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Christina Lucia Giuffrida (b. 1990) is an Australian artist based in New York City. Christina has most recently exhibited with Steven Zevitas Gallery (MA), Collar Works (NY) and The Prior Art Space (Berlin), with her works having been featured in Front Runner Magazine, Create Magazine, Peripheries and Journal of the Harvard Divinity School. Christina earned her BVA from the Sydney College of the Arts and her MFA from the New York Academy of Art. She is a recipient of the Art Start Grant from the Australia Council and Emerging Artist Grant from the Ian Potter Foundation and has participated in residencies in Italy, USA and the Dominican Republic. Christina's works are part of the MACAAL Collection (Marrakesh, Morocco), the Beth Rudin DeWoody collection (NYC) and the X Museum Collection (Beijing, China).
Education and Training
2016-2018 - Masters of Fine Arts (Sculpture), The New York Academy of Art
2011- 2014 – Bachelor of Visual Arts Honours (Class I ), Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney
Solo Exhibitions & Dual Exhibitions
2023 - TBH , Taymour Grahne Projects, London, UK (Forthcoming)
2021 - Diesel & Dust, Taymour Grahne Projects, London, UK (Online) https://taymourgrahne.viewingrooms.com/viewing-room/48/?_preview_uid=b9a650c2bb5f466ba9f51519ea4fbc0b&version=77d5e7
2016 - Querencia, Sculpture Space Projects, New York City, USA
2014 – Human Rites, Scratch Art Space, Sydney, USA
Group Exhibitions
2022 - TBH , Prior Art Space, Berlin, Germany (Forthcoming)
2022 - Intimacy, Taymour Grahne Projects, London, UK - (Forthcoming)
2021 - Shift, Living Gallery, New York, USA
2021 - Animal Instinct, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, USA
2021 - Collective Health, Collar Work, New York, USA
2020 - Young Blood, Space Gallery St Barth, New York, USA
2019 - Origins, The Art Vacancy, New York, USA
2019 - Phantasmagoria, The New York Academy of Art, New York, USA
2018 - Take Home A Nude, Sotheby's Auction House, New York, USA
2018 - Emerging, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, USA
2018 - Wavy Baby, New Liberty Distillery, Philadelphia, USA
2018 - The Unveiling, ABC Stone, New York, USA
2016 - Hidden Gesture, Articulate Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2015 - Annual Winter Group Show, M Contemporary, Sydney, Australia
2015 – Mythologies of My Land, M Contemporary, Sydney, Australia
2014 – Dani, Home@735 Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2013 – Queering The Body, Verge Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2011 – Performance Evening (Sydney Underground Festival Special Event), Paper Planes Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Publications
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Peripheries – Published by Harvard Divinity School’s Center for the Study of World Religions 2020 - (Fall Edition)
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Create Magazine – 2020, Issue 23, pp. 56 - 57
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FrontRunner Magazine , 2020 https://frontrunnermagazine.com/posts/profile-of-the-week-christina-giuffrida/
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New American Paintings (Instagram – Editors Pick of The Day) - 2020 https://www.instagram.com/p/CAehMdcJzKJ/
Grants
2018 - Pat & Scott Moger Alumni Grant
2018 - Tuscany Study Carrara Scholarship
2017 - Sculpture Merit Scholarship, New York Academy of Art
2016 - Sculpture Merit Scholarship, New York Academy of Art
2015 - Ian Potter Cultural Trust
2015 - ArtStart Grant, Australia Council for the Arts
Residencies
2018 - Altos De Chevon Residency, La Romana, Dominican Republic
2017 - ABC Stone Carrara Marble Residency, Carrara, Italy
2015-2016 – Sculpture Space NYC, New York City, USA
Selected Performances
2010 – 2012 - Queer Central, The Sly Fox, Sydney, Australia
2010 – 2011 – The Pussycat Club, The Oxford, Sydney, Australia
2011 – Enchanted Lips: Mardi Gras, The Vanguard, Sydney, Australia
2011 – The Sydney Underground Film Festival, The Factory Theatre, Sydney, Australia
2012 – The Sequinned Menace, The Imperial, Sydney, Australia
Volunteer and Curatorial Positions
2012 – The Sydney Underground Film Festival (Closing night Host and Performance Curator), The Factory Theatre, Sydney
2013 – The Underbelly Arts Festival, (Festival Volunteer), Cockatoo Island, Sydney