Christine DeFazio
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Christine DeFazio Arts
Urban Surreal Pop Art
Christine DeFazio is an art educator and artist working in the Bronx focusing on Urban Arts. She has degrees in Art History and was the Director of Michael Hall Fine Arts, where she wrote several catalogs on 19th Century and Renaissance Sculpture. She is a licensed appraiser and has worked with Sotheby's.
Her Pop Art artwork focuses on capturing the psyche of her sitters, often caught in a dilemma expressed through allegory or myth with a touch of Surrealism. She aims to convey stories of love, longing and despair, through her imagery of the female form. She just recently participated in a Conceptual Art performance based group exhibition at the School of Visual Arts, creating a series based on the theme of Black Hearts and Rotten Apples.
Exhibitions
Fire and Wind, Vanderplas Gallery, New York, NY, 2021
Art at the Vineyard, Absinthe Gallery, Pennington, NJ 2021
Urban Portraits, Brooklyn Art Cave, Brooklyn, NY, 2021
Alchemy of Emotions, Art Mansion, Montclair, NJ, 2021
Art Against Human Trafficking, Empty Set Gallery, New York, NY, 2021
NFiniTe Art Show, One Art Space, New York, NY 2022
Yonkers Artist Showcase, Yonkers, NY, 2022
Whose Body Do You Think It Is?, AIR Gallery, Exhibition and Benefit Auction, Brooklyn, NY 2022
Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ, 2022
Giving Light: An Arts for Social Justice Exhibit, BronxArtSpace, 2022
The Color of Nature, Stabile Gallery, Ridgefield Park, NJ, 2022
Femturistic, The Future of Women in Art, Blue Gallery, December, 2022
Interviews
Yonkers Arts, 2022 https://youtu.be/VW85aA6FLfE
Performances
Black Hearts and Rotten Apples, SVA, 2021
Art Battle Live Painting, sponsored by Up Magazine, Sour Mouse, NY, 2022
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Professional History
My Qualifications
Visual Arts Teacher, NYC Dept. of Education
Visual Arts teacher at all levels, preK-grade 12
Lincoln Center, Arts in the Middle, Coordinator
Astor Fellowship, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
2001-present
Appraisal Coordinator, Sotheby's
USPAP licensed appraiser, Degree New York University
Appraiser of Fine Arts and Antiques for insurance, fair market value and estate purposes
1999-2001
Director, Michael Hall Fine Arts, Inc.
Collection management and cataloging
Sales and marketing of artworks
Represented gallery at exhibitions in the US and internationally
Author of exhibition catalogs
Client relations
1992-1999
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Education
BA, SUNY Stony Brook
Art History, Art Criticism, Studio Art, Philosophy, French
1988-1992
MA, Hunter College
Art History
1994-1997
MS, CCNY
Art Education
2001-2004

