Boca Raton Museum of Art
Mizner Park
501 Plaza Real
Boca Raton, FL 33432
501 Plaza Real
Boca Raton, FL 33432
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1933 Athens, Greece - 2013. Known for: Neon luminous pop image sculpture, assemblage.
Born and educated in Athens, Greece, Vardea Chryssa, known professionally as Chryssa, became a U.S. citizen and earned a reputation for her sculptured assemblages utilizing light from neon, and... Read full biography
Born and educated in Athens, Greece, Vardea Chryssa, known professionally as Chryssa, became a U.S. citizen and earned a reputation for her sculptured assemblages utilizing light from neon, and plexiglas combined with mixed media pieces. One of her pieces, Untitled Light Sculpture (1980) is 22 feet... Read full biography
Born and educated in Athens, Greece, Vardea Chryssa, known professionally as Chryssa, became a U.S. citizen and earned a reputation for her sculptured assemblages utilizing light from neon, and plexiglas combined with mixed media pieces. One of her pieces, Untitled Light Sculpture (1980) is 22 feet long and is installed in the atrium of a building at 33 Monroe Street in Chicago. It was programmed electronically to create changing patterns of reflected light through 900 feet of neon tubing.... Read full biography
Born and educated in Athens, Greece, Vardea Chryssa, known professionally as Chryssa, became a U.S. citizen and earned a reputation for her sculptured assemblages utilizing light from neon, and plexiglas combined with mixed media pieces. One of her pieces, Untitled Light Sculpture (1980) is 22 feet long and is installed in the atrium of a building at 33 Monroe Street in Chicago. It was programmed electronically to create changing patterns of reflected light through 900 feet of neon tubing. Chryssa's sculptures with precision and definite form were a reaction against the prevalent Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s with its emphasis purely upon the artist's intent. In her work, the focus is on materials and the way they are shaped for... Read full biography
Born and educated in Athens, Greece, Vardea Chryssa, known professionally as Chryssa, became a U.S. citizen and earned a reputation for her sculptured assemblages utilizing light from neon, and plexiglas combined with mixed media pieces. One of her pieces, Untitled Light Sculpture (1980) is 22 feet long and is installed in the atrium of a building at 33 Monroe Street in Chicago. It was programmed electronically to create changing patterns of reflected light through 900 feet of neon tubing. Chryssa's sculptures with precision and definite form were a reaction against the prevalent Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s with its emphasis purely upon the artist's intent. In her work, the focus is on materials and the way they are shaped for specific use by craftsmen. She got her early education in Athens, and first studied to be a social work... Read full biography
Vardea (Mavromichali) Chryssa - Artist Info
About Vardea (Mavromichali) Chryssa: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (16)
All MuseumsBuffalo AKG Art Museum
1285 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14222Denver Art Museum
100 West 14th Avenue Parkway
Denver, CO 80204Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science & Art
1901 Mulberry Street
Nay Aug Park
Scranton, PA 18510-2390Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
University of Miami
1301 Stanford Drive
Coral Gables, FL 33146Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028Neuberger Museum of Art
Suny, Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400North Carolina Museum of Art
2110 Blue Ridge Road
Mail To 4630 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-4630San Diego Museum of Art
Balboa Park, 1450 el Prado
Po 122107
San Diego, CA 92101San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA
151 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94103Smith College Museum of Art
20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
Northampton, MA 01063Tate Modern/Tate Gallery, London
Bankside
Se1 9Tg
London, United KingdomThe John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art
5401 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1873Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
401 Museum Drive
Hagerstown, MD 21741-0423Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014