Rick Ponzio

medium: sculpture

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Bibliophile Sculpture	Frog Sculpture	Loss Sculpture
One of His Lost Marbles Sculpture	Submission Sculpture	Snowman Sculpture
Virtual Progress Sculpture	Witness Sculpture	The Rule of the Nursery Sculpture
Reading Sculpture

Contact information
Artist resides in: Sheboygan, WI
Email Address: rickponzio@charter.net

Artist statement
I'm an Italian-American, Wisconsin sculptor interested in the surreal, the unlikely, the impossible and the unconscious in my sculpture. I sculpt directly in stone. In my work, I'm expressing individuality, the uniqueness of being, posture, obsession, humor and the process of creation. I prefer to sculpt in calcium-based materials such as marble, limestone and dolomite. These materials neutralize the effects of acid rain.

Biography
Stone sculptor Rick Ponzio, a native of Kenosha, Wis., returned in 2002 and currently works out of his studio in Sheboygan. Since returning, he has exhibited his work at the Niemi Sculpture Park in Bristol, Wis. (2003-2011); Zio Verde Sculpture Park in Plymouth (1999-2006); Uihlein Peters Gallery in Milwaukee (2004 and 2005); Anderson Art Center in Kenosha in juried shows (2003 and 2004) and a solo show (2004); as well as the H.F. Johnson Art Gallery at Carthage College in Kenosha (2004), Lemon Street Gallery, Kenosha, “Rock, Paper, Scissors” (2007); UW-Sheboygan’s Biannual Inside Out Sculpture Exhibition, Group (2008 & 2011), at UW-Sheboygan Fine Arts Galley (2011).

While living in Minneapolis, Ponzio received a Forecast Public Art Project Grant. He also exhibited at Phipps Center for the Arts in Hudson, Wis.; Paul Whitney Larson Gallery in St. Paul, Minn.; Flanders Contemporary Art Gallery in Minneapolis; Icebox Art Gallery in Minneapolis; Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the "Tree Project" Sculpture Park in Minneapolis.