Brigitta Varadi Artist

Brigitta Varadi Artist Working with different type of natural fibers like wool and linen and using textile techniques such as dyeing, felting and sculptural manipulation.

As an artist who works predominantly with the biodegradable and renewable medium of pure wool, Varadi communicates in a very direct manner her commitment to sustainability and environmental concerns. In her latest project MARKINGS the artist gathers together and explores the different marks used by farmers to identify their sheep in the North West
region.

I’m excited and grateful to share that ANIMAL BODIES opens this Friday, June 5, at the .I’m honored to be exhibiting al...
06/03/2026

I’m excited and grateful to share that ANIMAL BODIES opens this Friday, June 5, at the .
I’m honored to be exhibiting alongside Elana Herzog and Jean Shin .shin in this exhibition curated by Yasmeen Siddiqui of Many thanks to Yasmeen, the Athens Cultural Center, and everyone whose vision, care and hard work made this project possible.
I’d love to see you and have the chance to share the work with you in person.
If you can’t make it to the opening, there will be other opportunities to gather on the First Friday of each month, as well as an Artist & Curator Talk and Upstate Art Weekend events.
ANIMAL BODIES
📍 Athens Cultural Center
24 Second Street, Athens, NY, 12015
Opening Reception
June 5, 5–7 pm
First Friday Gatherings
July 3, 5–7 pm
August 7, 5–7 pm
Artist & Curator Talk
June 26, 5–7 pm
Upstate Art Weekend
June 27 & 28, 11 am–6 pm
Gallery Hours
Saturday & Sunday, 12–5 pm

Looking forward to seeing familiar faces, meeting new ones, and sharing conversations around the work throughout the summer.

📸 1. Poster image, Fragment II, Markings, 2015
Galway Sheep Wool, Livestock Marking Paint, Wood
12 x 12 x 2 inches
Photo credit: Keith Nolan
📸 2. Image, work in progress
Title: Lorraine Brennan, Markings
Texel Sheep Wool, Merino Wool, Silk Gauze, Marking Crayon
80 x 80 x 2 inches
Wet hand-felted canvas, using 4-7 fleeces, made by the artist and working with animal marking crayon to paint the farmer’s scanning mark. The mark is purposefully enlarged reflecting on the empty circle, full of the emotion of a barren sheep destined to the next meat market.
Lorraine Brennan, Is a pedigree sheep farmer, raising Texel sheep in Co. Roscommon, Ireland

I’m honored and excited to have been invited to speak at NYU ITP this FridayEvery Sheep Farmer Needs an ArtistAn artist ...
04/23/2026

I’m honored and excited to have been invited to speak at NYU ITP this Friday

Every Sheep Farmer Needs an Artist
An artist talk on traditional land practices, artistic research, and community-based collaboration. Grounded in artist Brigitta Varadi’s ongoing work and relationships with farmers, animals, and the lands involved.

This lecture is part of the course Biophilic Experiences: Activating Our Sensory Relationship to Nature.
As the scale of human impact on global climate and ecosystems deepens, we see the need to alter our trajectory, to be more inclusive of other species in our imagining of the future. This class sets out to investigate the relationships we humans have with nature and non-human animals, to dive deep into the meaning and utility of being in relationship, and ultimately to translate these ideas into tangible, multimedia experiences that expose a larger audience to a multi-species worldview.’

I hadn’t been familiar with the program before, which makes this invitation especially meaningful. I’m looking forward to learning more about their ethos—“The Center for the Recently Possible”—and their approach to creative technology, critical thinking, and experimental learning.

Lecture only open to NYU students and faculty.

📸Rob Croll

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening and visited the show. This is the final week to experience Material ...
04/14/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening and visited the show. This is the final week to experience Material Resilience at .nyc.
📍 255 Canal Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10013
Curated by Clare Watt .watt
On view through April 18, 2026
Gallery hours are by appointment. Please email Clare at [email protected] to arrange a visit.

📸Special thanks to Shan for your generous support and for capturing the show through these beautiful photos.

