Out of Body Experience

Paper clay, 58 x 35cm

Kristy Verenga,

born Grand Rapids, MI USA

Resident Ireland 2005

Education

BSc Empire State College, NYC 1994

Fashion Institute of Technology , NYC, 1994

Residencies, Grants and Awards 

2007 Artist-in-Residence Sanskriti Foundation, New Delhi, India

            ‘Trade’Travel Bursary 

 2006   Equipment Bursary  

             ‘Trade’ The Dock, Carrick on Shannon

 2005 Artist-in-residence, Roscommon Arts Centre, Roscommon, Ireland

 2002 Artist-in-residence Vermont Studio School, Vermont, USA

 2001-2005 Artist-in-residence, Tecla Sala, Barcelona, Spain

Selected  Solo or two person Exhibitions

2019 Naples Yellow, Russell Gallery, New Quay, Ireland

2018 'Life Buoy' KAVA, Courthouse Gallery, Kinvara, Co. Galway

2016 ' The Walk and The Sybil'  KAVA The Courthouse Gallery, Kinvara, Co. Galway

2008 ‘The Disk Project’ Winthrop University, South Carolina, USA

2007 Sanskriti, New Delhi, India

2002 ‘Clustering, a Molecular Safari’ Centre Cultural Santa Eulalia, Spain

           Tecla Sala, Barcelona, Spain

2001 ‘Land Escape’ Installation, Roscommon, Ireland

1999 WildLife Chelsea, NYC

1997 Metro Gallery, NYC

1996 Tribeca Lab, NYC

1995 Gowanus 3/3 Artspace, Brooklyn, NY

 1994 Lyman Allyn Museum, Connecticut USA

1993 Jay Street Art Museum, Connecticut, USA

  Selected Group Exhibitions

2020 Musee de Peinture de Saint Frajou, Salon International Art Resilience

2014   The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, Ireland

2008  Central Bank, Dublin, Ireland

2007 ‘Times Seven’ Strokestown,Ireland

2005 ‘Trade,’ The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon

           ‘Metaphora,’ Tecla Sala, L’Hospitalet, Spain

            Solstici 05, Tecla Sala, L’Hospitalet, Spain

2004 ‘La Balsa de la Medusa,’ Tecla Sala, L’Hospitalet, Spain

           Urban Art, Barcelona  Metro exhibition also travelling to two Spanish Cities

2003 TPK, Tecla Sala L’Hospitalet, Spain

2002 Tallers Obert, Barcelona, Spain

2001 Les Dones Obrim Espais de Creacio, Istitut de Cultura, Barcelona, Spain

2000 Galeria D’Art Zero, Barcelona, Spain

1999 ‘Wilhelm Reich Centennial,’ New York Academy of Medicine, NYC

 1998 Theatre for the New City, NYC

 1997 The 1.5 Show, Lederman and Marunouchi, NYC

 1996 Test Site Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

 1995 O.I.A. (Organisation of International Artists)

 1994 B.W.A.C., Brooklyn, NY

           First Street Gallery, NYC

          ‘Heat,’ Red Hook Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Website : https://www.krisverenga.com/