Borsenvelg Pop Art Museum, Rosenheim, Germany (permanent collection)
WB Tatter Studio Gallery, St. Augustine, Florida Group Show "What St. Augustine means to me"
Borsenvelg Gallery, Rosenheim, Germany
2022
Klaus Dieter Brand Gallery, Colone, Germany
Central Park Fine Art Gallery, N.Y.C.
2023
Central Park Fine Art Gallery, N.Y.C
Borsenveig Gallery, Rosenheim, Germany
2021
PASTA ( Professional Artist of St. Augustine ) ART GALLERY
BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN SUCHY
I was born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York in 1946. In 1952 my family moved out to Westbury, Long Island where I spent the remainder of my childhood. My parents Mary & Lenny worked very hard so my sisters and I could enjoy our childhood. I was introduced to art at an early age by my Uncle John Graham, a self taught Artist. After High School I attended the School Of Visual Arts in Manhattan and studied there for three years, with many talented teachers, including, Burne Hogarth, Eugine Carlin & Marshall Arisman. After Graduating from Visual Art I worked for the next 15 years in New York City, for large and small advertising agencies & magazines, learning and applying advertising, promotional and illustration skills.
During these years I 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 at night, I 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 I studied figure drawing with the great Gustav Rehberger, who taught how to look and feel the motion of the figure in front of you. I also studied figure Drawing at the Art Students League with Michael Burbon & Anthony Palumbo.
In the seventies while living on the upper Westside of Manhattan I started drawing the elegant architectural landmarks as well as the Human landmarks of the neighborhood. I started displaying my Art on the sidewalks of Manhattan in 1974 at neighborhood shows around town or by selecting various street corners in Manhattan and just opening up my display and watching 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 I met all kinds of people, and received many criticism and suggestions both good and bad about my art. If an artist's wants to get a response from their art , the street's are the best place for that, if you can take criticism. My severest critic was a dog, who used my 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, I received various commissions including portraits of people, brownstones, homes, boats, animals, landscapes, city scenes, & restaurants scenes (interiors & exteriors) . I also learned about many scenes of Manhattan that New Yorkers and Tourist from all around the world found special.
Since 1982, I haves been working in the Three Dimensional medium. My hero has always been Red Grooms. I saw his Fabulous show at the Whitney Museum & was floored. In 1977 I use to display my art on 5th Avenue, near the Metropolitan Museum of Art & sometimes with the famous artist, James Rizzi. I always enjoyed his colorful etchings, so when I saw his 3-D art in a New York City Art gallery & I fell in love with this Hand-Cut medium. It's still is 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 I do. My love of detail and New York City, is obvious to people who enjoy my subject matter and my sense of humor. Besides New York City I have completed editions of Washington. DC & Las Vegas, Nevada. In 2006 I was very lucky to meet my now good friend & European representative, Klaus Dieter Brand. Since then we have have had many Art show adventures in Germany & Poland. We have worked on completing 3-D editions of Koln, Marburg, Berlin & Rosenheim, Germany. He has made many of my Art Dreams come true & I can never thank him enough.
" Displaying my art on the streets of NYC is still my hobby. I love to drive into Manhattan every now & then and just pick a spot and set up my display. By the end of the day I have met many interesting people, heard some very interesting stories, made some new contacts, had many laughs & made some sales. People that stop sometimes really open up their feelings about many things. You can't beat that ! Some people look down on an artist that does this, but to each their own."
I am always working on new images of New York City because " There are millions of Drawings & Paintings to be done of this city & I hope to live to be 200 years old, However, I will be happy to reach 150. ''
Four years ago I moved to Saint Augustine, Florida & and I have been creating scenes of this beautiful city & the surrounding areas, using various mediums . It has been a great adventure for my wife Mirian and I we have met so many interesting people.
I recently finished seven large acrylic paintings on canvas that I call TROPICAL VIBES ( Hibiscus series ). To view them Just jump into my Florida Taxi and the driver will take there.
EXHIBITIONS
1959
1st place in Halloween window painting contest. Post Avenue, Westbury, N.Y.
1973
First displayed my art, on the corner of 73rd street & Broadway, at a Broadway street show.
1974
New York City Outdoor Art Shows and Street Fairs
Ansonia Street Gallery, NYC
1975
The Broadway Gallery, NYC.
The Park Avenue Bagel Gallery, NYC
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
The Jefferson Market Wall Gallery, NYC
The Catch Me, IF You Can Gallery, N.Y.C.
