2024
FOTINI VURGAROPULOU
Biography
Born in Arta, Greece
Education
M. F. A. Parsons School of Design, New York City
B. F. A. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
M. A. E. The Collage of Art, Boston
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 The Glass Lens, 2 Person Show, Revelation Gallery, NYC
2022 Pathways - Collage Prints, Greenwall Arts Collective, Brooklyn
2013 Public Sculpture Installation, Red Hook, Brooklyn
2012 Cast & Reel, R. P.A. Gallery, Greenwood Lake, NY
2006 Baited, Washington Square Windows, NYC
2003 Icons, A.I.R. Project Room, Chelsea, NYC
2002 Frescos, The Montauk Club, Park Slope, Brooklyn
2000 Sculpture, Barrows Rotunda, Dartmouth College, NH
Celestial Beings, 2 Person Show, SCC Gallery West, LI, NY
1996 Daydreams, NYU Onassis Gallery, NYC
1993 Bodywork, The Orbit Cafe & Bar, NYC
1992 New Sculpture, The Kraine Gallery, NYC
1991 Sculpture, Flamingo East Upstairs, NYC
1987 Glassworks, James Whistler House Museum, Lowell
Selected Exhibitions
2025 The Tower Show, Gowanus Wharf, ArtsGowanus, Bklyn
Landscapes, The Art Collective Cafe, Park Slope, Bklyn
2024 In Memoriam, Revelation Gallery, West Village, NYC
Red Hot Summer, Nitehawk Cinema Gallery, Bklyn
Cast Glass Sculpture, R.Carroll Window Gallery, Bklyn
2023 Markings, FDG Gallery Small Works, Bklyn
Ossam Gallery/ Arts Gowanus, Park Slope, Bklyn
2022 Climate Crisis, FDG Gallery, Park Slope, Bklyn
Small Works II, FDG Gallery, Park Slope, Bklyn
2021 Small Works, FDG Gallery, Park Slope, Bklyn
3D Sculptors, FDG Gallery, Park Slope, Bklyn
2020 Redux, PSWT @ Ossam Gallery & BWAC, Bklyn
2019 A.I.R. 13th Biennial, A.I.R. Gallery, Dumbo, Bklyn
Halstead Art Exhibition - Fall 2019, Halstead RE, PS, Bklyn
2017 In Memory, Central Booking Gallery, NYC
2016 New Awakenings, Central Booking Gallery, NYC
2015 Different Perspectives, New Century Gallery, NYC
2014 On My Mind, New Century Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2013 Image Gallery, RISD Tap Room, Providence
2012 Estrogenious, T.B.G. Theatre Gallery, NYC
2011 Estrogenious, Manhattan Theatre Source, NYC
2010 Crossing Boundaries, Leslie Lohman Museum, NYC
Nature>Urban, The Crosby Gallery @ The Loading Dock, Bklyn
2009 Urban Glass Student Show, Robert Lehman Gallery, Bklyn
Passion, Fresh Fruit Festival, Leslie Lohman Museum, NYC
2008 Artists of Urban Glass, Robert Lehman Gallery, Bklyn
2007 De Boerderif, Onderdonk House, Ridgewood Historical Society, NY
2006 Fall Exhibition, Provincetown Art Museum, Cape Cod, MA
Wish You Were Here, A.I.R. Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2005 A Baker's Dozen, Ceres Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
Small Works, Washington Square East Galleries, NYC
2004 draw-drawing, Gallery 32, London Biennale, London, England
Small Works, Washington Square East Galleries, NYC
2003 Round, George Billis Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
Democracy Under Siege, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
2002 Tenth Anniversary Celebration, Charlie Parker Festival, Tribes Gallery, NYC
The Wedding Crown, Sculpture/Performance collaboration, 269 E. Houston, NYC
Triennial Exhibition, RISD Sculpture Department, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Prov.
