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B. Avery Syrig is a multi-media collage, sculpture, and assemblage artist and curator. She also runs her own full time fine art acquisition, placement, and installation company, BAS Fine Art Services, LLC. This company works with corporate and residential clients as well as artists in sales, professional practice, and career advancement. She has curated exhibitions at Kenise Barnes Fine Art and the Rhodes Room Gallery. Syrig’s work explores the development of individuality within the varying structures – physical, familial, and societal – that define our lives.
Syrig holds a BFA in Studio Art and Sculpture from Alfred University where she studied ceramics, glass, metal, paper making, performance, and video arts. She has exhibited her work at ArtsWestchester, The College of New Rochelle, NYC’s ArtExpo, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Torpedo Factory Art Center, and other venues throughout Westchester, New York City, and the East Coast. Her work has won awards from ArtSlant and the Windsor Whitney Biennial as well as an artist grant from Vermont Studio Center. She has attended residencies at Vermont Studio Center, Division Avenue Arts Collective, High Concept Laboratories, Defibrillator, and Salem Art Works. She lives and maintains a studio in New York. |
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EDUCATION
2022 Next Level Labs, The Crit Lab, Miranda Arts Project Space, Port Chester, NY
2010 BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS, SCHOOL OF ART & DESIGN, ALFRED UNIVERSITY, ALFRED, NY
Studies in video, new media, performance, dance, ceramics, glass, metal, wood, and paper.
Art History and Women’s Studies.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 smallWORKS, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY, curator Carl Van Brunt
2022 Winter Calling, Riverfront Art Gallery, Yonkers, NY
2022 SPECTRUM, Serious Fun Art Fair, The Galleria, White Plains, NY, curator Alexandra Rutsch Brock
2022 Got Art?, Cortlandt Town Hall, Cortlandt, NY
2022 PaperWorks: Expanding the Boundaries, Upstream Gallery, Hastings on Hudson, NY
2022 Among Friends, Equity Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Word, Atelier Rosal, Rahway, NJ
2022 Intimacies, Miranda Arts Project Space, Port Chester, NY, curated by Gaby Collins-Fernandez and Patricia Miranda, catalogue
2021 Grass + Roots, Center for the Digital Arts, Westchester Community College, Peekskill, NY; Putnam Arts Council, Mahopac, NY, curated by Patricia Miranda
2021 Forbidden Fruit, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA, curated by Hillary Doyle, organized by Erica Hess (I like Your Work Podcast, host)
2016 Winter White, Rye Art Center Gallery, Rye, NY, curated by Katharine Dufault, invitational
2015 Craft-Tastic, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY, invitational
2015 Cool and Collected, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY, curated by Kenise Barnes
2014 Fall Showcase, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, juried
2013 New Emerging Artists, Art Expo NYC 2013, New York, NY, juried
2013 Bound, Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Cora Rosevear, juried
2013 Materiality, Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY, curated by Kenise Barnes, invitational
2012 5x5(x5), Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA, juried
2012 Sculpture: On & Off the Wall, ArtsWestchester, White Plains, NY, invitational (On View for 13th Annual ArtsBash)
2012 Westchester Biennial, Castle Gallery, New Rochelle, NY, juried
2011 Reflections: Familiar Stories/New Forms, Lazarus Gallery, New Rochelle, NY, juried
2011 Love Thy Neighbor, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY, curated by Kenise Barnes
2011 Generations Exhibition, Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers, NY
2011 Creation: Beginning of a New Art Era, Gallery Bar, New York, NY
2011 March Showcase, Blueberry Music and Art House, Greenwich, CT
2010 Tensions and Ties, Rhodes Room Gallery, Alfred, NY
2010 We Do What We Want: Part II: Hot Video, Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY
SELECTED SOLO / TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2015 Licata-Syrig New Work, White Plains, NY
2012 A Gathered Place, Mooney Center Gallery, New Rochelle, NY, curated by Katrina Rhein, invitational
2010 Wrapping, Sculpture Gallery, Alfred, NY
2009 Looking Rings, National Casting Center, Alfred, NY
OTHER PROJECTS
2016 Re-imaging Myths and Finding the Divine Feminine, Rialto Beach, Olympic National Park, Mora, WA,
collaborative performance project with Caylin Janet
2013-2016 Licata-Syrig Designs, White Plains, NY, collaborative jewelry designs with glass artist, David Licata
2010-present B. Avery Syrig Fine Art Jewelry Line, Peekskill, NY, a jewelry line using found wood, stone, and metal
showcased through local artisan stores and online venues
2012 Six and Four Articulations Tour, Alfred, NY, performance/dance tour,
performed at 15 venues across the US, choreographed 6 company pieces, created 30 site specific pieces while
on tour
CHOREOGRAPHED PERFORMANCES
2012 Evolve the Present System, Six and Four Articulations US Tour (performed at 15 venues across the US).
2010 Wrapping, Fitting, Rhodes Room Gallery, Alfred, NY.
2010 Projected Improve, Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
“Abstract Art,” Artist Portfolio Magazine, Issue 9, 2012.