Material Resilience, brings together the collaborative work of Brigitta Váradi and Péter Fülöp, exploring the enduring strength and quiet adaptability of natural materials through wool and clay. Rooted in processes that are both tactile and time-honored, the
exhibition reflects on how these elemental substances, soft yet durable, fragile yet enduring, carry the imprint of human touch and environmental forces.

Váradi and Fülöp engage in a dialogue between fiber and earth, where felted textures and sculpted forms reveal narratives of transformation, repair, and continuity. Through their work, resilience is not presented as resistance alone, but as a capacity for change, inviting viewers to consider the subtle balance between vulnerability and strength embedded within the material world.

Opportunity alert! ’s 2026 cycle of the JGS Fellowship for Photography is open now through May 19!This $8,000 cash grant...
03/30/2026

Opportunity alert!

’s 2026 cycle of the JGS Fellowship for Photography is open now through May 19!

This $8,000 cash grant is open to New York State photography artists living and working anywhere in Western New York, Finger Lakes, Southern Tier, Central New York, North Country, Mohawk Valley, Capital District, Hudson Valley, & Long Island.

The Fellowship will be awarded to 5 artists working in traditional and experimental photography or any form in which photographic techniques are pivotal. The support for this funding is provided by The Joy of Giving Something (JGS).

Visit the Awards & Grants page of nyfa.org for full details!

I m excited to share some wonderful news. I’m honored to have been awarded the 2026 Rural & Traditional Arts Fellowship,...
03/27/2026

I m excited to share some wonderful news. I’m honored to have been awarded the 2026 Rural & Traditional Arts Fellowship, which will support a 10-month process to develop a new work integrated with and in response to my rural community.

This work is rooted in collaboration and an ongoing commitment to making visible the often unseen efforts within farming communities, while exploring the intersection of tradition, craft, and the everyday rituals of working life.

I’m grateful for the opportunity to connect with the other awarded artists and exchange ideas as we begin this journey. The Zoom info sessions, and one-to-one mentoring were invaluable in shaping my proposal, thank you for such thoughtful and valuable support.

This opportunity allows me to continue my collaboration with Turkana Farms while sustaining my studio practice and deepening my ongoing project in Germantown, NY, in collaboration with American Karakul sheep, a threatened rare heritage breed, and Mark, the farmer. This standalone, and an integral part of the project focuses on participatory engagement and moving image, creating an immersive experience rooted in material, labor, and place.

This ongoing project, began at the MacDowell Residency with HUNIA, a video performance created in the wintery forest. It then evolved into a room-sized installation through a commission by the curated by Marisa Espe , and supported in part by the emergency grant. These opportunities allowed me to expand the work, incorporate newly shorn wool, and continue developing it through collaboration with the farming community, curators, and supporters. Each phase has been both a milestone and a learning process, made possible through many hands and shared efforts.

More updates will follow soon.

📍 Millertown, NY
📅 Saturday, October 17, 2026
Project launch at the Re Institute.

FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM THE NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS WITH SUPPORT FROM THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE AND THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE.

Please join us for the Opening Reception of our upcoming show, Material Resilience at .nyc Friday, April 3, 6–8pm⏩ 255 C...
03/27/2026

Please join us for the Opening Reception of our upcoming show, Material Resilience at .nyc
Friday, April 3, 6–8pm
⏩ 255 Canal Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10013
Curated by Clare Watt

Exhibition runs from March 30 till April 18, 2026
Gallery Hours: by appointment

Material Resilience, brings together the collaborative work of Brigitta Váradi and Péter Fülöp, exploring the enduring strength and quiet adaptability of natural materials through wool and clay. Rooted in processes that are both tactile and time-honored, the exhibition reflects on how these elemental substances—soft yet durable, fragile yet enduring—carry the imprint of human touch and environmental forces. Váradi and Fülöp engage in a dialogue between fiber and earth, where woven textures and sculpted forms reveal narratives of transformation, repair, and persistence. Through their work, resilience is not presented as resistance alone, but as a capacity for change, inviting viewers to consider the subtle balance between vulnerability and strength embedded within the material world.

