Constantina Zavitsanos Explained

Constantina Zavitsano
Nationality:American
Education:Millersville University, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Awards:Wynn Newhouse Award (2015)

Constantina Zavitsanos is a conceptual artist.[1] Their works are organized around themes of planning, contingency, debt, dependency and care.[2] Zavitsanos is a part of disability community as a care provider and recipient. They live in New York City and teach at The New School.

Education

Zavitsanos is a graduate of Millersville University, where they received a B.F.A., and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where they received an M.F.A.[3]

Career

Zavitsanos has had many exhibitions[4] including:

Zavitsanos has participated in several artist residencies. In March–September 2015, Zavitsanos held a residency at The New Museum, where they curated a series of collaborative events with artists Reina Gossett, Park McArthur, Caroline Key, and Soyoung Yoon, and academics Stefano Harney, Fred Moten, and Denise Ferreira da Silva.[6] In 2017, they and collaborator Amalle Dubon participated in the Engaged Social Justice Residency Program at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.[7]

They are a recipient of the 2015 Wynn Newhouse Award presented to disabled artists.[8] They received the 2021 Roy Lichtenstein Award.[9] Zavitsanos was also the 2021-22 Keith Haring Fellow.[10] [11]

Notable works

Partial Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Frank . Priscilla . 4 September 2015 . 'Body Utopia' Explores The Explosive Beauty Of Nonconforming Bodies . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230201234837/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/body-utopia_n_55e883b3e4b0aec9f3568080 . 1 February 2023 . 13 March 2024 . . en.
  2. Web site: 26 March 2015 . Announcements - Spring 2015 R&D Season: SPECULATION - New Museum . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230614212417/https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/29787/spring-2015-r-d-season-speculation/ . 14 June 2023 . 13 March 2024 . . en.
  3. Web site: 6 May 2009 . Fleisher Art Memorial Features Artists Johanna Inman, Yvonne Lung and Constantina Zavitsanos . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240314011431/https://artdaily.cc/news/30677/Fleisher-Art-Memorial-Features-Artists-Johanna-Inman--Yvonne-Lung-and-Constantina-Zavitsanos . 14 March 2024 . 16 March 2019 . Artdaily.
  4. Web site: Constantina Zavitsanos . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230603003905/https://www.centerforthehumanities.org/programming/participants/constantina-zavitsanos . 3 June 2023 . 13 March 2024 . The Center for the Humanities . en-US.
  5. Web site: Iadarola . Alexander . 21 March 2018 . Coop Fund, Amalle Dublon & Constantina Zavitsanos, Devin Kenny, John Neff, Artists Space, New York . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231204022229/https://www.moussemagazine.it/magazine/coop-fund-amalle-dublon-constantina-zavitsanos-devin-kenny-john-neff-artists-space-new-york/ . 4 December 2023 . 16 March 2019 . Mousse Magazine . en.
  6. Web site: 2015 . Spring 2015 R&D Season: SPECULATION . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231205230051/https://www.newmuseum.org/pages/view/speculation . 5 December 2023 . 13 March 2024 . . en.
  7. Web site: In-Residence @ UBC - Engaged Social Justice Residency Program . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190719201458/https://grsj.arts.ubc.ca/in-residence-ubc/ . 19 July 2019 . 16 March 2019 . The Social Justice Institute . . Previous Residents: Amalle Dubon & Constantina Zavitsanos (Winter 2017).
  8. Web site: Constantina Zavitsanos . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190104085751/http://www.wnewhouseawards.com/constantinazavitsanos.html . 4 January 2019 . 13 March 2024 . Wynn Newhouse Award.
  9. Web site: 2021 . Constantina Zavitsanos FCA Grant Recipient . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231205184431/https://www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org/recipients/constantina-zavitsanos/ . 5 December 2023 . 13 March 2024 . Foundation for Contemporary Arts.
  10. Web site: 2022 . The Keith Haring Lecture in Art and Activism: Constantina Zavitsanos . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220302213919/https://ccs.bard.edu/events/508-constantina-zavitsanos . 2 March 2022 . 2024-03-14 . . . en.
  11. Web site: 27 September 2021 . Artist Constantina Zavitsanos Appointed as 2021–22 Keith Haring Fellow in Art and Activism at Bard College . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240205211142/https://www.bard.edu/news/artist-constantina-zavitsanos-appointed-as-2021-22-keith-haring-fellow-in-art-and-activism-at-bard-college-2021-09-27 . 5 February 2024 . 13 March 2024 . . en.
  12. Web site: Kirsch . Corinna . 14 June 2013 . Looking at Our Financial Future: The 2013 Whitney ISP Studio Exhibition . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230321015209/http://artfcity.com/2013/06/14/looking-at-our-financial-future-the-2013-whitney-isp-studio-exhibition/ . 21 March 2023 . 13 March 2024 . ArtFCity . en-US.
  13. Web site: 4 July 2015 . Constantina Zavitsanos, Sweepstakes, 2015 . registration . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20151019184335/http://newmuseum.tumblr.com/post/123200412337/constantina-zavitsanos-sweepstakes-2015-visa . 19 October 2015 . 13 March 2024 . . Tumblr.
  14. Web site: Cassell . Dessane Lopez . 13 April 2020 . Meet the NYC Art Community: Constantina Zavitsanos Wants Us to 'Care for One Another and IDGAF How Silly That Sounds' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240105215559/https://hyperallergic.com/554310/meet-the-nyc-art-community-constantina-zavitsanos-wants-us-to-care-for-one-another-and-idgaf-how-silly-that-sounds/ . 5 January 2024 . 13 March 2024 . . en-US.
  15. McArthur . Park . Park McArthur . Zavitsanos . Constantina . March 2013 . Other forms of conviviality: The best and least of which is our daily care and the host of which is our collaborative work . Women & Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory . en . 23 . 1 . 126–132 . 10.1080/0740770X.2013.827376 . 0740-770X . 5149560918.
  16. Book: McArthur . Park . Park McArthur . Trap Door: Trans Cultural Production and the Politics of Visibility . Zavitsanos . Constantina . . 2018 . 9780262036603 . Tourmaline . Tourmaline (activist) . Cambridge, MA . 235–254 . en . The Guild of the Brave Poor Things . 1408114984 . Stanley . Eric A. . Burton . Johanna.