CHRIS BOGIA
Candle
Foreland
Catskill, NY

Summer 2023

 

Please join us on Sunday, June 4, 2023 from 11am to 6pm to celebrate the unveiling of Chris Bogia's sculpture, 'Candle,' at Foreland's Pride Lawn Party in Catskill, NY. 

There will be wood-fired pizza and frozen drinks by The Half Moon, music, lawn games, a bounce house for the kids, and more! The reception is free and open to the public, and all are welcome, kids and dogs included! All queer families and allies of the queer community are encouraged to come.

For further information, please contact hello@mrsgallery.com.


Chris Bogia received his BFA at New York University and MFA from Yale University. Bogia was a recent recipient of the Jackson Pollock - Lee Krasner Foundation Grant; a Queens Council for the Arts, New Works Grant; as well as a Rema Hort Mann Foundation Artist Community Engagement Grant, and the Tiffany Foundation grant. He was also an artist in residence at the Queens Museum Studio Program from 2017-2018. Recent exhibitions include a public project with Art in Buildings in NYC, a solo exhibition at Mrs. Gallery, group exhibitions at Hesse Flatow, NYC, Primary, Miami, RUSCHMAN, Chicago, The Public Art Fund, NYC, Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles, Bric, Brooklyn, Mrs. Gallery, The New Museum, and a presentation at NADA with Mrs. Gallery in 2020. Bogia is the co-founder of Fire Island Artist Residency (FIAR), the first LGBTQ artist residency in the world, and was FIAR’s acting director from 2011- 2020. He is currently an instructor of sculpture at New York University.