Continuity, "Wings Series," La Mama La Galleria, NYC
2001 RISD Studio Tour & Alumni Exhibition, Superfine Gallery, Dumbo, Brooklyn
Artists Defend the Environment Under Siege, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
2000 Pourhouse Installation: Gallery Rejection Letters, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
RISD Alumni Exhibition, Bingo Hall Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
RISD Studio Tour, 155 Hope Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Dumbo Arts Festival, "Where Are We?" Performance, Dumbo, Brooklyn
CAA 2000, CAA at Parsons Exhibition Center, NYC
1999 Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space, NYC
Unguarded, Invitational, Soho 20 Gallery, NYC
1998 10 Women, George Billis Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
1997 Third Annual Exhibition, Soho 20 Gallery, NYC
1996 Arts & Leisure Auction, Arthur Danziger Gallery, NYC
Machine Stops: digital media, The Brush Gallery, Lowell
1995 Maximum Capacity, Art Initiatives 148 Gallery, NYC
Deviants: Response to Radical Right, Ceres Gallery, NYC
1994 East to West, Kansas State Union Gallery, Manhattan, KS
All Out, Salena Gallery, Long Island University, NYC
1993 Pier Show, 141 Beard Street, BWAC, Brooklyn
1992 East Village Artists, The Kraine Gallery, NYC
Recent Works, Industrial Design Center, NYC
Greek Americans, Whistler House Museum, Lowell
12" x 12", Woods Gerry Gallery, RISD, Providence
1991 Choice, A.I.R. Gallery, NYC
1990 Women's Visions, Columbia University, NYC
12" x 12", Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
Sculptors' Drawings, Parsons Fine Arts Center, NYC
3 Person Show, Parsons Exhibition Center, NYC
1989 Sculptors' Drawings, Parsons Fine Arts Center, NYC
1987 AIDS Benefit, The Marilu Lannon Gallery, Boston
A Separate Peace, Atwood Gallery, Worcester, MA
1986 Glass Sculpture, David Bernstein Gallery, Boston
1985 Artists 1985, North Gallery, The College of Art, Boston
Exhibition Catalogs
"Installations, Fotini Vurgaropulou," 25 year Retrospective, February 2024
"let'strylisteningagaiin.org," Library Stack AIR 13th Biennial Exhibition, January 2019
Fotini Vurgaropulou, Retrospective Catalog, May 2007 - OCAD University Zine Collection
Flynn, Claudia, West, Troy, American Democracy Under Siege, Exhibition Catalog, October 2003
Mastranardi, Michael, East to West KSU Exhibition Catalog, August 1994
Selected Publications
"Leather Bound Glass Sculpture," On the Call Podcast Art Gallery, October 2024
"Scenes from Gowanus Open Studios," Brooklyn Magazine, October 2023
New Collage Work," live interview w/ E. Maroulleti , WNYE 91.5FM, Nov 16, 2019
"letstrylisteningagain.org," A.I.R. 13th Biennial Exhibition, January 2019
Natsios, Deborah, "Fotini Vurgaropulou," Cryptome,org., Fall 2014
"Cast & Ree"l, Fotini Vurgaropulou @ R.P.A. Gallery" The Warwick, Oct 2012
"Close up of Baited series..." Crosby Street Gallery Wordpress, Dec 2009
"Passion, A Multi-Media Art Exhibition," New York Optimist, July 2009
"Artists of Urban Glass," Art Slant, Art Buzz & Events, November 2008
Flemming, Timothy, "Dateline: June 2007," Queens Ledger, Queens, NY 2007
"De Boerderif, Onderdonk House, Queens, NY" Art Cal, June 2007
"Partying on Ice," Fotini...w/Peter Max, New York Social Diary, January 2007
"Baited," Around Town, Time Out NY, May 2006
"Baited," Online Visual Galleries, Exhibit #59, Washington Square Windows, April-June, 2006
Sarkis, Carolyn, Arts & Entertainment, GO NYC May 2004
Van Siclen, Bill, “Real Freedom of Expression,” Providence Journal October 2003
“Artists Examine Democracy Today,” North East Independent October 2003
