Biografie von Sophia VARI (1940-2023)

Personal data


Birth : 1940 - Athens, Greece
Sex : F
Nationality/Affiliation : Greece

Address

Paris Île-de-France, France

Family relations

Wife of Fernando BOTERO 费尔南度‧波特罗 [ 1932-2023 ]

Representatives

Galerie Pièce Unique – 4 Rue Jacques Callot – Paris, France
Nohra Haime Gallery – 41 East 57th Street – New York NY, United States

Professional data


Work and Life

1960:Married
1957:Studied in the United Kingdom
1942:Until the end of World War 2 lived in Switzerland
Lives and works in Paris, France

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting
Sculpture-Volume : Bronze - Stone
Drawing-Watercolor : Collage

Subject

abstraction/figuration

Works

L'Autre
Date of creation : 1999
Medium : Bronze
Size : 34 x 14 x 13 inch
 
Futur du Cirque
Date of creation : 1992-1994
Medium : Bronze
Size : 200 x 112 x 75 cm
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2005

Place Saint-Germain-des-Prés – Paris, France
04/18/2005 – 07/03/2005

Galerie Ileana Bouboulis – Paris, France
04/18/2005 – 07/03/2005

2002

Galerie Pièce Unique – Paris, France
2002 – 09/28/2002

Palazzo Vecchio – Florence, Italy
06/28/2002

2001

Nohra Haime Gallery – New York NY, United States
2001

Volumes of Poetry
Boca Raton Museum of Art – Boca Raton FL, United States
04/25/2001 – 06/17/2001

2000

Four Major Works
Nohra Haime Gallery – New York NY, United States
12/04/2000 – 05/13/2000

1998

Nohra Haime Gallery – New York NY, United States
09/1998 – 10/1998

1997

Nohra Haime Gallery – New York NY, United States
02/1997

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2003

Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Galleria d’Arte Il Gabbiano – Via della Frezza 51 – Rome, Italy

St’art – Foire d’art contemporain de Strasbourg, n°7
Parc des expositions du Wacken – Strasbourg, France
01/31/2003 – 02/03/2003
Represented by : Frank Pages Art Gallery – Kreuzstrasse – Baden-Baden, Germany

2001

FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galleria d’Arte Contini – San Marco 2765 – Venice VE, Italy

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galleria Tega – Via Senato 24 – Milan MI, Italy

2000

FIAC, n°27
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/25/2000 – 10/30/2000
Represented by : Galerie Pièce Unique – 4 Rue Jacques Callot – Paris, France

ART Paris – art moderne et création contemporaine, n°1
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
10/19/2000 – 10/23/2000
Represented by : Frank Pages Art Gallery – Kreuzstrasse – Baden-Baden, Germany

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 7
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
10/05/2000 – 10/08/2000
Represented by : Galerie Pièce Unique – 4 Rue Jacques Callot – Paris, France

Salon de Mars
Palexpo – Geneva, Switzerland
03/31/2000 – 04/09/2000
Represented by : Frank Pages Art Gallery – Kreuzstrasse – Baden-Baden, Germany

ArtBrussels
Brussels, Belgium
2000

1999

ART Paris – art moderne et création contemporaine
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
09/16/1999 – 09/20/1999
Represented by : Frank Pages Art Gallery – Kreuzstrasse – Baden-Baden, Germany


Group exhibitions

2003

Sept Lieux – Sept Matières
Hôtel du Département, Centre d’Art Présence Van Gogh, Château de l’Empéri, Galerie du Conseil Général des Bouches du Rhône, Musée de l’Arles Antique – Marseille, France
10/17/2003 – 01/15/2004

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Periodicals

2002

DE LA PERRIERE Patrice – Entretien avec Sophia Vari
in: Univers des Arts n° 70 p. 22
Paris, France
06/2002

2001

SCHNEIDER ENRIQUEZ Mary – Sophia Vari Nohra Haime
in: ARTnews p. 120
New York NY, United States
12/2001

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