1980- The Saugus Rotary Club Art Show, Mass. 

1981- The Tony Ragusa Gallery, NYC

1981- The New Artist Presentation Madison Square Garden , NYC

1982- Stonewall Gallery, NYC  

1982- Church Gallery, NYC

1983- On the RUN Gallery, NYC

1983- Library Steps Gallery, NYC  

1983- Selling on the Table Gallery, NYC

1984- Bank Gallery, NYC  

1984- Watch out for the Paddy Wagon Gallery, NYC

1985- Somers Art Gallery , Somers , NY

1985- Steve Hudson Gallery, Memphis , Tenn.

1985- The Soho Street Gallery, N.Y.C.

1988- West Broadway Gallery, NYC

1991- The Sea Girt Gallery, Sea Girt N.J

1992- Mastu Gallery, Tokyo , Japan

1993- Daruma Gallery, Cederhurst, N.Y

1994- Gallery Navy’s, Fukui , Japan

1995- Art Expo, Jacob Javits Center , NYC

1996- Sher Gallery, North Miami Beach , Florida

1996- J.C.C. Art Show, Cleveland , Ohio

1997- Art Expo, Jacob Javits Center , NYC

1998- O.J Gallery, Soho , NYC

1998- Crown Art Gallery, Times Square, NYC

1998- Art Expo, Jacob Javits Center , NYC

1998- J.C.C. Fine Craft Festival VI, Cleveland, Ohio

1999- Art Expo, Jacob Javits Center , NYC

2000- Art Expo, Jacob Javits Center , N.Y.C

2000- Gallery Bildschon , Hamburg, Germany

2000- Basel International Fair, Germany

2000- Fine Art A La Carte, Seaport, N.Y.C

2001- Drue Chryst Gallery, Sparta . N.J.

2001- Art Expo, Jacob Javits Center , N.Y.C

2002- Art For Living Art Gallery , Butler , N.J

2002- Art Expo, Jacob Javits Center , N.Y.C.

2002- River Road Gallery, Wilton , Conn.  

2002- The Taxi Expo, Queens, N.Y.

2003- Art Expo, Jacob Javits Center , N.Y.C.

2003- Art Encounter, Las Vegas , Nevada

2003- Barrington Gallery, NYC

2003- Art Expo, Jacob Javits Center, N.Y.C.

2003- The Today Show NBC, New York CIty

2003- Capitol Hill , Washington, DC  (Taste America)

2004- Art Expo, Jacob Javits Center, N.Y.C.

2004- Mitchell Beja Gallery, Manalapan, N,J,

2005- Art Expo, Jacob Javits Center, N.Y.C.

2006- Art Expo, Jacob Javits Center, N.Y.C.

2006- I'll Take Manhattan Deli Gallery, Stratford, Conn.

2006- Van Der Plas Gallery, South Street Seaport, N.Y.C.

2007- Margarita Bar Gallery, El Azteca Mexican Restaurant, 9th Avenue , N.Y.C.

2007- Barrington Gallery, 5TH Avenue, N.Y.C.

2008- Galerie Wehr, Pulheim, Germany

2008- Pop Art Show, Automobil Forum, Unter den Linden,

         Skoda-Volkswagen, Berlin, Germany

2009- Pop Art Show, Gallery Kropka, Czech Republic

         Exhibiting with Milos Tichy  www.milos-tichy.de

2010 - Columbus & 76th Gallery, N.Y.C.

2010 - Barrington Gallery, N.Y.C.

2011- Gallery North Art Show, Setauket, N.Y.

2011- Bellport Art Show, Bellport, N.Y.

2011- Brookdale Art Show, Montclair, N.J.

2011- Anke Gallery, (one man show) Austria    

2011- Westport Art Show Westfield, N.J.   

 

          

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