"Miss Dynamite & Icons," Downtown Express, October 2003
Budny, Mildred, "Icons as Fragments & Potencies," Princeton University, April 2003
"Wall Sculptures at La Mama,"NY Arts Magazine April 2002
"Frescos," The Montauk Club, College Art Association, May-June 2002
Rodriguez, Bill, "The Defenders," Providence Phoenix August 2001
Time Out, "Artists Defend Environment," The Narragansett Times August 2001
"The Politics of Art," South County, p.1, Providence Journal Summer 2001
"Fotini Vurgaropulou," Rudgers University Library & Collections, Fall 2001
d.u.m.b.o. arts collective, Issue #9, A Gathering of Tribes Fall 2000
"Ongoing Art Exhibits," Valley News Sunday, April 2000
Webber, Diane, "Choice Voices," NYC Downtown Express December 1991
DoUnger, Miles, Reviews, Art New England April/May 1996
Hall, Ann, "Virtual Reality," The Boston Globe February 1996
Lewis, Patricia, "Success Stories," Documentary on NY CH17 & 34 January 1996
Tuttle, Nancye, "Mouse and Modem," The Lowell Sun January 1996
Nigrosh, Leon, "Computer Art," Worcester Phoenix January 1996
Gladsky, Kristen, "East to West," The New Art Examiner December 1994
Moline, Matt, "East Coast Sculptors," The Arts September 1994
Warren, Leland, "Sculpture," The Manhattan Mercury September 1994
Manhattan Arts Council, Arts Magazine September 1994
"Artists on the Brooklyn Waterfront," Courier Life Brooklyn, May 1993
Schecter, Ann, "Greek American Influence," The Lowell Sun October 1992
Milvy, Erica, "Fight Night Downtown," New York Post December 1991
Donner, Peter, "The Dreamer," Photo, Worcester Telegraph June 1987
Pappas, Chris, "The Pendulum Swings," Worcester Magazine June 1987
Schecter, Ann, "Art Breaks Tradition," The Lowell Sun January 1987
Sampas, Mary, "Sculpture on View," The Lowell Sun December 1986
Curated Registries
Artists Space
RISD Online
Brooklyn Arts Council
ArtMesh
ArtStack
PSWT Artists Association
Studio Locations * Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, NY; * East Sterling Rd, Newfoundland, PA
Contact: [email protected]
FOTINI VURGAROPULOU
Biography
Born in Arta, Greece
Education
M. F. A. Parsons School of Design, New York City
B. F. A. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
M. A. E. The Collage of Art, Boston
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 The Glass Lens, 2 Person Show, Revelation Gallery, NYC
2022 Pathways - Collage Prints, Greenwall Arts Collective, Brooklyn
2013 Public Sculpture Installation, Red Hook, Brooklyn
2012 Cast & Reel, R. P.A. Gallery, Greenwood Lake, NY
2006 Baited, Washington Square Windows, NYC
2003 Icons, A.I.R. Project Room, Chelsea, NYC
2002 Frescos, The Montauk Club, Park Slope, Brooklyn
2000 Sculpture, Barrows Rotunda, Dartmouth College, NH
Celestial Beings, 2 Person Show, SCC Gallery West, LI, NY
1996 Daydreams, NYU Onassis Gallery, NYC
1993 Bodywork, The Orbit Cafe & Bar, NYC
1992 New Sculpture, The Kraine Gallery, NYC
1991 Sculpture, Flamingo East Upstairs, NYC
1987 Glassworks, James Whistler House Museum, Lowell
Selected Exhibitions
2025 The Tower Show, Gowanus Wharf, ArtsGowanus, Bklyn
Landscapes, The Art Collective Cafe, Park Slope, Bklyn
2024 In Memoriam, Revelation Gallery, West Village, NYC
Red Hot Summer, Nitehawk Cinema Gallery, Bklyn
Cast Glass Sculpture, R.Carroll Window Gallery, Bklyn
2023 Markings, FDG Gallery Small Works, Bklyn
Ossam Gallery/ Arts Gowanus, Park Slope, Bklyn
2022 Climate Crisis, FDG Gallery, Park Slope, Bklyn
Small Works II, FDG Gallery, Park Slope, Bklyn
2021 Small Works, FDG Gallery, Park Slope, Bklyn
3D Sculptors, FDG Gallery, Park Slope, Bklyn
2020 Redux, PSWT @ Ossam Gallery & BWAC, Bklyn
