Jump to content

Cristina Vergano: Difference between revisions

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Onagrev (talk | contribs)
19 edits
No edit summary
→External links: added current links
 
(83 intermediate revisions by 37 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{short description|Italian painter}}
⚫
{{refimprove|date=October 2009}}


⚫
{{BLP sources|date=October 2009}}
'''Cristina Vergano''' (1960) is a fine artist born and raised in Italy, presently living and working in [[New York City]]. Her classical, academic painting style offsets the highly imaginative content<ref>{{cite web |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_5_89/ai_74439439/ |title=Imaginative content|accessdate=2009-08-09 |publisher=findarticles.com|quote=Imaginative Content}}</ref> of her work. A playful, surreal vein runs through the artist’s work, along with a subtle feminist concern and a wink to [[Pop art]]. Vergano’s paintings are populated with human-animal hybrid creatures, Muslim women in lingerie, flying saucers, word games, and amused references to [[Ingres]], [[Picasso]], [[Lichtenstein]], and other masters, both old and modern.
{{Infobox artist
| honorific_prefix =
| name = Cristina Vergano
| honorific_suffix =
| image =
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption =
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name -->
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1960}}
| birth_place = [[Milan]], [[Italy]]
| baptised = <!-- will not display if birth_date is entered -->
| death_date =
| death_place =
| resting_place =
| resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} -->
| nationality = Italian
| education =
| alma_mater =
| known_for =Painting
| notable_works =
| style =
| movement =
| spouse =
| children =
| awards = <!-- {{awd|award|year|title|role|name}} (optional) -->
| elected =
| patrons =
| memorials =
| website = <!-- {{URL|Example.com}} -->
| module =
}}
'''Cristina Vergano''' (born 1960)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/artists/cristina-vergano/biography|title=Cristina Vergano Biography|website=www.artnet.com|access-date=2019-06-07}}</ref> is an Italian-born fine artist and designer living in New York City. Her classical, academic painting style offsets the highly imaginative content of her work. A playful, surreal vein runs through the artist's work, along with a subtle feminist concern and a wink to [[Pop art]]. Vergano's paintings have varied subject matter and can be populated with human-animal hybrid creatures,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://artknowledgenews.com/Cristina_Vergano_exhibit.html?format=pdf |title=Human-animal hybrid creatures |accessdate=2009-10-09 |publisher=artknowledgenews.com |quote=Human-animal hybrid creatures |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707183641/http://www.artknowledgenews.com/Cristina_Vergano_exhibit.html?format=pdf |archivedate=July 7, 2011 }}</ref> Muslim women in lingerie,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.islipartmuseum.org/pdf/IslipFashionForwardCatalogue.pdf|title=Fashion Forward|last=Shaw|first=Karen|date=2009|website=Islip Art Museum|publisher=islipartmuseum.org|accessdate=2009-10-09|quote=wearing the lacy, sexy attire...|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108074225/http://www.islipartmuseum.org/pdf/IslipFashionForwardCatalogue.pdf|archive-date=2010-01-08|url-status=dead}}</ref> flying saucers, word games, and amused references to images by historical artists.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/1052823/wise-buys-50-women-artists-worth-watching|title=Wise Buys: 50 Women Artists Worth Watching|website=www.blouinartinfo.com|access-date=2019-06-07|archive-date=2019-06-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607022807/https://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/1052823/wise-buys-50-women-artists-worth-watching|url-status=dead}}</ref>


== Life ==
== Life ==
⚫
Born in [[Milan]] in 1960,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.askart.com/askart/v/cristina_vergano/cristina_vergano.aspx |title=Biography|accessdate=2009-08-09 |publisher=askart.com|quote=Born in Milan, Italy...}}</ref> Vergano painted and drew since early childhood, her father and grandfather were both fine artists. Cristina Vergano studied at the [[International School of Milan]], Liceo Cassini in [[Sanremo]], and [[University of Genoa|Universita' di Genova]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2019}}


