Kristy Verenga Artist
As I was putting together this website I found a thread of color and meaning which I gave title to rather than grouping by year. So in a sense I am presenting a retrospective.
This virtual space represents a creative log and dialogue with Self. How does one learn to connect to the vastness encased in human form? I have spent my life asking the question who am I? Many years have been spent exploring expression, color, and the surfaces of what one sees in front of the eyes and what one experiences in the container of the mind. I give homage to my mother who was an artist, Maggie McKinnickinnick of Westport, CT. USA. She was the original force in my life. Now my son, Seth DiMarco, actor and musician carries on that creative intuitive force. As my friend Alex says, allow that radiant creativity to manifest.
Personal Details
Born Grand Rapids, MI USA
Resident Ireland 2005
BSc Empire State College, NYC 1994
Fashion Institute of Technology , NYC, 1994
Residencies, Grants and Awards
2007 Artist-in-Residence Sanskriti Foundation, New Delhi, India
2007 ‘Trade’Travel Bursary
2006 Equipment Bursary
2006 ‘Trade’ The Dock, Carrick on Shannon
2005 Artist-in-residence, Roscommon Arts Centre, Roscommon, Ireland
2002 Artist-in-residence Vermont Studio School, Vermont, USA
2001-2005 Artist-in-residence, Tecla Sala, Barcelona, Spain
Selected Solo or two person Exhibitions
2019 Naples Yellow, Russell Gallery, New Quay, Ireland
2018 'Life Buoy' KAVA, Courthouse Gallery, Kinvara, Co. Galway
2016 ' The Walk and The Sybil' KAVA The Courthouse Gallery, Kinvara, Co. Galway
2008 ‘The Disk Project’ Winthrop University, South Carolina, USA
2007 Sanskriti, New Delhi, India
2001 ‘Land Escape’ Installation, Roscommon, Ireland
2002 ‘Clustering, a Molecular Safari’ Centre Cultural Santa Eulalia, Spain
2002 Tecla Sala, Barcelona, Spain
1999 WildLife Chelsea, NYC
1997 Metro Gallery, NYC
1996 Tribeca Lab, NYC
1995 Gowanus 3/3 Artspace, Brooklyn, NY
1994 Lyman Allyn Museum, Connecticut USA
1993 Jay Street Art Museum, Connecticut, USA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 Musee de Peinture de Saint Frajou, Salon International Art Resilience
2014 The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Ireland
2008 Central Bank, Dublin, Ireland
2007 ‘Times Seven’ Strokestown,Ireland
2005 ‘Trade,’ The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon
2005 ‘Metaphora,’ Tecla Sala, L’Hospitalet, Spain
2005 Solstici 05, Tecla Sala, L’Hospitalet, Spain
2004 ‘La Balsa de la Medusa,’ Tecla Sala, L’Hospitalet, Spain
2004 Urban Art, Barcelona Metro exhibition also travelling to two Spanish Cities
2003 TPK, Tecla Sala L’Hospitalet, Spain
2002 Tallers Obert, Barcelona, Spain
2001 Les Dones Obrim Espais de Creacio, Istitut de Cultura, Barcelona, Spain
2000 Galeria D’Art Zero, Barcelona, Spain
1999 ‘Wilhelm Reich Centennial,’ New York Academy of Medicine, NYC
1998 Theatre for the New City, NYC
1997 The 1.5 Show, Lederman and Marunouchi, NYC
1996 Test Site Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1995 O.I.A. (Organisation of International Artists)
1994 B.W.A.C., Brooklyn, NY
1994 First Street Gallery, NYC
1994 ‘Heat,’ Red Hook Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
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