Christy Bencosme (b. 1992) is a Dominican-American artist from Jamaica, Queens. Creating art to initiate a visual conversation with others, her goal is to provide the opportunity to ask ourselves questions of social progress. Reflecting a voice of poverty, she uses repurposed and low-cost material to create socio-political works and often installs them directly in the public. Via a practice where the relationship to the material leads the trajectory of the work, there is a harmony between conceptualism and visual storytelling. 

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Education
2020-22  Queens College
                  MFA candidate, Social Practice Art
2017          School Of Visual Arts
                  BFA, Fine Arts
             
Awards and Fellowships
2021          Ankhlave Garden Project Fellowship, Ankhlave Arts Alliance  
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
​2021           Ankhlave Garden Project, The Queens Botanical Garden, Queens, NY
2021          Unveiled, Field Projects Gallery, New York, NY
2021          Art in Odd Places: NORMAL, 14th street festival, New York, NY
2021          Nude, Queen City 15 Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
2020         Darkest Before Dawn: Art in a Time of Uncertainty, Ethan Cohen Gallery, Beacon, NY
2020         Southeast Queens Biennial, York College Fine Arts Gallery, Queens, NY     
2020         Southeast Queens Biennial, Miller Gallery, Queens, NY
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, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY
2015          Intricacies of Being, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY

Curator 
2021          Frames of Being, Klapper Gallery, Queens College, NY
2018          Color Talk, The Living Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2017          Strictly NY: NYC is Music, The Bishop Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016          Strictly NY: 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
​2021           45th Parallel Literary Magazine, Featured Illustrator
2017           School Of Visual Arts 2017-2018 Catalog, Featured Artist
2016          Mass Appeal,  Real New York Explored In “Strictly New York” Show