Frequent and extensive visits to art museums and European travels created in the artist a lasting influence of classical balance<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-74439439.html_tab=Exhibitions |title=Classical Style|accessdate=2009-10-09 |publisher=highbeam.com|quote=Classical drapery}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> and solid technique, while classical studies gave her work a conceptual basis. After obtaining a degree in Italian Letters and Art History,{{Where|date=June 2019}} the artist permanently moved to the United States in 1984.
⚫
Born in [[Milano]] in 1960<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.askart.com/askart/v/cristina_vergano/cristina_vergano.aspx |title=Biography|accessdate=2009-08-09 |publisher=askart.com|quote=Born in Milan, Italy...}}</ref>, Cristina Vergano studied at the [[International School of Milan]], Liceo Cassini, and [[University of Genoa|Universita’ di Genova]].


⚫
Having lived in [[Florida]] and [[Georgia (US state)|Georgia]], Vergano moved to New York City in 1994. While continuing her professional career as a fine artist, represented by the Woodward Gallery, Vergano expanded her work to [[industrial design]], creating a successful line of products for New York's [[Museum of Modern Art]] and the [[Liberty Science Center]]. In 2015 Vergano joined the Leonard Tourne' Gallery, which now represents her.
Vergano painted and drew since early childhood, while absorbing a creative mindset and practical knowledge from her father and grandfather, both fine artists. Frequent and extensive visits to art museums and European travels created in the artist a lasting influence of classical balance and solid technique, while classical studies gave her work a conceptual basis.
After obtaining a degree in Italian Letters and Art History, the artist permanently moved to the United States in 1984.


Cristina Vergano's work has been exhibited in numerous New York solo exhibitions, as well as at the Chicago Athenaeum, The Parrish Art Museum, De Cordova museum, The Laguna Art Museum, , The Islip Art Museum, The University of Ohio, and The Anthropology Museum of the People of New York.
⚫
Having lived in [[Florida]] and [[Georgia (US state)|Georgia]], Vergano moved to New York City in 1990, where she expanded her work to[[ industrial design]], creating a line of products for New York’s [[Museum of Modern Art]] and the [[Liberty Science Center]]. She also showed her paintings at the [[Elaine Benson Gallery[[]], the Denise Bibro Gallery, the New York School of Interior design, the Chicago Athenaeum, the [[Parrish Art Museum]] and the [[New York Law School]].


Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Art in America, Art News, Blouin ArtInfo, Juxtapoz Magazine, Elle Decor, Art and Auction, , Art & Antiques, American Arts Quarterly, Esquire Japan, and many other publications. Her work appeared on the cover of George Singleton's book "The Half Mammals of Dixie", and appeared in Nora Robert's Novel "Black Rose".
In 1996 Vergano had her first solo exhibition at the Woodward Gallery in New York City,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artnet.com/Artists/ArtistHomePage.aspx?artist_id=17169&page_tab=Bio_and_links |title=Woodward Gallery|accessdate=2009-07-09 |publisher=woodwardgallery.net|quote=First Solo Show}}</ref> which has successfully shown and represented her since.
In addition to the Woodward Gallery, recent venues for Vergano’s work have been: the [[University of Ohio]], the [[Laguna Art Museum]], the Art Museum at [[Florida International University]], White Box, the City of Brea Art Gallery, the Decordova Museum, and the [[Anthropology Museum of the People of New York]].


Vergano lives and works in New York City, and is painting for a solo exhibition at the Leonard Tourne' Gallery in the fall of 2023.
== Selected press ==
Feature articles about Vergano’s work have repeatedly appeared in ''[[Juxtapoz Magazine]]'', ''Art and Antiques'', ''The Georgia Review'', and ''American Arts Quarterly''. Her work has appeared in ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''ArtNews'', ''Art in America'', ''[[New York Magazine]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.woodwardgallery.net/vergano-press.html |title=Selected Press|accessdate=2009-08-09 |publisher=woodwardgallery.net|quote=Selected Press}}</ref>, ''Esquire Japan'', the [[Nora Roberts]] novel, ''Black Rose'', and the book cover of ''Half Mammals of Dixie'', by George Singleton.


