FotiniVurgaropulou
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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


 Solo   Exhibitions
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2022  Pathways - Collage Prints, Greenwall ArtsCollective, Brooklyn

​2019/20  New Collage Work, DubArt @ DubCafe, Brooklyn
2016  CUTting Bait, DubArt @ DubCafe, Brooklyn
2013  Public Sculpture Installation,  Red Hook,  Brooklyn
2012  Cast & Reel,  R. P.A. Gallery, Greenwood Lake, NY
2010 Transparent,  DubArt @ DubCafe, Brooklyn

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
1997  Angels, The Rising Cafe, Brooklyn, 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
1985 Mixed Media on Paper,  The Club Cafe, Boston


Exhibitions 
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2022  Climate Crisis,  FDG Gallery, Park Slope, Bklyn
    Small Works II,  FDG Gallery, Park Slope, Bklyn
    Arts PSWT,  Ossam 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
​  BBFL Virtual Expo #01, Ossam Gallery, Bklyn
  PSWT Artists,  Roots Café, Park Slope, Bklyn

2019 
A.I.R. 13th Biennial, A.I.R. Gallery,  Dumbo, Bklyn
  Halstead Art Exhibition - Fall 2019, Halstead RE, PS, Bklyn
  
5 Degrees of Summer,  Art at Nitehawk, 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
  Hell's Kitchen Arts Festival, The Producers Club, NYC 
  Bodice,  GirlSalon @ Branded,  Brooklyn

2011  Estrogenious,  Manhattan Theatre Source,  NYC
 Aktina FM/Ch 25 Annual Fall Benefit Concert,   Astoria, NY

2010  Crossing Boundaries,  Leslie Lohman Gallery,  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  Gallery, NYC  

2008 Artists of Urban Glass, Robert Lehman Gallery, Bklyn
  Urban Glass Student Show, 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
  Salvage:  Putting in Together, GKG, 111 Front St, Dumbo, Bklyn

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
  Frescos,  Naidre’s Café, Park Slope, Brooklyn

2003 Round, George Billis Gallery,  Chelsea, NYC
  Democracy Under Siege, Hera Gallery, Wakefield,  RI
  Contemporary Odyssey, Maliotis Cultural Center, Brookline, MA

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
Summer Exhibition, Soho 20 Gallery, NYC

1997 Third Annual Exhibition, Soho 20 Gallery, NYC
Celestial Beings, 2 Person Show, SCC Gallery West, LI, NY
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
Two Days, 55 South 11th,  Williamsburg, Brooklyn
All Out, Salena Gallery, Long Island University, NYC

​1993 Pier Show, 141 Beard Street, BWAC,  Brooklyn

1992 Group Show, 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
Memory Overlays, Belanthi Gallery, Brooklyn

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
Women in Art, 335 Newbury Street, Boston

 
Curated Registries

Artists Space
RISD Online
Brooklyn Arts  Council
ArtMesh
ArtStack
​PSWT Artists Association

Publications/   Bibliography
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Solo show @ DubArts, Fotini Vurgaropulou, RISDxyz, Spring issue 2020
"New Collage Work," Fotini Vurgaropulou, RISDxyz - issue#168, December 2019"
New Collage Work," live interview w/ E. Maroulleti , WNYE 91.5FM, Nov 16, 2019
Exhibitions, Fotini Vurgaropulou, "letstrylisteningagain,"  A.I.R. 2019 Biennial
"letstrylisteningagain.org,"  A.I.R. 13th Biennial Exhibition,  January  2019
NYC Exhibitions, Fotini Vurgaropulou, RISDxyz  issue #157,  January 2019
"In the World, Exhibitions,"  RISD xyz - issue #115,  April  2015
Natsios, Deborah,   "Fotini Vurgaropulou,"  Cryptome,org.,  Fall  2014
"On My Mind,  New Century Artists, NYC,"  RISD xyz,  Fall  2014
"Greenwood Lake, NY,  Cast & Reel"   RISD Galleries & Exhibitions,  Fall  2012
"Cast & Reel, 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
"Fotini Vurgaropulou, eviews, Issue #14, New York, NY 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


 Exhibition  Catalogs

Fotini Vurgaropulou, Retrospective Catalog,  May 2007
Flynn, Claudia, West, Troy, American Democracy Under Siege, Exhibition Catalog, October 2003
Mastranardi, Michael,  East to West KSU Exhibition Catalog, August 1994

 
Studio  Locations
  * Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, NY;  * East Sterling Rd, Newfoundland, PA
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​Contact:​  FVurgaropu@aol.com



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