2019 A.I.R. 13th Biennial, A.I.R. Gallery, Dumbo, Bklyn
Halstead Art Exhibition - Fall 2019, Halstead RE, PS, Bklyn
2017 In Memory, Central Booking Gallery, NYC
2016 New Awakenings, Central Booking Gallery, NYC
2015 Different Perspectives, New Century Gallery, NYC
2014 On My Mind, New Century Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2013 Image Gallery, RISD Tap Room, Providence
2012 Estrogenious, T.B.G. Theatre Gallery, NYC
2011 Estrogenious, Manhattan Theatre Source, NYC
2010 Crossing Boundaries, Leslie Lohman Museum, NYC
Nature>Urban, The Crosby Gallery @ The Loading Dock, Bklyn
2009 Urban Glass Student Show, Robert Lehman Gallery, Bklyn
Passion, Fresh Fruit Festival, Leslie Lohman Museum, NYC
2008 Artists of Urban Glass, Robert Lehman Gallery, Bklyn
2007 De Boerderif, Onderdonk House, Ridgewood Historical Society, NY
2006 Fall Exhibition, Provincetown Art Museum, Cape Cod, MA
Wish You Were Here, A.I.R. Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2005 A Baker's Dozen, Ceres Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
Small Works, Washington Square East Galleries, NYC
2004 draw-drawing, Gallery 32, London Biennale, London, England
Small Works, Washington Square East Galleries, NYC
2003 Round, George Billis Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
Democracy Under Siege, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
2002 Tenth Anniversary Celebration, Charlie Parker Festival, Tribes Gallery, NYC
The Wedding Crown, Sculpture/Performance collaboration, 269 E. Houston, NYC
Triennial Exhibition, RISD Sculpture Department, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Prov.
Continuity, "Wings Series," La Mama La Galleria, NYC
2001 RISD Studio Tour & Alumni Exhibition, Superfine Gallery, Dumbo, Brooklyn
Artists Defend the Environment Under Siege, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
2000 Pourhouse Installation: Gallery Rejection Letters, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
RISD Alumni Exhibition, Bingo Hall Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
RISD Studio Tour, 155 Hope Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Dumbo Arts Festival, "Where Are We?" Performance, Dumbo, Brooklyn
CAA 2000, CAA at Parsons Exhibition Center, NYC
1999 Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space, NYC
Unguarded, Invitational, Soho 20 Gallery, NYC
1998 10 Women, George Billis Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
1997 Third Annual Exhibition, Soho 20 Gallery, NYC
1996 Arts & Leisure Auction, Arthur Danziger Gallery, NYC
Machine Stops: digital media, The Brush Gallery, Lowell
1995 Maximum Capacity, Art Initiatives 148 Gallery, NYC
Deviants: Response to Radical Right, Ceres Gallery, NYC
1994 East to West, Kansas State Union Gallery, Manhattan, KS
All Out, Salena Gallery, Long Island University, NYC
1993 Pier Show, 141 Beard Street, BWAC, Brooklyn
1992 East Village Artists, The Kraine Gallery, NYC
Recent Works, Industrial Design Center, NYC
Greek Americans, Whistler House Museum, Lowell
12" x 12", Woods Gerry Gallery, RISD, Providence
1991 Choice, A.I.R. Gallery, NYC
1990 Women's Visions, Columbia University, NYC
12" x 12", Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
Sculptors' Drawings, Parsons Fine Arts Center, NYC
3 Person Show, Parsons Exhibition Center, NYC
1989 Sculptors' Drawings, Parsons Fine Arts Center, NYC
1987 AIDS Benefit, The Marilu Lannon Gallery, Boston
A Separate Peace, Atwood Gallery, Worcester, MA
1986 Glass Sculpture, David Bernstein Gallery, Boston
1985 Artists 1985, North Gallery, The College of Art, Boston
Exhibition Catalogs
"Installations, Fotini Vurgaropulou," 25 year Retrospective, February 2024