== Collectors ==
Vergano’s paintings are part of several private and corporate collections, among which are Barry Sonnenfeld, Richard and Carol Kalikow, [[Whoopi Goldberg]], The Coleman Group, [[Madonna]], William Herbert Hunt, Robert and Courtney Novogratz, Jonathan Ross and Cooper Classics.



==References==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


== External links ==
== External links ==

* [http://www.cristinavergano.com Official Site]
* [http://www.cristinavergano.com Official Site]
* [http://www.woodwardgallery.net/vergano.html# Woodward Gallery]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140411205714/http://www.cristinavergano.com/index.html archive 2014-04-11]
* [http://www.artnet.com/artist/17169/cristina-vergano.html Artnet Gallery]
https://leonardtournegallery.com/collections/cristina-vergano
{{authority control}}


{{DEFAULTSORT:Vergano, Cristina}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1960 births]]
[[Category:1960 births]]
[[Category:Italian painters]]
[[Category:20th-century Italian painters]]
[[Category:Italian expatriates in the United States]]
[[Category:21st-century Italian painters]]
[[Category:Italian emigrants to the United States]]

Latest revision as of 21:28, 1 December 2022

Cristina Vergano
Born1960 (age 63–64)
Milan, Italy
NationalityItalian
Known forPainting

Cristina Vergano (born 1960)[1] is an Italian-born fine artist and designer living in New York City. Her classical, academic painting style offsets the highly imaginative content of her work. A playful, surreal vein runs through the artist's work, along with a subtle feminist concern and a wink to Pop art. Vergano's paintings have varied subject matter and can be populated with human-animal hybrid creatures,[2] Muslim women in lingerie,[3] flying saucers, word games, and amused references to images by historical artists.[4]

Life

[edit]

Born in Milan in 1960,[5] Vergano painted and drew since early childhood, her father and grandfather were both fine artists. Cristina Vergano studied at the International School of Milan, Liceo Cassini in Sanremo, and Universita' di Genova.[citation needed]

Frequent and extensive visits to art museums and European travels created in the artist a lasting influence of classical balance[6] and solid technique, while classical studies gave her work a conceptual basis. After obtaining a degree in Italian Letters and Art History,[where?] the artist permanently moved to the United States in 1984.

Having lived in Florida and Georgia, Vergano moved to New York City in 1994. While continuing her professional career as a fine artist, represented by the Woodward Gallery, Vergano expanded her work to industrial design, creating a successful line of products for New York's Museum of Modern Art and the Liberty Science Center. In 2015 Vergano joined the Leonard Tourne' Gallery, which now represents her.

Cristina Vergano's work has been exhibited in numerous New York solo exhibitions, as well as at the Chicago Athenaeum, The Parrish Art Museum, De Cordova museum, The Laguna Art Museum, , The Islip Art Museum, The University of Ohio, and The Anthropology Museum of the People of New York.

Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Art in America, Art News, Blouin ArtInfo, Juxtapoz Magazine, Elle Decor, Art and Auction, , Art & Antiques, American Arts Quarterly, Esquire Japan, and many other publications. Her work appeared on the cover of George Singleton's book "The Half Mammals of Dixie", and appeared in Nora Robert's Novel "Black Rose".

Vergano lives and works in New York City, and is painting for a solo exhibition at the Leonard Tourne' Gallery in the fall of 2023.


References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Cristina Vergano Biography". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
  2. ^ "Human-animal hybrid creatures". artknowledgenews.com. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved 2009-10-09. Human-animal hybrid creatures
  3. ^ Shaw, Karen (2009). "Fashion Forward" (PDF). Islip Art Museum. islipartmuseum.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-01-08. Retrieved 2009-10-09. wearing the lacy, sexy attire...
  4. ^ "Wise Buys: 50 Women Artists Worth Watching". www.blouinartinfo.com. Archived from the original on 2019-06-07. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
  5. ^ "Biography". askart.com. Retrieved 2009-08-09. Born in Milan, Italy...
  6. ^ "Classical Style". highbeam.com. Retrieved 2009-10-09. Classical drapery [dead link‍]
[edit]

https://leonardtournegallery.com/collections/cristina-vergano

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Cristina_Vergano&oldid=1125034244"