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REVIEW EVENTS FROM 2006

DECEMBER 9th 2006
VARGA a-GO-GO - Disco - GoGo & The NEW VARGA Girls

Friday, November 17th, 2006 @ 8pm - OH-Livia Maxwell

See Madame Maxwell sing her original avant garde folk tunes
LIVE at the Living Room - 154 Ludlow Street corner of Stanton & Rivington
10PM Friday, December 29th




"The Ultimate Art Experience"
begins Saturday, November 11 at 5pm
DJ Neuro spinning
featuring performances by Laura Pepitone and Liana Turner

"the laura pepitone show"

The October 2006 Show


Woodstock Artist Studio Tour - Saturday October 7th & Sunday October 8th

VARGA Gallery & Studio presents "Pixelations"
Reception at 5pm Saturday, October 7th.
The Pixelation Series infuses mosaic tiles of paper, vinyl & canvas cutouts
with small found objects in oil and mixed media paintings.
Works range from small, jewel-like pieces to expansive, wall-engulfing compositions.

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
VARGA Gallery CELEBRATES 3 YEAR ANNIVERSARY with an
Outdoor Art Exposition with acoustic open performances
(music, spoken word, public oratorios) on a small, beautiful stage

VARGAstock SUMMERstage
FRIDAY May 26th "IN THE HOUSE"
FRESH ART Opening 6 - 9pm
Featuring artists Aurora, Bruce Anderson, Anthony Cantone, Jeremy Hoffeld, Lenny Kislin, Anthony Krauss,
James McColgan, Linda Trinkle, Eeo Stubblefield, Su Van Exel, John Van Orsouw & Christina Varga and more!.

SATURDAY, May 27th VARGASTOCK SummerStage
4 - 8pm Music, Art, Open Mic, Party
featuring improvizational ambient jazz ensemble 3rd Coming & Open Mic

The Men's Show - Friday, March 31st from 6 - 9pm @ VARGA
*click here for participating artists*

4th Annual Woodstock Goddess Festival March 10 - 17th

February 2006 Women's Exhibition - Owning It: Our Feminine Divine


The Triptych at
Cathedral Church of
Saint John the Divine


Winter 2005/2006

VARGA Triptych

on display at the
Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine

HTTP://WWW.STJOHNDIVINE.ORG

Click here
to see images of the installation

KEN & JULIE Folk Music in Woodstock!

Memorial Day Weekend 2005
WOODSTOCK OPEN AIR ART FAIR - ALL DAY LONG! ALL OVER WOODSTOCK
Artists all over town set up on local lawns on a strolling tour through the community.
READ THE PRESS RELEASE!

Mike X Rose - The Incredible Exploding Artist
Magnolia Santibanez Vague a L'Ame
Woodstock Poetry Festival Presents...
Margret Avery Performs!!!

THE LITTLE PRINCE
A performance of St. Exupery's Classic
Starring Michael Strong, Christina Starobin & Carol Fijan as Puppeteer

SPIV - Sham's Band

CARL WELDEN "Dances with Werewolves"
"The musical, maskful, consciosly schizophrenic shapeshifting of local lycanthrope Carl Welden
is known to leave his audiences hooting with laughter, weeping with revelation and cheering for encores.
You will be mesmerized by his talent for melding the bizarre with the uplifting"
-Brian Mahoney, Editor CHRONOGRAM magazine

THE TAO OF CREATIVITY - Andre and Judy de Zanger Ph.D. Authors of "The Tao of Creativity"

MARK & MAGGIE - Traditional English Folk Music ~ We remember Mark

SHACHAR EFRATI - singer, poet, performer
An extraordinary performer for our time! Unusually gripping and poignant.
Poetry, prose, songs and stories hurtled into space from the black hole of life experience.

SHANNON! Electrifying Live Hottie Shakin' her $$$ Maker

WOODSTOCK TATTOO & BODY ARTS FESTIVAL 2003 & 2004
Tattoo & Lowbrow Artists from around the world show their sacred/seditious sides.

VARGASTOCK 2003 / 2004 / 2005
Outdoor art displays, music guests & exhibitions!
Area musicians, poets, renegades and guerillas!

VARGA Gallery & Studio opened in Woodstock in June of 2003.
and is the primary exhibitions space for works by Christina Varga.
Varga's work has also been exhibited in at least the following shows:

Hudson Valley Area exhibitions
Woodstock Artists Association, MAGIC - juried - February 2006
Phonecia Upstairs Arts, Phonecia, NY Monthly since October 2005
Woodstock Artists Association, September 2005
ASK Found Object Show, September 2005
Phonecia Arts Upstairs, August 2005
Farfetched Gallery, Kingston, NY July 2005
Phonecia Upstairs Art, Phonecia, NY June 2005
Resurgence Conference on Earth & Religion,
Bard College - Olin Auditorium, June 2005
Joyous Lake Blacklight Art Exhibition, Woodstock, NYJune 2005
Art Society of Kingston "The Sky's the Limit" Gala Fundraiser, Kingston, NY May 2005
Studio 8 Gallery, Kingston, NY- February 2005
Woodstock Guild's Red Hot Show @ the Kleinert, Woodstock, NY February 2005
Woodstock Guild's Members Show @ the Kleinert, Woodstock, NY December 2004
Woodstock Gallery of Art Propagands & War exhibition,Woodstock, NY September 2004
Woodstock Tattoo Festival, Woodstock, NY September 2004
Woodstock Tattoo Festival, Woodstock, NY 2003
Woodstock Artists Studio Tour, Woodstock, NY 2003
Goddess Festival, Legends of Woodstock, Woodstock, NY 2002

VARGA is a member of the following organizations:
Art Society of Kingston - ASK
Woodstock Artist Association
Woodstock Chamber of Arts & Commerce
The Woodstock Guild & Byrdcliffe Art Colony- Kleinert/James
Bardavon Performance Center

New York City Solo Exhibitions
Go, NYC 2002
Saada, Upper East Side, NYC 2001
Manhattan Theatre Source, West Village, NYC 2000
The Vault, Chaos, Lower East Side, NYC 2000
Parlay, East Village, NYC 2000
MTV Networks, Times Square, NYC 1999
Jonathan Marx Gallery, SoHo, NYC 1999
Reza Namazi Gallery SoHo, NYC 1999
Life, Greenwich Village, NYC 1999
Shine - Tribeca, NYC 1999
Fred's Beauty Chelsea, NYC 1999
NV/289 Soho, NYC, 1998 - 2000

New York City Group Exhibitions
LadyFest East, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn 2002
Estrogenius, Manhattan Theatre Source Washington Square Park, NYC 2000
NY International Independent Film & Video Festival, Madison Square Garden, NYC 1999

Commissioned Works
Refurbishment of Whitehead Memorial, Artists' Cemetery, Woodstock, NY 2003
Bamboo Mural & theme Asia Roma, Tribeca, NYC, 2001
Nightime Ceiling mosaic - The Vault at Chaos, Lower East Side, NYC, 1999
Alien Paintings - MTV Movie Awards, Los Angeles, CA 1998

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