Selected Exhibitions

2006
Holiday Salon, The Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Why the Nude? Contemporary Approaches, The Art Students League of New York, NY
The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2006, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Transformed by Light, The New York Night, The Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY

2005
About Faces: Portraits Past and Present, Staten Island Museum , New York, NY
Continuum: Celebrating the 130th Anniversary of the Art Students of New York, ACA Galleries,
New York, NY
Batter Up!, Rice/Polack Gallery, Provincetown, MA

2004
Works, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY
Annual Exhibition of Instructors’ Works, The Art Students League of New York, NY
Staying On Point, Denise Bibro Fine Art, Inc, New York, NY
Commissioned, Non-Commissioned, Chung-Cheng Gallery, St. John’s University, Queens, NY

2003
What’s Around Us: The Contemporary Landscape/Cityscape, Sheppard Art Gallery, Ellicott City, MD
Small Works, Salander-O’ Reilly Galleries, New York, NY
Annual Exhibition of Instructors’ Works, The Art Students League of New York, NY

2002
Small Works, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY
Annual Exhibition of Instructors’ Works, The Art Students League of New York, NY
The Perception of Appearance: A Decade of Contemporary Figure Drawing,
(Norman Lundin, curator), Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Body Language, (Lesley Heller, curator), The Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY

2001
Robert Beverly Hale and His Circle of Influence, A Centennial Tribute, The Art Students League of New York, NY
Face to Face: Contemporary Portraits, California State University Art Gallery, Chico, CA
Annual Exhibition of Instructors’ Works, The Art Students League of New York, NY
Van de Griff/Marr 8th Annual Realism Invitational, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Faculty Show 2001 Drawings, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2000 Solo exhibition, Recent Paintings And Drawings, Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
(catalogue with essay by Peter Selz)
Hackett-Freedman Gallery Artists, Shasta College Gallery, Redding, CA.
Salon International Cannes-Azur, Cannes, France

2000
Collector’s Show, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR

1999
Modern Odysseys: New Faces, Foundation for Hellenic Culture, New York, NY
Volte Face: Portraits, 450 Gallery, New York, NY
Modern Odysseys: Greek American Artists of the 20th Century,
Queens Museum of Art, Flushing, NY; National Museum of Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
Re-Presenting: Representation IV, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
Summer Groups Introduction, Tatistcheff & Co., Inc., New York, NY

1998
Solo exhibition, Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1997
10th Anniversary Exhibition, Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Drawing from Life, Tatistcheff & Co., Inc., New York, NY
Summer Group Show, Radix Gallery, New York, NY

1996
The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
Union League Club, New York, NY
New York Now, Museum of the City of New York, NY
92nd Street Art Center Faculty Exhibition, Weill Art Gallery, New York, NY
Traumbau, New York, NY

1995
Painting Today, Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT
Emerging from New York, Klienert James Art Center, Woodstock, NY
The Matchbook Show, Art in General, New York, NY
Montclair State University Art Galleries, Upper Montclair, NJ
Solo exhibition, What's in a Face, Killian Gallery, Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH
Grand Exhibition, Almond Tea Gallery, Akron, OH
Selections, K & E Gallery, New York, NY
National Small Works Exhibition, Schoharie County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY
The Union League Club, New York, NY

1994
The Box, K & E Gallery, New York, NY
Recent Acquisitions: Presents of the Past, Museum of the City of New York, NY
Great Modern Pictures, New York, NY
Contemporary Portrait Exhibition, Delapaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD
The Childs Play, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York, NY
Priva B. Gross International, QCC Art Gallery, New York, NY
Eye to Eye: The Painted Portrait, Montpelier Cultural Arts Center,Laurel, MD
The 169th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
Harper College Print and Drawing Exhibitions, William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, IL
Solo exhibition, Gallery Three Zero, New York, NY

1993
Drawing, Gallery 303, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
National Small Works Exhibition, Schoharie County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY
Art on Paper, Maryland Federation of Art Gallery, Anapolis, MD
Realism, Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg, WV
The State of Contemporary American Portraiture, Arts Quad Contemporary Fine Art, Easton, PA
The Matchbook Show, CB's Gallery, New York, NY

1992
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Contemporary Self-Portraits,
The Arts Council of Richmond, Richmond, VA
City Life Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, New York, NY
Viridian Gallery, New York, NY
Grand Exhibition, Akron Society of Artists, Akron, OH
National Small Works Exhibition, Schoharie County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY
Galex XXVI Exhibition, Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL
American Drawing Biennial III, Muscarelle Museum of Art,
The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA

