Vincent Szarek
Vincent Szarek (b. 1973, Rhode Island) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. He earned his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. Blending minimalist strategies with references to American pop culture, Szarek incorporates materials and techniques drawn from automotive design. Influenced by his experience in a restoration shop, he works with fiberglass, polyester resin, urethane, automotive paint, and varnish to produce highly finished sculptural forms. His practice considers the tension between the individual and the mass-produced, as well as the relationship between the terrestrial and the cosmic.
Szarek’s work has been exhibited across North America, Europe, and Asia, including at the Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria; ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany; Museum im Kulturspeicher Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; Singapore Art Museum, Singapore; and MoMA PS1, New York, NY. His work is held in collections including the Mercedes-Benz Art Collection and Collezione Maramotti.
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Grey no. 2 UFO, 2019 -
Yellow/green no. 1 UFO, 2019
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Oops, 2016
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Esther Ruiz & Vincent Szarek
12 Jun - 14 Aug 2026This summer, CHART presents Esther Ruiz & Vincent Szarek, a two-person exhibition of new light-activated sculptural works. The exhibition opens Friday, June 12 with a reception from 6–8pm, and remains on view through August 2026.Read more -
Untitled Art | Miami Beach 2024
4 - 8 Dec 2024We are excited to announce our participation in Untitled Art, Miami Beach 2024 with a group presentation of new works by Sam Branden, Whitney Oldenburg, Esther Ruiz, Leslie Smith III and Vincent Szarek. Hours December 3rd, 2024 - Preview Day: Invitation Only Wednesday, December 4th: 11am - 7pm Thursday, December...Read more -
R & R | Vincent Szarek: Hot Dogs and Milkshakes
10 Nov - 15 Dec 2024R & R is excited to present Vincent Szarek “Hot Dogs and Milkshakes”. Szarek will present six new works, including ‘tied to the mast’ 2024, a totemic eight-foot column reflecting the environs of the outdoor courtyard in dialogue with five paintings in the adjacent interior space. These new paintings are sculpted with evocative curves which shape the highly polished surfaces. The paintings are also a return to a traditional stretched canvas, the first again for the artist after many years. Szarek’s work, both sculpture and painting, capture the dynamism of motion and focus the viewers’ attention on the fleeting moment of the present.Read more -
Horses?
15 Jul - 27 Aug 2021CHART is pleased to present Horses? , a group exhibition exploring depictions of the horse and its related cultures in the context of contemporary art history. The exhibition features a group of thirty-four multigenerational artists, including historic works as well as pieces by contemporary artists commissioned specifically for this show....Read more -
Reductive Seduction
2 May - 12 Jul 2019Reductive Seduction is a group exhibition exploring the ways in which sensuality can be expressed through a reductive formal language. Bringing together a selection of works from the mid 20th Century to the present, the group of works create a dialogue of sensual depiction that was once more typically associated...Read more
