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Toby Buonagurio

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American artist

Toby Buonagurio is a US artist known for her "flamboyant" ceramics. She has won the Bronx Recognizes Its Own Award (BRIO) and the SUNY award.

Professional work

Buonagurio has had her work in many exhibitions and has a permanent installation in the 42nd Street Times Square subway station. Titled "Times Square Times: 35 Times" it is made up of 35 separate pieces embedded in a glass brick wall. Buonagurio teaches art at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Personal life

Buonagurio comes from a working-class background in New York City's borough of the Bronx. She continues to live there and is reported to take pride in her connection to the neighborhood. She is married to the painter Edgar Buonagurio.

Awards

  • 1992 BRIO award
  • SUNY Research Foundation Research and Scholarship award
  • 1998 BRIO award

References

  1. ^ Charles, Eleanor (1996-11-03). "WESTCHESTER GUIDE". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
  2. ^ "Subway artist brightens up Times Square with her sculptures" American Teacher November 2007 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5369/is_200711/ai_n21298354/
  3. Miguel Garcilazo "Bronx People In Profile," NY Daily News December 24, 1996
  4. Esther Iverem "Spotlight," Newsday City Edition June 30, 1992
  5. "In the Nabes Artists Will Get Awards," New York Daily News August 7, 1998

External links

  • Museum Cast podcast "Times Square-42nd Street - Art by Toby Buonagurio" January 5, 2010 (If you can't see the full titles, choose the listing whose description starts "When you think of times Square...)
  • Arts for Transit podcast


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