Hidden in Plain Sight

Curated by Carolyn Sickles.
September 13–October 5, 2014

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 13, 6pm–9pm

Projekt722 

722 Metropolitan Ave, Fl 2Brooklyn, NY 11211

Artists: Elizabeth Boyle, Kati Gegenheimer, Audrey Hope, Kyoung eun Kang, Karen Ostrom, Brigitta Varadi.

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 13, 6pm–9pm

Embarking on a quest to rediscover wonder usually ends in cavernous spaces still echoing whispers from pioneers long gone. This group exhibition tenderly confronts transformation and withstands the lure of predisposed role play. Each participating artist embraces intimacy while unapologetically evoking viewers into having an exchange with their concealed selves. Works include seductive ink blots, mermaid encounters, and operatic arias drifting between lighthouses.

press release: Art Forum,    

Read More: New York Art Beat, ART HAPS, 

Sewing Seeds is proud to announce the Sewing Seeds Artist in Residence for 2014:

Brigitta Varadi, a Hungarian-born, Brooklyn-based artist incorporates textile processes such as dyeing, felting, and sculptural manipulation into her practice. During her residency with TAC, Brigitta plans on constructing a site-specific installation for the Green Acres Garden  involving various light-sensitive felted and naturally dyed banners and running lines. We are very excited to have her with us and hope that you are there to join us with the completion of her project at the end of the summer.

For more information and images of the artist’s work or more information about TAC’s Sewing Seeds residency program please to visit either the artist’s website, or Sewing Seeds!

http://textileartscenter.com/blog/sewing-seeds-artist-in-residence-2014-brigitta-varadi/

Parallel Shift, NARS Foundation, NY

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Opening Reception: Saturday, May 30 from 6-9pm 

The New York Art Residency & Studios (NARS) Foundation is delighted to present Parallel Shift, where Residency Artists simultaneously explore new work created during their residency and revisit previous work to investigate their foundation. The exhibition features selections from the work of 2014 Season I & II Residency

Artists: 

Elodie Abergel, Tai Hwa Goh, Ronald Hall, Delphine Hennelly, Tadasuke Jinno, Sophie Kahn, Liliya Lifanova, Ann Oren, Nicola Page, Esther Simmonds-MacAdam, Carly Snoswell, Kate Stone, and Brigitta Varadi.

3rd Annual Benefit & Silent Auction, NARS Foundation, NY

The New York Art Residency & Studios Foundation is delighted to announce Secret Garden, our 3rd Annual Spring Benefit and Silent Auction. Join us on April 8, 2014, NARS Foundation, 201 46th Street, 4th Floor, Sunset Park, Brooklyn. http://www.narsfoundation.org/event_benefit2014auction.php

NARS Foundation, Open Studios

Open Studios at NARS Foundation

March 7, 2014

2014 NARS Foundation International Residency Open Studios
Saturday, March 15, 3-7 PM

New York Art Residency and Studios (NARS) Foundation is delighted to invite you to join our 2014 Season I Residency Artists Open Studios on Saturday, March 15 from 3-7pm.

Enjoy an opportunity to get a look inside the otherwise private work space of the artist, and see a glimpse of the art that is being created in Sunset Park.  As a result, artists can gain feedback and support for their work while visitors gain entry to the artistic haven. 

Featured Artists: Delphine Hennelly, Brigitta Varadi, Esther Simmonds MacAdam, Tai Hwa Goh, Sophie Kahn, Kate Stone, Tadasuke Jinno, Ronald Hall, Ann Oren, Guy Ben-Ari, Lilya Lifanova and Kyoung Eun Kang.

Brucennial

Very honoured to be selected for The Last Brucennial and able to showcase my work along with Marina Abramovic, Louise Bourgeois and many other great female artists of New York City. 

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Here and Now

The exhibition is a response to Brigitta Varadi's recent four week Art Residency at ChaNorth, Chashama, Pine Plain, New York.  Each work acts as a memory capsule, capturing the light and colors of a particular moment. Exhibition was opened by author Brian Leyden, 7th November 2013.

CultureCraft opened by President of Ireland

President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins opens the 'CultureCraft - Culture in the Making' exhibition at London Street Gallery. 

CultureCRAFT- Culture in the Making

Please join us for the opening reception of CultureCRAFT-Culture in the Making 

The exhibition will be opened  by the President of Ireland, Michael D.Higgins

Opening Reception: 2.30pm, 11 August 2013 London Street Gallery, Derry, N.Ireland

The exhibition showcases the work of 37 eminent designer-makers who have responded to the curator’s request for an object of their making which reflects their understanding of culture; of how material objects can carry a community’s shared history and reflect a cultural perspective.
Expect to see some very exciting and enriching pieces, embodying a wide variety of cultural identities and backgrounds.
The exhibition will be supported with a specially produced catalogue, featuring essays from a number of leading academics - including Dr Audrey Whitty, Dr Jessica Hemmings, Dr Josseph McBrinn and Professor Declan McGonagle - which aim to contextualise this exceptional exhibition and convey the importance of Craft to us all.Exhibition runs: 29th July – 22nd August, 2013

The Story of the Creative

The creative force is unstoppable.  It is a force of humanity, of inspiration and dedication.   It is universal.  This summer you are invited to celebrate “The Story of the Creative”.
Please join us for the opening reception: Thursday, July 25th 7pm through  11pm 
The show continues through September 10th.
See | Exhibition Space, 26-19 Jackson Ave., Long Island City, NY 11101
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Curator visit and final presentation at ChaNorth

 

Final Presentation at ChaNorth, Chashama  Residency June- July 2014.

Abby Hertz, curator for the 'Of the Land' Exhibition, called in for a studio visit. 'Of the Land' group show at Chashama Exhibition Place in New York, February 2014 

Decoding Time in the Leitrim Observer

'Decoding Time' by Stella Carroll, Leitrim Observer. Please click here to read the article.

Decoding Time

'Decoding Time' solo show at the Silver River Images Gallery, Carrick on Shannon ,Co.Leitrim. Opening reception 5.30pm, 14th March 2013. Exhibition will be opened by Philip Delamere, Leitrim County Art Officer.

The exhibition is the culmination of Brigitta Varadi recent four weeks art Residency at the Contemporary Artists Centre (CAC), Woodside, Troy, New York. Residency which was supported by Arts Council of Ireland, Travel and Training Award, by Leitrim County Council Artists Bursary and by the Merit and Financial award of the Contemporary Artists Centre.

  

TRADE 2011 art residency programme

TRADE  2011 art residency programme 
2011 residency programme where two Roscommon and two Leitrim artists are working with New York based artist David Michalek over the course of the year concluding with the TRADE seminar in 1-3 December 2011, DOCK Arts Centre, Carrick on Shannon.
TRADE is a collaborative visual arts programme between Leitrim and Roscommon County Councils providing knowledge, resources and opportunities for visual artists to engage internationally. Rather than considering ‘rural’ as ‘isolationary’, TRADE emphasises that art is a global construct and encourages a freeflow of ideas and opportunities both for local artists to engage internationally as well as for international artists to participate locally.   
Talk About Fracking Exhibition:2nd-6th December 2011, ercantile Plaza, Carrick on Shannon opened by Declan McGonagle, Director of the National Collage of Art and Design