Chryssa

Artist, Visual Artist

1933 – 2013

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Who was Chryssa?

Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali was a Greek American artist who worked in a wide variety of media. An American art pioneer in light art and luminist sculpture widely known for her neon, steel, aluminum and acrylic glass installations, she has always used the mononym Chryssa professionally. She worked from the mid-1950s in New York City studios and worked since 1992 in the studio she established in Neos Kosmos, Athens, Greece.

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Born
Dec 31, 1933
Athens
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Académie de la Grande Chaumière
    Art
    (1953 - 1954)
  • San Francisco Art Institute
    Art
    (1954 - 1955)
Lived in
  • Athens
    ( - 2013/12/23)
  • New York City
Died
Dec 23, 2013
Athens

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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