Gustavo Bonevardi
b. 1960, New York City – lives in New York City
Trained as an architect with a degree from Princeton University, Gustavo Bonevardi’s artistic practice ranges from the meticulous to the monumental. Working on a small scale, Bonevardi is known for his “letter drawings:” graphite images in which a multitude of minute, yet precise letters of the alphabet tumble, spill, and stretch their way across the paper’s surface, creating undulating patterns or precise forms which, when viewed from a distance, conceal their components.
Bonevardi draws on his architectural background when working on his large-scale urban projects. These include the memorial, Tribute in Light (conceived in 2001 and illuminated each year in New York City commemorating September 11th), and 10,000 Flower Maze (2011). This later work, a temporary project commissioned for Shenzhen's Citizen Plaza in China, was inspired by the European maze garden commissioned by Emperor Qialong in 1756. The work consisted of thousands of orange traffic safety cones arranged in patterns across the public space.
In 2015, the artist's recent body of work was shown in a solo exhibition, Fictions, at Cecilia de Torres, Ltd. His large-scale drawing, Falling (2007-2009), was included in the first group exhibition ever to be held at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in New York City, Rendering the Unthinkable: Artists Respond to 9/11.
Please click for CV and China Project Installation Photos
Robert C. Morgan Review - Exalted Spaces, World Sculpture News, Volume 21 Number 3, Summer 2015
Gustavo Bonevardi, Fictions (Press Release)
Marcela Costa Peuser Review - Courtesy of Arte al Dia Magazine, Number 140, p. 127-128, 2012
Victoria Verlichak Review- Courtesy of Revista Noticias, July 7, 2012
Marcela Costa Peuser Review -Courtesy of Arte Online, June 19, 2012
Ana Maria Battistozzi Review - Courtesy of Revista Ñ, June 9, 2012
Marina Navarro Review - Courtesy of Diario Clarin, May 23, 2012
Victoria Verlichak Review- Courtesy of El Pais, September 9, 2011
Silvina Marina Review - Courtesy of Clarin Diario de Arquitectura, February 20, 2007
Fred A. Bernstein, Legacies passed from father to son, New York Times, December 3, 2006
Gustavo Bonevardi, Tribute in Light, Slate.com, March 11, 2002
Gustavo Bonevardi's Upcoming Exhibitions
We are pleased to announce Gustavo Bonevardi's upcoming exhibitions:
Gustavo Bonevardi, Octavia Art Gallery, New Orleans
April 2 – 30, 2022
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Water and Color on Paper, The Drawing Center, New York
April 2 - May 16, 2022
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Gustavo Bonevardi's upcoming group exhibition
We are pleased to announce Gustavo Bonevardi's upcoming group exhibition:
The Springs Artist's Exhibition, 50th Annual Invitational, Ashawagh Hall, East Hamptons, NY
On view through August 20, 2017
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Gustavo Bonevardi's upcoming group exhibition
We are pleased to announce Gustavo Bonevardi's upcoming group exhibition:
"Rendering the Unthinkable: Artists Respond to 9/11" at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York
Opening Reception: Monday, September 12 at 6pm.
For more information, please click here.
Gustavo Bonevardi's exhibition at Sicardi Gallery
We are pleased to announce Gustavo Bonevardi's current group exhibition:
Stories About Place, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, Texas.
On view August 30-October 18, 2014
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Gustavo Bonevardi Exhibition at Fundacion Alon
The gallery is pleased to announce that Gustavo Bonevardi will exhibit his work at Fundación Alon para las Artes in Buenos Aires.
The exhibition will open May 21, 2012 at Viamonte 1465, piso 10, Buenos Aires, Argentina. For more information visit http://www.fundacionalon.org/
Exhibition review by Marcela Costa Peuser for Arte al Dia (Number 140, 2012)
Gustavo Bonevardi at the Shenzhen & Hong Kong Biennale of Architecture/Urbanism
Gustavo Bonevardi, along with associate John Bennett, has participated in 2011's Shenzhen & Hong Kong Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism creating the "Special Plaza Project: 10,000-FLOWER MAZE". The project consisted of a temporary installation built entirely of orange safety cones.
Please click for project statement, photos, and designboom article.
Expanding the Line: Drawing, Video, and Sculpture
2017-2018 Autumn-Winter
Under the Influence
2016 Summer
Gustavo Bonevardi: Fictions
2015 Spring-Summer
Contemporary Abstraction: Recent Works by Gallery Artists
2013 Autumn
Obsessive Traces: Drawings by Five Artists
2013 Spring