“Beacon Artist Book,”UPDRAFT Studios, 2011.
Dufault, Katharine. "Winter White," Exhibition Catalogue. Rye Art Center, Rye, NY, 2016
Hodara, Susan. “Diverse, Innovative, And Now Outdoors,” New York Times, 2012.
Hodara, Susan. “In Figure and Form, Sculpture All Around,” New York Times, 2012.
“Important World Artists.” World Wide Art Books, 2012.
Collins-Fernandez, Gaby and Miranda, Patricia. "Intimacies," Exhibition Catalogue. Miranda Arts Project Space, Port Chester, NY, 2022.
Rosevear, Cora. “Bound,” Juried Exhibition Catalog. Women’s Caucus for Art, 2013.
Starry Night Programs, “Artists to Look Out For,” Artists to Look Out For Catalog, 2016.
WCA January E-News. Women’s Caucus for Art, 2013.
AWARDS / GRANTS
2016 Merit - based Artist Grant, Vermont Studio Center
2012 Honorable Mention, Abstract Art Contest
2012 100 Top Artists at Artists Wanted 3rd Annual SELF Competition
2012 Windsor Whitney Biennial Award
2012 ArtSlant 1st Showcase Award
2011 ArtSlant 5th Showcase Award
2011 Artavita 17th Sculpture Award
LECTURES / CLASSES
2021 Class Visit, School 21, Paterson, NJ
2021 Class Visit, Don Bosco Technical Academy, Paterson, NJ
2013 6&4 Articulations Tour Overview
2012 Beginner Contact Improvisation
2012 Intermediate Contact Improvisation
2012 Visiting Artist Day, Fox Lane H.S.
RESIDENCIES / INTERNSHIPS
The Crit Lab Residency, Venice and Brescia, Italy
Rural Residency for Contemporary Art, Cividate Camuno, Brescia, Italy
Papermaking Residency, New Rochelle, NY
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Division Ave. Arts Collective, Grand Rapids, MI
High Concept Laboratories, Chicago, IL
Defibrillator, Chicago, IL
Salem Art Works, Salem, NY
Barbara Jones, Fiber Artist, Rushylvania, OH
Syron/Bishoff Design Studio, Rockport, MA
2022 Next Level Labs, The Crit Lab, Miranda Arts Project Space, Port Chester, NY
2010 BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS, SCHOOL OF ART & DESIGN, ALFRED UNIVERSITY, ALFRED, NY
Studies in video, new media, performance, dance, ceramics, glass, metal, wood, and paper.
Art History and Women’s Studies.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 smallWORKS, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY, curator Carl Van Brunt
2022 Winter Calling, Riverfront Art Gallery, Yonkers, NY
2022 SPECTRUM, Serious Fun Art Fair, The Galleria, White Plains, NY, curator Alexandra Rutsch Brock
2022 Got Art?, Cortlandt Town Hall, Cortlandt, NY
2022 PaperWorks: Expanding the Boundaries, Upstream Gallery, Hastings on Hudson, NY
2022 Among Friends, Equity Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Word, Atelier Rosal, Rahway, NJ
2022 Intimacies, Miranda Arts Project Space, Port Chester, NY, curated by Gaby Collins-Fernandez and Patricia Miranda, catalogue
2021 Grass + Roots, Center for the Digital Arts, Westchester Community College, Peekskill, NY; Putnam Arts Council, Mahopac, NY, curated by Patricia Miranda
2021 Forbidden Fruit, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA, curated by Hillary Doyle, organized by Erica Hess (I like Your Work Podcast, host)
2016 Winter White, Rye Art Center Gallery, Rye, NY, curated by Katharine Dufault, invitational
2015 Craft-Tastic, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY, invitational
2015 Cool and Collected, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY, curated by Kenise Barnes
2014 Fall Showcase, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, juried
2013 New Emerging Artists, Art Expo NYC 2013, New York, NY, juried
2013 Bound, Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Cora Rosevear, juried
2013 Materiality, Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY, curated by Kenise Barnes, invitational
2012 5x5(x5), Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA, juried
2012 Sculpture: On & Off the Wall, ArtsWestchester, White Plains, NY, invitational (On View for 13th Annual ArtsBash)
2012 Westchester Biennial, Castle Gallery, New Rochelle, NY, juried
2011 Reflections: Familiar Stories/New Forms, Lazarus Gallery, New Rochelle, NY, juried
2011 Love Thy Neighbor, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY, curated by Kenise Barnes
2011 Generations Exhibition, Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers, NY
2011 Creation: Beginning of a New Art Era, Gallery Bar, New York, NY
2011 March Showcase, Blueberry Music and Art House, Greenwich, CT
2010 Tensions and Ties, Rhodes Room Gallery, Alfred, NY
2010 We Do What We Want: Part II: Hot Video, Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY
SELECTED SOLO / TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2015 Licata-Syrig New Work, White Plains, NY
2012 A Gathered Place, Mooney Center Gallery, New Rochelle, NY, curated by Katrina Rhein, invitational
2010 Wrapping, Sculpture Gallery, Alfred, NY
2009 Looking Rings, National Casting Center, Alfred, NY
OTHER PROJECTS
2016 Re-imaging Myths and Finding the Divine Feminine, Rialto Beach, Olympic National Park, Mora, WA,
collaborative performance project with Caylin Janet
2013-2016 Licata-Syrig Designs, White Plains, NY, collaborative jewelry designs with glass artist, David Licata
2010-present B. Avery Syrig Fine Art Jewelry Line, Peekskill, NY, a jewelry line using found wood, stone, and metal
showcased through local artisan stores and online venues
2012 Six and Four Articulations Tour, Alfred, NY, performance/dance tour,
performed at 15 venues across the US, choreographed 6 company pieces, created 30 site specific pieces while
