Toby Buonagurio is a US artist known for her "flamboyant"[1][2] 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[1] 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.[2]

Personal life

Buonagurio comes from a working-class background[2] 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.[3] She is married to the painter Edgar Buonagurio.

Awards

  • 1992 BRIO award[4]
  • SUNY Research Foundation Research and Scholarship award[2]
  • 1998 BRIO award[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Charles, Eleanor (1996-11-03). "WESTCHESTER GUIDE". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "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 http://articles.nydailynews.com/1996-12-24/local/18014172_1_ceramic-artist-arts-culture-art-studio/2
  4. ↑ Esther Iverem "Spotlight," Newsday City Edition [Long Island, N.Y] June 30, 1992
  5. ↑ "In the Nabes Artists Will Get Awards," New York Daily News August 7, 1998
  • 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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