1991
New Directions, Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepsie, NY
Drawing, Gallery 303, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Berkshire Art Association, The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
Art of Northeast USA, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, UT

1990 Drawing, BF Larson Gallery, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
54th National MidYear Exhibition, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
The 165th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, NY

1989
Mask: The Alternative Self, The Gallery at Hasting-on-Hudson, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
First Street Selects, First Street Gallery, New York, NY

1988
52nd Annual National MidYear Exhibition, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
The 163rd Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, NY

1987
The Research Foundation of the City of New York, New York, NY
Nightworks, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
Night Life / Night Life, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY

1986
Say Cheese, Ammo, Brooklyn, NY
Hudson Valley, Barret House, Poughkeepsie, NY
The Embellishment of the Statue of Liberty, The Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, NY
The Expert Eye, Sabbeth Art Gallery, Glen Cove, NY
Still Life: Life That is Still, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY

1985
49th Annual National MidYear Exhibition, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
9th Annual Small Works Exhibition, 80 Washington Square East Galleries,
New York University, NY

1984
The 159th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
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1983
7th Annual Small Works Exhibition, 80 Washington Square East Galleries,
New York University, NY
Kenny Gallery, New York, NY

Selected Public Collections
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Bringham Young University, Provo, UT
The Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY
The New York Historical Society, New York, NY

Awards and Honors
2001 Gregory Millard Fellowship: New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
2000 Grant: Pollock-Krasner Foundation Inc., New York, NY
1995 Best in Show: Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ
Honorable Mention: Schoharie County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY
1994 Award of Excellence: Harper College Print and Drawing Exhibition,
William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, IL
1993 Honorable Mention: Art on Paper, Maryland Federation of Art, Anapolis, MD
First Place: National Small Works Exhibition, Schoharie County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY
First Place: Annual Works on Paper, Southwest Texas University, San Marcos, TX
1992 Honorable Mention: Grand Exhibition, Akron Society of Arts, Akron, OH
1991 Purchase Award: Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

Selected Bibliography
2005 Rubenstein, Ephraim; Continual Investigations: The Figure Drawings of Costa Vavagiakis, American Artist Drawing,
Summer 2005, p. 18-25
2004 Procter, Kenneth J.; Throwing Light on the Subject,
American Artist Drawing, Fall 2004, pp. 34-43
2003 Harris, Jane; and Schwendener, Martha; Curve: The Female Nude Now,
Universe Publishing; (book with reproduction)
2002 Ludin, Norman; The Perception of Appearance: A Decade of Contemporary American
Figure Drawing, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA (catalogue with reproduction)
2001 Selz, Peter; Costa Vavagiakis: Recent Paintings and Drawings,
Hackett-Freedman Gallery, Nov. 2000 (catalogue with reproduction)
2000 Turner, Frederick; Visionary Realism, American Arts Quarterly, Summer/Fall 2000, p. 9
1999 Selz, Peter, and Valerio, William, Modern Odysseys: Greek American Artists of the
20th Century, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY, Oct. 1999 (catalogue with reproductions)
1999 Re-Presenting Representation IV, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY, Oct. 1999
(catalogue with reproduction)
1997 Hackett-Freedman Gallery, 1987-1997, Hackett-Freedman Gallery,
San Francisco, CA (catalogue with reproduction)
McCarthy, Cathleen, About Face, Art & Antiques, Summer, pp. 56-63
1994 Morales, Tina, Priva B. Gross International Works on Paper,
New York Newsday, May 22, p. C 14
1992 Shinn, Dorothy, Akron Society of Artists Show Draws Hundreds,
The Beacon Journal, Sept. 13, p. D 17
1987 Raynor, Vivien, Krasdale's Nightworks: Urban Rural Nocturne,
The New York Times, Nov. 22, p. WC 44
1986 Forman, Alice, Hudson Valley '86 is a Spirited Show,
Poughkeepsie Journal, Nov. 2, p. 1E
1984 Brenson, Michael, Art: Show at Academy of Design,
The New York Times, March 30, p. C27

Teaching
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD (Visiting Artist/Critic)
The Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
National Academy of Design, School of Fine Arts, New York, NY
92nd St. Y, New York, NY

Education
Queens College, Queens, NY
Art Students League, New York, NY
National Academy