Adriana Farmiga
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Adriana O. Farmiga July 17, 1974 Rosendale, New York, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1996–present |
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Adriana O. Farmiga (born July 17, 1974)[1] is a Ukrainian American visual artist, curator, and teacher based in New York City. She has exhibited her work in both North America and Europe. Farmiga serves as a programming advisor for the non-profit space LaMama Gallery in the East Village, Manhattan, and teaches at Cooper Union.
Early life
Farmiga was raised in a small Ukrainian community, and is the cousin of actresses Vera Farmiga and Taissa Farmiga.[2] She was educated at Cooper Union (alongside Amy Cutler), from which she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1996.[3] Farmiga went on to study at the Milton Avery School of the Arts at Bard College (taught by the late installation artist Maryanne Amacher), from which she received her Master of Fine Arts degree in 2004.[4]
Career
Since graduating, Farmiga has taught classes at the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia, and at her alma mater Cooper Union.[5] She has worked with Cooper Union's Outreach Program since 2008.[6] Additionally, she has been a guest lecturer at the Rhode Island School of Design.[7][8]
Farmiga has shown many solo exhibits, including objects (2001) in New Orleans,[9] 'Scape (2006) in Miami,[10] and VERSUS (2012) in New York.[11] In 2004, Farmiga was among artists displaying work in the exhibition The Reality of Things at Triple Candie in Harlem.[12] In 2008, she received the Emerging Artist Fellowship from Socrates Sculpture Park.[13]
In 2011, Farmiga worked as a curator and artist on her cousin Vera Farmiga's directorial debut film Higher Ground.[14] That same year, her work appeared in Thisorganized, a group exhibit curated by painter Hope Gangloff, which displayed at the Susan Inglett Gallery.[15] In 2013, Farmiga was part of the Screen Play exhibition at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art in New Paltz.[16] The following year, she was one of 16 artists chosen, from over 320 applicants, to display her work at the Worlds of Wonder exhibit, also shown at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art.[17]
Personal life
Farmiga is the cousin to actresses Vera Farmiga and Taissa Farmiga.
Exhibitions
Solo
| Year | Title | Location |
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| 2001 | objects | Marguerite Oestreicher Gallery, New Orleans |
| 2006 | 'Scape | Spinello Gallery, Miami |
| 2008 | 44/55 | LaMama Gallery, New York |
| 2009 | Lives | Newman Popiashvili Gallery, New York |
| 2012 | VERSUS | LaMama Gallery, New York |
Group
| Year | Title | Location |
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| 2001 | Under the Influence | Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans |
| 2004 | Serralves Casa Project | Portugal |
| 2004 | Enchante | Bard College, Red Hook, New York |
| 2004 | Placemaker: (Gallery Exchange) | Guild & Greyshkul Gallery, New York & Miami |
| 2004 | Shelters | Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Woodstock, New York |
| 2004 | The Reality of Things | Triple Candie, Harlem, New York |
| 2004 | ache | LaMama Gallery, New York |
| 2005 | Something is Somewhere | Monya Rowe Gallery, New York City |
| 2005 | Red White and Blue | Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York |
| 2005 | Frisbee | Cavalier Hotel, Miami |
| 2006 | Advent | Art Center of South Florida, Miami |
| 2006 | Speed Limit | Lower Manhattan Cultural Center, New York |
| 2006 | The Tupperware Party | Spinello Gallery, Miami |
| 2006 | At Hand | Lower Manhattan Cultural Center, New York |
| 2006 | Sprail Huset | Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm |
| 2007 | Free Frisbee | Circus Gallery, Los Angeles & Cavalier Hotel, Miami |
| 2007 | M*A*S*H | The Helena, New York |
| 2007 | Smash and Grab | Locust Projects, Miami |
| 2007 | Red Badge of Courage | Newark Arts Council, Newark, New Jersey |
| 2007 | Dream of Today | Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles |
| 2008 | Brucennial | Brooklyn, New York |
| 2008 | inTransit | Moti Hasson Gallery, New York |
| 2008 | Where Are We | Pearl Gallery, Stone Ridge, New York |
| 2008 | Art Crush | Jenny Jaskey Gallery, Philadelphia |
| 2008 | Zig Zag | Hariyat Karakov Gallery, Istanbul |
| 2008 | Without Walls | Museum 52, New York |
| 2009 | Beauty Underfoot | Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York |
| 2011 | Pretty Vacant | Brooklyn, New York |
| 2011 | Shapeshifters | 443 PAS, New York |
| 2011 | Thisorganized | Susan Inglett Gallery, New York |
| 2012 | Graphomania | Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts |
| 2013 | Almanac | Newman Popiashvili Gallery, New York |
| 2013 | Things | Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts |
| 2013 | Our Backyard | Roos Gallery, Rosendale, New York |
| 2013 | Screen Play | Samuel Dorsky Museum, New Paltz, New York |
| 2014 | Still Life | La Mama Gallery, New York |
| 2014 | Worlds of Wonder | Samuel Dorsky Museum, New Paltz, New York |
| 2014 | Autumn/Flat Light Through An Open Door | Dumbo Arts Festival, Brooklyn, New York |
References
- ↑ "Personal Details for Adriana O. Farmiga". FamilySearch.
- ↑ Levy, Julia (February 17, 2012). "A Chat with Adriana Farmiga". Culture Craver.
- ↑ Amateau, Albert (May 3, 2012). "Cooper students, alumni tout ways to avoid tuition". The Villager.
- ↑ "Made in Rosendale: Adriana Farmiga". Roos Arts. September 18, 2010.
- ↑ "CV". AdrianaFarmiga.com. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
- ↑ "Instructors and Staff Outreach Program". Cooper Union.
- ↑ "Visiting Artist Lecture: Adriana Farmiga". risd.edu. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
- ↑ "CV". AdrianaFarmiga.com. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
- ↑ Bookhardt, D. Eric (October 23, 2001). "Art Review: Mind Games". Gambit.
- ↑ Suarez de Jesus, Carlos (November 23, 2006). "Surreal World - Dreamscapes and faux memories dominate a pair of Wynwood galleries". Miami New Times.
- ↑ "Adriana Farmiga "VERSUS" at LaMama Gallery". Cooper Union. December 20, 2012.
- ↑ Johnson, Ken (June 18, 2004). "ART IN REVIEW; 'The Reality of Things'". The New York Times.
- ↑ Levy, Alison (September 21, 2008). "EAF08 at Socrates". ArtSlant.
- ↑ Solondz, Simone (May 17, 2013). "Life After Art School". Rhode Island School of Design.
- ↑ "Thisorganized Exhibition". Tetraktsymag. September 8, 2011.
- ↑ "Screen Play: Hudson Valley Artists 2013 opens at Dorsky Museum on June 22". State University of New York at New Paltz. April 30, 2013.
- ↑ "Worlds of Wonder: Hudson Valley Artists 2014 opens with public reception at The Dorsky on June 21". State University of New York at New Paltz. May 12, 2014.