BRIGITTA VARADI is a Hungarian-born self-taught artist who lives and works in Pine Plains, NY. Varadi is a 2021 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Interdisciplinary work and a grant recipient from The Arts Council of Ireland, Leitrim County Council (Ireland), Roscommon County Council (Ireland), and Culture Ireland. She has been awarded residencies at the MacDowell Colony, the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, Civitella Ranieri Foundation, Italy, The Saltonstall Foundation, NARS Foundation, New York, The Marble House Project, Wassaic Project, LOCIS-European Cultural Program (Sweden, Poland, Ireland), and Leitrim Sculpture Centre (Co.Leitrim, Ireland), among others.
Her work is found in public collections including a site-specific government commission for The Department of Education and Science (Athlone, Ireland), in addition to a recently-completed collaborative public art commission for Sligo County Council, Ireland. As the Residency Director of ChaShaMa North (ChaNorth) nonprofit organization in New York City, Varadi supports the artist’s community through creating diverse programming and an environment that fosters cross-disciplinary exchange of ideas, perspectives, and expertise.