"let'strylisteningagaiin.org," Library Stack AIR 13th Biennial Exhibition, January 2019
Fotini Vurgaropulou, Retrospective Catalog, May 2007 - OCAD University Zine Collection
Flynn, Claudia, West, Troy, American Democracy Under Siege, Exhibition Catalog, October 2003
Mastranardi, Michael, East to West KSU Exhibition Catalog, August 1994
Selected Publications
"Leather Bound Glass Sculpture," On the Call Podcast Art Gallery, October 2024
"Scenes from Gowanus Open Studios," Brooklyn Magazine, October 2023
New Collage Work," live interview w/ E. Maroulleti , WNYE 91.5FM, Nov 16, 2019
"letstrylisteningagain.org," A.I.R. 13th Biennial Exhibition, January 2019
Natsios, Deborah, "Fotini Vurgaropulou," Cryptome,org., Fall 2014
"Cast & Ree"l, Fotini Vurgaropulou @ R.P.A. Gallery" The Warwick, Oct 2012
"Close up of Baited series..." Crosby Street Gallery Wordpress, Dec 2009
"Passion, A Multi-Media Art Exhibition," New York Optimist, July 2009
"Artists of Urban Glass," Art Slant, Art Buzz & Events, November 2008
Flemming, Timothy, "Dateline: June 2007," Queens Ledger, Queens, NY 2007
"De Boerderif, Onderdonk House, Queens, NY" Art Cal, June 2007
"Partying on Ice," Fotini...w/Peter Max, New York Social Diary, January 2007
"Baited," Around Town, Time Out NY, May 2006
"Baited," Online Visual Galleries, Exhibit #59, Washington Square Windows, April-June, 2006
Sarkis, Carolyn, Arts & Entertainment, GO NYC May 2004
Van Siclen, Bill, “Real Freedom of Expression,” Providence Journal October 2003
“Artists Examine Democracy Today,” North East Independent October 2003
"Miss Dynamite & Icons," Downtown Express, October 2003
Budny, Mildred, "Icons as Fragments & Potencies," Princeton University, April 2003
"Wall Sculptures at La Mama,"NY Arts Magazine April 2002
"Frescos," The Montauk Club, College Art Association, May-June 2002
Rodriguez, Bill, "The Defenders," Providence Phoenix August 2001
Time Out, "Artists Defend Environment," The Narragansett Times August 2001
"The Politics of Art," South County, p.1, Providence Journal Summer 2001
"Fotini Vurgaropulou," Rudgers University Library & Collections, Fall 2001
d.u.m.b.o. arts collective, Issue #9, A Gathering of Tribes Fall 2000
"Ongoing Art Exhibits," Valley News Sunday, April 2000
Webber, Diane, "Choice Voices," NYC Downtown Express December 1991
DoUnger, Miles, Reviews, Art New England April/May 1996
Hall, Ann, "Virtual Reality," The Boston Globe February 1996
Lewis, Patricia, "Success Stories," Documentary on NY CH17 & 34 January 1996
Tuttle, Nancye, "Mouse and Modem," The Lowell Sun January 1996
Nigrosh, Leon, "Computer Art," Worcester Phoenix January 1996
Gladsky, Kristen, "East to West," The New Art Examiner December 1994
Moline, Matt, "East Coast Sculptors," The Arts September 1994
Warren, Leland, "Sculpture," The Manhattan Mercury September 1994
Manhattan Arts Council, Arts Magazine September 1994
"Artists on the Brooklyn Waterfront," Courier Life Brooklyn, May 1993
Schecter, Ann, "Greek American Influence," The Lowell Sun October 1992
Milvy, Erica, "Fight Night Downtown," New York Post December 1991
Donner, Peter, "The Dreamer," Photo, Worcester Telegraph June 1987
Pappas, Chris, "The Pendulum Swings," Worcester Magazine June 1987
Schecter, Ann, "Art Breaks Tradition," The Lowell Sun January 1987
Sampas, Mary, "Sculpture on View," The Lowell Sun December 1986
Curated Registries
Artists Space
RISD Online
Brooklyn Arts Council
ArtMesh
ArtStack
PSWT Artists Association
Studio Locations * Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, NY; * East Sterling Rd, Newfoundland, PA
Contact: [email protected]
