Brigitta Varadi is a Hungarian-born, self-taught artist living and working in Pine Plains, NY. Varadi is a 2021 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in the Interdisciplinary category and a grantee of the Arts Council of Ireland, Leitrim and Roscommon County Councils and Culture Ireland.
She has received residencies and fellowships from MacDowell, the Museum of Arts and Design, the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, the NARS Foundation, the Marble House Project, the LOCIS-European Cultural Program, and the Leitrim Sculpture Center. Varadi has had solo exhibitions at Civitella Ranieri, Italy; Burlington City Arts Center; Westbeth Gallery; Budapest Gallery; and Leitrim Sculpture Center, among others. Selected group exhibitions include: Katonah Museum, Spartanburg Art Museum, Equity Gallery, Marfa Open, Hunt Museum, National Design and Craft Gallery, and Culturel Irlandais, among many others.
Her work can be found in public collections, including a site-specific government commission administered by the Office of Public Works for the Department of Education and Science in Athlone, Ireland, and a recently completed public art commission for Sligo County Council, Ireland.
In addition to developing her own practice, Brigitta works on commissions and exhibitions and develops projects with people of all ages and abilities in community settings, schools, prisons and arts centers.