Bill Komoski

Weaving in and out of legibility, Bill Komoski’s paintings combine elements derived from both spontaneous action as well as specific references. A horseshoe crab emerges from the possibility of a flower reflected on a brick wall…shimmering. The paintings are often misread as being generated through mechanical processes—but they are both a result of controlled accident and hand-painting. The representation of the drip and its radiating concentric rings reference a moment in time, frozen.

Bill Komoski (b. 1954, New York, NY) received a BFA from the Rhold Island School of Design in 1978. His recent solo exhibitions include Feature Inc., New York, NY; Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Postmasters, New York, NY; Feigen Inc., Chicago, IL; Ealan Wingate Gallery, New York, NY; Galleri Nordanstadt-Skarstedt, Stockholm; Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam; Galerie Ludwig, Krefeld, Germany. Group exhibitions include MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY; Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY; New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT; Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY; Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY; Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Las Cienegas Projects, Los Angeles, CA; Martos Gallery, East Marion, NY; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; White Columns, New York, NY; Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY. Komoski has been featured in The Brooklyn Rail, Time Out, The New York Times, Art in America, Los Angeles Times, Artforum, Bomb, and more. His work is held in collections of the Eli & Edythe Broad Foundation, Los Angeles, CA; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA; Indianadoplis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN. Komoski lives and works in New York.