Bonnie Collura

Bonnie Collura (born 1970) is an American artist.[1] Most of her work is considered as abstract biomorphic sculptures and drawings that are rooted in figuration. Systems of connected characters are drawn together from mainstream popular culture, mythology, and folklore.

Career

Collura graduated with a MFA from Yale University in 1996.[2]

Collura’s work has been seen in solo and group shows in New York, Germany, France, India, and Italy and is in national and international collections. Her work has been reviewed in The New York Times,[3][4][5] Artforum,[6] Art in America, ARTnews,[7] Sculpture Magazine,[8] Bomb magazine,[9] Beautiful/Decay, Time Out New York.

In 1997, Collura was awarded The Emerging Artist Award in from the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut[10] and in 2005 she received a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship.[11] In 2010, she was the recipient of a MacDowell Colony Fellowship.[12] She has been nominated for a United States Artists Fellowship and Rolex Protégé Award.

Collura’s project, entitled The Prince Project, is divided into four sections entitled Dust, Wicked, Seven, and White Light.[13][14][15]

The Prince Project was exhibited at Smack Mellon in Brooklyn, New York, from January 12 to February 24, 2019.[16]

Teaching

In 2003- 2005, Collura taught undergraduate courses full- time at Virginia Commonwealth University. Since these early teaching years, Collura taught in the adjunct capacity at Rhode Island School of Design,[17] Tyler School of Art, University of the Arts, Yale University, Columbia University, and Parsons School of Design. In 2007, Collura joined the creative team at Penn State’s University’s School of Visual Arts, where she currently holds a title as Full Professor of Art, Sculpture.[18]

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References
  1. Michael Steinberg (2001). Up & coming: an inside guide to the emerging art scene in New York. Vilo International. ISBN 978-2-84576-026-4.
  2. "'Steel, the Show' from April 20 to 24". Penn State News. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  3. SMITH, ROBERTA. "ART IN REVIEW; Bonnie Collura". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  4. COTTER, HOLLAND. "ART IN REVIEW; Bonnie Collura". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  5. JOHNSON, KEN. "ART IN REVIEW; Bonnie Collura -- 'Rebel Angel'". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  6. AVGIKOS, JAN. "Bonnie Collura". Artforum. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  7. "REVIEWS". ARTnews. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  8. Avgikos, Jan. "The Shape of Art at the End of the Century". Sculpture.org. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  9. Berman, Jenifer. "Bonnie Collura by Jenifer Berman". BombMagazine.org. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  10. "Marti Cormand: 2007 Emerging Artist Award Exhibition". Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  11. "BONNIE COLLURA". Gf.org. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  12. "Professor of art receives MacDowell Colony Fellowship". Penn State News. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  13. "The Prince Project: Dust - by Bonnie Collura and Royale - by Mark Dean Veca". Absolutearts.com. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  14. Eric Fischl; Michael Stone (7 May 2013). Bad Boy: My Life On and Off the Canvas. Crown Publishing Group. pp. 243–. ISBN 978-0-7704-3558-5.
  15. Wheeler W. Dixon (2 March 2000). The Second Century of Cinema: The Past and Future of the Moving Image. SUNY Press. pp. 155–. ISBN 978-0-7914-4515-0.
  16. "SmackMellon.org :: Bonnie Collura 2018". smackmellon.org. Archived from the original on 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  17. "Bonnie Collura". Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  18. "School of Visual Arts professor, alums featured in Chicago exhibition". Penn State News. Retrieved 1 November 2015.

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