📸Primordial, 2024 (poster Image)
Ceramics, Raw American Karakul sheep wool from Turkana Farms, Merino wool, silk gauze, wood
56 ½ x 18 x 18 in
Collaborative work Brigitta Váradi and Peter Fulop
Image by Rob Croll

📸 Brigitta Váradi
Niko & Bart (2017)
Raw Icelandic sheep wool from Sheep Farmer, Elaine J. Davis, Hebron, NY, Merino wool, silk gauze
63 x 63 x 3 in.

📸 Peter Fulop (2025)
Proximity
18.5 x 16.5 x 15
Ceramic
Image by

watt

Attention: Visual artists who rent in NYC! (NYFA) is thrilled to partner with the Woodman Family Foundation (, WFF) on a...
03/11/2026

Attention: Visual artists who rent in NYC!

(NYFA) is thrilled to partner with the Woodman Family Foundation (, WFF) on a NEW housing stability grant program.

Its goal is to improve artists’ housing stability through a $30,000 grant that is distributed over three years. In its second cycle, the WFF HSG will award grants to five artists.

The application cycle runs February 17-April 14, with info sessions held on March 3 and April 2.

Visit https://bit.ly/WFFHousingStabilityGrant for full details and share with those who may be eligible!

Opportunity alert! The Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants program, supported by .award and administered by ,...
03/09/2026

Opportunity alert! The Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants program, supported by .award and administered by , provides one-time grants of up to $20,000 for environmental art projects led by woman, transgender, and/or gender-nonconforming artists in the United States and U.S. Territories. The program will award $470,000 total in grants to support environmental art projects that inspire thought, action, and ethical engagement.
Details at nyfa.org/awaw

Honored to join the NYFA Artists’ Advisory Committee and excited for the opportunity to help represent artists’ voices a...
03/09/2026

Honored to join the NYFA Artists’ Advisory Committee and excited for the opportunity to help represent artists’ voices and needs. Looking forward to learning from and working alongside this incredible group of artists. Supporting artists and the communities around them has always been central to my work, and I look forward to helping strengthen that dialogue.

The Artists’ Advisory Committee provides vital field insights, keeping NYFA informed about issues affecting artists and their communities and helping the organization respond to evolving needs.

Newly elected members:

Leslie Arlette Boyce ( in), Interdisciplinary (NYFA Board Member)
Crystal Z Campbell ( ), Film/Video
zakia henderson-brown (), Poetry
Samantha Jacobs (), Folk/Traditional Arts
Qasim Ali Naqvi (), Music/Sound
Kameron Neal ( ), Digital/Electronic Arts
David Sandlin ( ), Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts
Brigitta Váradi (.varadi), Interdisciplinary
Letha Wilson (.wilson ), Photography

Other Committee members are Martita Abril, Migdalia Cruz, Alvin Eng, Ulises Gonzales, Shanti Grumbine, Tommy Kha, Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa, Sarah Oppenheimer, Christopher Rudd, Yolanda Sharpe, Juan Usera, Ann M. Warde, and Anna Warfield.

Looking forward to the conversations, insights, and advocacy ahead.

Details via the link in ’s bio or in my bio

Happy to share to show a collaborative work with Reverie Realms , image by photographer in this upcoming group show C...
02/26/2026

Happy to share to show a collaborative work with Reverie Realms , image by photographer in this upcoming group show Connective Threads curated by for the .

Exhibition dates:
• March 19 - April 19
Opening reception:
• Sat, 3/21, 3-5pm

Textile practices are inherently connective: threads cross, fabrics join, fragments become unified surfaces. In this exhibition, those physical acts of joining mirror the ways individuals and communities are shaped through difference, interdependence, and shared histories. Each artist’s approach is distinct in technique, scale, and material, yet the works resonate through common gestures of alteration.

Connective Threads Artists:
• Yasmeen Abdallah
• Cecilia Andre
• Angelica Bergamini
• Rachel Gislea Cohen
• Aruni Dharmakirthi
• Hanna Ehrlich
• Sara Everett
• Peter Fulop
• Eileen Hoffman
• Sarah Jimenez
• Jose Morales Urbana
• Ami Park
• Kat Ryals
• Brigitta Varadi
• Liberty Worth

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