Toby Buonagurio Explained

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 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.

Personal life

Buonagurio comes from a working-class background 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
• 1998 BRIO award^[5]

References

1. News: Charles . Eleanor . 1996-11-03 . WESTCHESTER GUIDE . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-10-16 . 0362-4331.
2. "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

External links

• 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