1979
The Greater New York Savings Bank, NYC
Jack Morris Gallery , Amsterdam Ave. NYC ( 1st one man show )
1980
The Saugus Rotary Club Art Show, Mass.
1981
The Tony Ragusa Gallery, NYC
The New Artist Presentation at Madison Square Garden , NYC
1982
Stonewall Gallery, NYC
Church Gallery, NYC
1983
On the Run Gallery, NYC
Library Steps Gallery, NYC
The Church Steps Gallery, NYC
1984
Bank Gallery, NYC
The Paddy Wagon Gallery, NYC
1985
Somers Art Gallery , Somers , NY
Steve Hudson Gallery, Memphis , Tenn.
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
J.C.C. Art Show, Cleveland , Ohio
1997
Art Expo, Jacob Javits Center , NYC
1998
O.J Gallery, Soho , NYC
Crown Art Gallery, Times Square, NYC
Art Expo, Jacob Javits Center , NYC
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
Gallery Bildschon , Germany
Basel International Fair, Switzerland
Fine Art A La Carte, Seaport, N.Y.C
2001
Drue Chryst Gallery, Sparta . N.J.
Art Expo, Jacob Javits Center , N.Y.C
2002
Art For Living Art Gallery , Butler , N.J
Art Expo, Jacob Javits Center , N.Y.C.
River Road Gallery, Wilton , Conn.
The Taxi Expo, Queens, N.Y.
2003
Art Expo, Jacob Javits Center , N.Y.C.
Art Encounter, Las Vegas , Nevada
Barrington Gallery, NYC
Art Expo, Jacob Javits Center, N.Y.C.
The Today Show NBC, New York City ( Thank's to my friend David Pollack )
Capitol Hill , Washington, DC (Taste America)
2004
Art Expo, Jacob Javits Center, N.Y.C.
Mitchell Beja Gallery, Manalapan, N,J,
2005
Art Expo, Jacob Javits Center, N.Y.C.
2006
Art Expo, Jacob Javits Center, N.Y.C.
Van Der Plas Gallery, South Street Seaport, N.Y.C.
2007
El Azteca Mexican Restaurant, 9th Avenue , N.Y.C.
Barrington Gallery, 5TH Avenue, N.Y.C.
2008
Galerie Wehr, Pulheim, Germany
Pop Art Show , Automobil Forum, Unter den Linden, Skoda-Volkswagen, Berlin, Germany
Milos Tichy Gallery, Koln, Germany
2009
International Exhibition of Paintings & Graphics in Cascina Farscetti, Rome, Italy
Kropka Gallery, Karvina, Czech Republic
(I was honored to exhibit my art, with the Artist Milos Tichy )
Kropka Gallery, Krakow. Poland
(I was honored to exhibit my art, with the Artist Milos Tichy )
"PopArt Gallery", Popart Group Exhibition, Basel, Switzerland
2010
76th & Columbus Ave. Corner Gallery
Zabar's Street Gallery, Broadway
Arthaus Gallery, Lechenich, Germany.
(group show with MIlos Tichy, Barbara Frankiewicz & Theo Broere)
2011
Bellport Art Show , Long Island, N.Y.
Gallery North Art Show, Setauket, Long Island, N.Y
Broadway 63 Art Street Show , N.Y.C.
Columbus & 76th Corner Art Show
2012
Borsenverleg Gallery , Rosenheim Germany ( group show )
2013
Broadway Street Art Gallery, N.Y.C.
2014
Broadway Street Art Gallery, N.Y.C.
Barrington Art Gallery ( 5th Avenue, N.Y.C. )
Big MOMMA Art Gallery (one man show) Berlin, Germany
2015
Brand Gallery, Marburg, Germany
Weir Gallery, Pulheim, Germany
Sussex Art & Heritage Gallery, Newton, New Jersey
2017
Broadway Street Gallery, N.Y.C.
Ninth Avenue Street Gallery, N.Y.C.
Greenbeans Coffee Cafe, Sparta, N.J.
Art Etc. Gallery, Sparta, N.J.
Sparkassen Versicherung Gallery, Marburg, Germany
The Fine Grind Gallery, Little Falls, N.J.
Central Park Fine Art Gallery, 211 W 57th Street, N.Y.C.
2019
International Fine Art & Frame Gallery, Washinton, D.C.
Coffee Labs Roasters Gallery, Tarrytown, N.Y.
2020
Milos Tichy Gallery, Koln, Germany
George Segal Gallery, Sparta, N.J.