Christy Bencosme (b. 1992) is a Dominican artist born and raised in NYC. Creating art to educate herself while initiating a visual conversation with others, her goal is to provide the opportunity to ask ourselves questions of social progress. Via a practice where the relationship to the material leads the trajectory of the work, there is a parallelity between conceptualism and visual storytelling.
Education
2017 School Of Visual Arts
BFA, Fine Arts
Awards and Fellowships
2019 Jerome Foundation Exhibition Grant, ARTworks, Inc.
2018-19 ARTworks, Inc. Fellowship, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning
2017 Alumni Scholarship Award, SVA
2015-16 BFA Fine Arts Department Grant, SVA
2014-16 Chairman’s Merit Award, SVA
Group Exhibitions
2019 ARTworks, Inc., Miller Gallery, Queens, NY
2017 Divided State of America, Con Artist Collective, New York, NY
2017 Postcard Show, Con Artist Collective, New York, NY
2016 Summer Group Show, Kunstraum LLC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 One Earth, One Consciousness, Bronx Art Space, The Bronx, NY
2016 Linkedin: From Photography, to Painting, to Sculpture and New
Media, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Intricacies of Being, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Strictly New York 2, Pandemic Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Inspiration In The Cut, Bruckner Art Gallery, The Bronx, NY
Curator
2018 Color Talk, The Living Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2017 Strictly NY 4: NYC Is Music, The Bishop Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Cum As You Are, The Living Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Strictly NY 3: The NYC Hustle, 1080 Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
2015 La Chancla Del Diablo, I.M.A.G.E. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Warriors: An Introspective On The She, 3rd Eye Sol Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Publications
2017 School Of Visual Arts 2017-2018 Catalog, Featured Artist
2016 Mass Appeal, Real New York Explored In “Strictly New York” Show
Education
2017 School Of Visual Arts
BFA, Fine Arts
Awards and Fellowships
2019 Jerome Foundation Exhibition Grant, ARTworks, Inc.
2018-19 ARTworks, Inc. Fellowship, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning
2017 Alumni Scholarship Award, SVA
2015-16 BFA Fine Arts Department Grant, SVA
2014-16 Chairman’s Merit Award, SVA
Group Exhibitions
2019 ARTworks, Inc., Miller Gallery, Queens, NY
2017 Divided State of America, Con Artist Collective, New York, NY
2017 Postcard Show, Con Artist Collective, New York, NY
2016 Summer Group Show, Kunstraum LLC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 One Earth, One Consciousness, Bronx Art Space, The Bronx, NY
2016 Linkedin: From Photography, to Painting, to Sculpture and New
Media, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Intricacies of Being, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Strictly New York 2, Pandemic Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Inspiration In The Cut, Bruckner Art Gallery, The Bronx, NY
Curator
2018 Color Talk, The Living Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2017 Strictly NY 4: NYC Is Music, The Bishop Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Cum As You Are, The Living Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Strictly NY 3: The NYC Hustle, 1080 Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
2015 La Chancla Del Diablo, I.M.A.G.E. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Warriors: An Introspective On The She, 3rd Eye Sol Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Publications
2017 School Of Visual Arts 2017-2018 Catalog, Featured Artist
2016 Mass Appeal, Real New York Explored In “Strictly New York” Show