Gustavo Bonevardi, Installation view at Cecilia de Torres Ltd. New York, 2015
Gustavo Bonevardi, Installation view at Cecilia de Torres Ltd. New York, 2015
Gustavo Bonevardi, Untitled (Fictions), 2015, Graphite on paper, 30 x 22 in. 76 x 56 cm.
Gustavo Bonevardi, Untitled (Fictions), 2015, Graphite on paper, 30 x 48 in. 76 x 122 cm.
Gustavo Bonevardi, Untitled (Fictions), 2014-2015, Graphite on paper, 30 x 14 in. 76 x 36 cm.
Gustavo Bonevardi, Installation view at Cecilia de Torres Ltd. New York, 2015
Gustavo Bonevardi, Installation view at Cecilia de Torres Ltd. New York, 2015
Gustavo Bonevardi, Box Interior II, 2014, African pyrophyllite and wood, 9½ x 4½ x 4½ in. 24,1 x 11,4 x 11,4 cm.
Gustavo Bonevardi, Box Interior III (two views), 2014, African pyrophyllite and wood, 10” x 8½” x 7¾”
Gustavo Bonevardi, Untitled, 2011, Watercolor on paper, 11 x 7½ in. 27,9 x 19 cm.
Gustavo Bonevardi, Untitled, 2011, Watercolor on paper, 11 x 7½ in. 27,9 x 19 cm.
Gustavo Bonevardi, Untitled, 2011, Watercolor on paper, 11 x 7½ in. 27,9 x 19 cm.
Gustavo Bonevardi, Words, 2010, Watercolor on paper, (Set of 12) Each: 11 x 7½ in. 28 x 19 cm. Framed size: 36¾ x 34¼ in. 93 x 87 cm.
Gustavo Bonevardi, Falling, 2009-2013, Graphite on paper, (Set of 16) Each 22 x 17 in. 56 x 43 cm. 4 frames each: 46½ x 36¼ in. 118 x 92 cm.
Gustavo Bonevardi, Untitled (Fictions), 2014-2015, Graphite on paper, 30 x 14 in. 76 x 36 cm.
Gustavo Bonevardi, Untitled (Fictions), 2014-2015, Graphite on paper, 30 x 22 in. 76 x 56 cm.
Gustavo Bonevardi, Untitled (Fictions), 2014-2015, Graphite on paper, 30 x 22 in. 76 x 56 cm.
Gustavo Bonevardi, Installation view at Cecilia de Torres Ltd. New York, 2015
Gustavo Bonevardi, Installation view at Cecilia de Torres Ltd. New York, 2015
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 miniscule 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 in commemoration of 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, his latest body of work was shown in a solo exhibition, Fictions, at Cecilia de Torres, Ltd. His large-scale drawing, Falling (2007-2009), was recently included in the first group exhibition ever to be held at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York City, entitled Rendering the Unthinkable: Artists Respond to 9/11.