Simon Rybansky was born in Ilava, Slovakia, in 1971 and moved to Bratislava with his family at the age of eight. From early on, he showed an interest in art, making drawings and small paintings as a hobby. In 1991, he moved to U.S.A. and took a job in a welding workshop and art studio in Brooklyn.

Rybansky's formal vocabulary expanded dramatically during this time, first producing realistic human busts in wood, then expanded into steel, stainless steel, aluminum, stone, and fabric. He refined his signature approach of sculpting without sketches or models, allowing his vision to flow freely from the mind's eye to final creation. "I start by drawing on the material and then working it, carving into it. I'm fascinated by the process of creation."

Meanwhile, as longtime studio assistant to Louise Bourgeois in Brooklyn, Rybansky worked alongside her to help realize some of her most iconic sculptures, including the spiders and installations such as the Cells and many others during the 1990's and 2000's.

By employing a non-traditional approach to neo-classical realism, Rybansky has stretched the boundaries of human form, employing distortion through personal perspective. The artist creates his works as "vignettes" to evoke feelings of isolation and provoke the viewer to introspection.

In addition to the realistic work, Rybansky sculpts abstract pieces whose organic forms resemble ancient fertility figures.

Rybansky currently lives in New Jersey and continues to create.