on tour
CHOREOGRAPHED PERFORMANCES
2012 Evolve the Present System, Six and Four Articulations US Tour (performed at 15 venues across the US).
2010 Wrapping, Fitting, Rhodes Room Gallery, Alfred, NY.
2010 Projected Improve, Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
“Abstract Art,” Artist Portfolio Magazine, Issue 9, 2012.
“Beacon Artist Book,”UPDRAFT Studios, 2011.
Dufault, Katharine. "Winter White," Exhibition Catalogue. Rye Art Center, Rye, NY, 2016
Hodara, Susan. “Diverse, Innovative, And Now Outdoors,” New York Times, 2012.
Hodara, Susan. “In Figure and Form, Sculpture All Around,” New York Times, 2012.
“Important World Artists.” World Wide Art Books, 2012.
Collins-Fernandez, Gaby and Miranda, Patricia. "Intimacies," Exhibition Catalogue. Miranda Arts Project Space, Port Chester, NY, 2022.
Rosevear, Cora. “Bound,” Juried Exhibition Catalog. Women’s Caucus for Art, 2013.
Starry Night Programs, “Artists to Look Out For,” Artists to Look Out For Catalog, 2016.
WCA January E-News. Women’s Caucus for Art, 2013.
AWARDS / GRANTS
2016 Merit - based Artist Grant, Vermont Studio Center
2012 Honorable Mention, Abstract Art Contest
2012 100 Top Artists at Artists Wanted 3rd Annual SELF Competition
2012 Windsor Whitney Biennial Award
2012 ArtSlant 1st Showcase Award
2011 ArtSlant 5th Showcase Award
2011 Artavita 17th Sculpture Award
LECTURES / CLASSES
2021 Class Visit, School 21, Paterson, NJ
2021 Class Visit, Don Bosco Technical Academy, Paterson, NJ
2013 6&4 Articulations Tour Overview
2012 Beginner Contact Improvisation
2012 Intermediate Contact Improvisation
2012 Visiting Artist Day, Fox Lane H.S.
RESIDENCIES / INTERNSHIPS
The Crit Lab Residency, Venice and Brescia, Italy
Rural Residency for Contemporary Art, Cividate Camuno, Brescia, Italy
Papermaking Residency, New Rochelle, NY
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Division Ave. Arts Collective, Grand Rapids, MI
High Concept Laboratories, Chicago, IL
Defibrillator, Chicago, IL
Salem Art Works, Salem, NY
Barbara Jones, Fiber Artist, Rushylvania, OH
Syron/Bishoff Design Studio, Rockport, MA
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Press
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Organizations
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Miranda Arts Project Space
Rockland Center for the Arts
Kenise Barnes Fine Art
Six and Four Articulations
Rockland Center for the Arts
Kenise Barnes Fine Art
Six and Four Articulations
Artists
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Performance
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Dissolving and Becoming by Caylin Janet
Fitting by B. Avery Syrig
Evolve the Present System by B. Avery Syrig
Three Beams I by Six and Four Articulations
Three Beams III by Six and Four Articulations
Sand in the Wind by Six and Four Articulations
Reflective Site Specific Piece by Six and Four Articulations
Airing Out Your Laundry by Emily Smith
Hard Knox by Laura Smith
Fitting by B. Avery Syrig
Evolve the Present System by B. Avery Syrig
Three Beams I by Six and Four Articulations
Three Beams III by Six and Four Articulations
Sand in the Wind by Six and Four Articulations
Reflective Site Specific Piece by Six and Four Articulations
Airing Out Your Laundry by Emily Smith
Hard Knox by Laura Smith