Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali)
- Introduction
- Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali (Greek: Χρύσα Βαρδέα-Μαυρομιχάλη; December 31, 1933 – December 23, 2013) was a Greek American artist who worked in a wide variety of media. An American art pioneer in light art and luminist sculpture widely known for her neon, steel, aluminum and acrylic glass installations, she always used the mononym Chryssa professionally. She worked from the mid-1950s in New York City studios and worked since 1992 in the studio she established in Neos Kosmos, Athens, Greece.
- Wikidata
- Q536197
- Nationalities
- Greek, American, Parisian, French
- Gender
- Female
- Roles
- Artist, Painter, Sculptor
- Names
- Chryssa, Chryssa Vardea-Mauromichaeli, Chryssa Vardea Mauromichalē, Chryssa Vardea Mavromichali, Varda Chryssa, Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichaeli, V. Chryssa
- Ulan
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Exhibitions
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Degree Zero: Drawing at Midcentury
Through Feb 6
MoMA
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Postwar to Pop: Masterworks from MoMA's Collection
Apr 22–Oct 5, 1999
MoMA
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American Sculptors in the 1960s: Selected Drawings from the Collection
Feb 16–Jun 20, 1995
MoMA
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Contemporary Works from the Collection
Nov 21, 1985–Apr 1, 1986
MoMA
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Reinstallation of the Contemporary Galleries
Feb 15–Mar 17, 1985
MoMA
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) has
9 exhibitionsonline.
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Drawing for Stock Page 1959
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Projection 1959
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Projection Letter F 1958-60
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Stocks 1960
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Weather Map #1: Invitation to a Voyage from Newspaper Book 1962
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Newspaper Book 1962
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Classified Ads from Newspaper Book 1962
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Classified Ads from Newspaper Book 1962
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Classified Ads from Newspaper Book 1962
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Untitled from Newspaper Book 1962
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Classified Ads with Space from Newspaper Book 1962
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Front Page from Newspaper Book 1962
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Chinese Page from Newspaper Book 1962
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Crosswords from Newspaper Book 1962
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Weather Maps from Newspaper Book 1962
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Untitled from Newspaper Book 1962
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Classified Ads from Newspaper Book 1962
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Real Estate Page from Newspaper Book 1962
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Blue Print from Newspaper Book 1962
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Blue Print from Newspaper Book 1962
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Untitled from Newspaper Book 1962
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Untitled from Newspaper Book 1962
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Untitled from Newspaper Book 1962
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Untitled from Newspaper Book 1962
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Untitled from Newspaper Book 1962
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Untitled from Newspaper Book 1962
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Untitled from Newspaper Book 1962
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Stocks 1962
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Stocks (1960-62)
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) The Paris Review 1965
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Drawing No. 1 for Analysis of Letter Y (1965)
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Drawing No. 2 for Analysis of Letter Y 1965
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Five Variations on the Ampersand 1966
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Study for Analysis of Letter Y (1965-67)
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Study for Analysis of Letter Y (1965-67)
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Study for Analysis of Letter Y (1965-67)
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Study for Analysis of Letter Y (1965-67)
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Study for Analysis of Letter Y (1965-67)
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Study for Analysis of Letter Y (1965-67)
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Study for Analysis of Letter Y 1966-67
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Negative Ampersand 1967
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Various Artists, Lee Bontecou, Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali), Allan D'Arcangelo, Sam Francis, Claes Oldenburg, Larry Rivers National Collection of Fine Arts Portfolio 1967–68, published 1968
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Untitled from National Collection of Fine Arts Portfolio 1968
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Untitled (c. 1969)
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Untitled 1970
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Study for The Gates to Times Square 1970
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Study for The Metternich Paintings (c. 1969-73)
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Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali) Study for The Metternich Paintings (1969-73)
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