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Artist Bio : Costa Vavagiakis
Born: 1958, New York, NY Education: Queens College, Queens, NY Art Students League, New York, NY National Academy of Design, School of Fine Arts, New York, NY Selected Exhibitions: 1998 Solo exhibition, Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1997 "10th Anniversary Exhibition," Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA "Drawing from Life," Tatistcheff & Co., Inc., New York, NY "Summer Group Show," Radix Gallery, New York, NY 1996 The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA Union League Club, New York, NY "New York Now," Museum of the City of New York, NY "92nd Street Art Center Faculty Exhibition,"Weill Art Gallery, New York, NY Traumbau, New York, NY 1995 "Painting Today," Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT "Emerging from New York," Klienert James Art Center, Woodstock, NY "The Matchbook Show," Art in General, New York, NY Montclair State University Art Galleries," Upper Montclair, NJ Solo exhibition, "What's in a Face," Killian Gallery, Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH "Grand Exhibition," Almond Tea Gallery, Akron, OH "Selections," K & E Gallery, New York, NY "National Small Works Exhibition," Schoharie County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY The Union League Club, New York, NY 1994 "The Box," K & E Gallery, New York, NY "Recent Acquisitions: Presents of the Past," Museum of the City of New York, NY Great Modern Pictures, New York, NY "Contemporary Portrait Exhibition," Delapaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD 1994 "The Childs Play," Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York, NY "Priva B. Gross International," QCC Art Gallery, New York, NY "Eye to Eye: The Painted Portrait," Montpelier Cultural Arts Center,Laurel, MD "The 169th Annual Exhibition," National Academy of Design, New York, NY "Harper College Print and Drawing Exhibitions," William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, IL Solo exhibition, Gallery Three Zero, New York, NY 1993 "Drawing," Gallery 303, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT "National Small Works Exhibition," Schoharie County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY "Art on Paper," Maryland Federation of Art Gallery, Anapolis, MD "Realism," Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg, W. VA "The State of Contemporary American Portraiture," Arts Quad Contemporary Fine Art, Easton, PA "The Matchbook Show," CB's Gallery, New York, NY 1992 "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Contemporary Self-Portraits," The Arts Council of Richmond, Richmond, VA "City Life" Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, New York, NY Viridian Gallery, New York, NY "Grand Exhibition," Akron Society of Artists, Akron, OH "National Small Works Exhibition," Schoharie County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY "Galex XXVI Exhibition," Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL "American Drawing Biennial III," Muscarelle Museum of Art, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 1991 "New Directions," Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepsie, NY "Drawing," Gallery 303, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT Berkshire Art Association, The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA "Art of Northeast USA," Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, UT 1990 "Drawing," BF Larson Gallery, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT "54th National MidYear Exhibition," The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH "The 165th Annual Exhibition," National Academy of Design, New York, NY 1989 "Mask: The Alternative Self," The Gallery at Hasting-on-Hudson, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY "First Street Selects," First Street Gallery, New York, NY 1988 "52nd Annual National MidYear Exhibition," The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH "The 163rd Annual Exhibition," National Academy of Design, New York, NY 1987 The Research Foundation of the City of New York, New York, NY "Nightworks," The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY "NIGHT LIFE/NIGHT LIFE," Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY 1986 "Say Cheese," Ammo, Brooklyn, NY "Hudson Valley," Barret House, Poughkeepsie, NY "The Embellishment of the Statue of Liberty," The Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, NY "The Expert Eye," Sabbeth Art Gallery, Glen Cove, NY "Still Life: Life That is Still," Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY 1985 "49th Annual National MidYear Exhibition," The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH "9th Annual Small Works Exhibition," 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, NY 1984 "The 159th Annual Exhibition," National Academy of Design, New York, NY 1983 "7th Annual Small Works Exhibition," 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, NY Kenny Gallery, New York, NY Selected Public Collections: Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR Awards and Honors: 1995 Best in Show, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ Honorable Mention, Schoharie County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY 1994 Award of Excellence, Harper College Print and Drawing Exhibition, William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, IL 1993 Honorable Mention, Art on Paper, Maryland Federation of Art, Anapolis, MD First Place, National Small Works Exhibition, Schoharie County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY First Place, Annual Works on Paper, Southwest Texas University, San Marcos, TX 1992 Honorable Mention, Grand Exhibition, Akron Society of Arts, Akron, OH 1991 Purchase Award, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT Selected Bibliography: 1997 Hackett-Freedman Gallery, 1987-1997, Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA (catalogue with reproduction) McCarthy, Cathleen, "About Face," Art & Antiques, Summer, pp.56-63 1994 Morales, Tina, "Priva B. Gross International Works on Paper," New York Newsday, May 22, p. C 14 1992 Shinn, Dorothy, "Akron Society of Artists Show Draws Hundreds," The Beacon Journal, Sept. 13, p. D 17 1987 Raynor, Vivien, "Krasdale's Nightworks: Urban Rural Nocturne," The New York Times, Nov. 22, p. WC 44 1986 Forman, Alice, "Hudson Valley '86 is a Spirited Show," Poughkeepsie Journal, Nov. 2, p. 1E 1984 Brenson, Michael, "Art: Show at Academy of Design," The New York Times, March 30, p. C27 1981 Harrison, Helen A., "Showcase for Young Artists Offers an Interesting Beginning," New York Times, July 5, p. C14 Teaching: 1993- National Academy of Design, School of Fine Arts, New York, NY 1994- 92nd St. Y, New York, NY
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