Kathy Varadi
Biography
Kathy Varadi is a contemporary oil painter who is developing the concept of a new sublime in her most recent series called the Neosublime. Varadi applies the classical philosophical notions of the sublime to overwhelming and incomprehensible contemporary events such as political chaos, the climate crisis, and the pandemic. Because of her love of the ocean she frequently paints plein air. She is informed by the coastal beauty of Deer Isle ME and Savannah GA. Her work varies from pleasing and thought-provoking paintings to emotionally abstract paintings. She received her BFA in painting from Savannah College of Art and Design and is an MFA candidate in 2D studio art at Georgia Southern University.
KATHY VARADI kathy.varadi@gmail.com www.kathyvaradi.com
RESUME
ART EDUCATION
2020-2022 M.F.A. Studio Art Candidate, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro GA
2014-2018 B.F.A. Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah GA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Blick Art Materials, Savannah GA, The Neosublime
2021 Sentient Bean, Savannah GA, The Neosublime
2020 Savannah Art Association Artist Airport Gallery Artist of the Month February, Globalization
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Statesboro Art Walk, Statesboro GA, Business Innovation Group Building, Neosublime 2020-2021
2022 Telfair Museum, Savannah GA, Community Exhibition
2022 Savannah Hilton Head Airport Art Gallery
2022 Art Fluent Online Gallery
2022 Kennedy Fine Arts Gallery, Savannah State University, Savannah GA, Telfair Museums’ Friends of African American Arts Exhibition
2022 LaGrange Art Museum, LaGrange GA, Fourth LaGrange Southeast Regional
2021 Red Bluff Art Gallery, Red Bluff CA, Vibrant Landscapes
2021 James Wise Gallery, Norfolk State University, Norfolk VA, No Justice, No Peace
2021 378 Gallery, Atlanta GA One Earth/One Chance II: Artists Standing for an End to Global Warming
2020 Southeast College Art Conference, 3rd Place Award in Juried Member’s Exhibition
2020 Clayton Art Faire 2020, Clayton NC, Fine Art Award in Juried Exhibition
2020 SCAD Sidewalk Arts Festival, Savannah GA, People’s Choice Award
2020 Light Space Time Seascapes, Palm Springs CA, Special Merit Award
2020 Boynes Emerging Artist Award, Melbourne Australia, Top 20 finalist
2020 Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, International Juried Exhibition,
Paint: Medium as Power in a Time of Crisis
2020 Dab Art, Los Angeles, CA, Art in the Time of Corona/ A Global Art Project
2020 Greg Moon Gallery, Taos NM, Taos Art Insurgency: The New Protagonists
2020 Rosengart Gallery, Statesboro GA, Spontaneity
2020 WCAGA Juried exhibition, Georgia State University, Atlanta GA, One Earth/One Chance
2020 Savannah International Trade Center, Savannah GA, Artists of Savannah
2020 Cork House, Savannah GA, Small Works
2019 New York Academy of Art, NYAA, New York City NY, Summer Undergraduate Residency Program SURP Exhibition
PAPERS PRESENTED
2022 Women in Arts Symposium, Georgia Southern University, “Taking up Space,” presentation, “Listen to Greta”
2020 SECAC Southeast College Art Conference, Visualizing the Anthropocene Panel Presentation, “Contemporary Landscape and the Sublime of Now”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMuniix-0iE&t=51s
HONORS/AWARDS
2022 Finalist in the Acrylic Works 9 online juried exhibition
2020 Southeast College Art Conference, Juried Member’s Exhibition 3rd Place $500 for How Much is Enough
2020 Clayton Art Faire 2020 Juried Exhibition Clayton, North Carolina 1st Place Fine Art Award $1500 for What’s Happening
2020 SCAD Sidewalk Arts Festival, People’s Choice Alumni Award $800 for What’s Happening
2020 Light Space Time Seascapes Juried, Special Merit Award for Oceans Rising
2020 Savannah Art Association Artist Airport Gallery of the Month February
2020 Boynes Emerging Artist Award, Melbourne Australia, Top 20 finalist
https://www.boynesartistaward.com/blog/artist-kathy-varadi
RESIDENCIES
2019 New York Academy of Art, Summer Undergraduate Residency Program
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2019 Chief Curator of Exhibition, Anthropocene 2019, Artists Respond to Humans Affecting the Earth Exhibition, Alexander Hall, SCAD, Savannah GA, 102 artists, 220 art pieces, Curator and Director, May 4-26
https://www.anthropocene2019.com/
JUROR EXPERIENCE
2019 Habersham School, Savannah GA, Opus Sectile, 7th Annual All-School Visual Arts Exhibition, Middle and High School, Juror
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2018 Assistant to Artist Vanessa Platacis, Alter Ego, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah GA
2017 Assistant to Artist Mary Lacy, Bees of Georgia Mural, Starlandia Art District, Savannah, GA
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2016-21 College Art Association
2016-21 Women’s Caucus for Art in Georgia
2020-21 Southeastern College Art Conference, SECAC
2021 American Society of Marine Artists
2019-21 American Impressionist Society
WHAT IS THE NEOSUBLIME?
IT’S EXPLAINED ON THIS YOUTUBE VIDEO!!