Regina Bogat | |
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| Born | 1928 (age 97–98) |
| Movement | Abstract |
| Spouse | Alfred Jensen |
| Website | http://www.reginabogat.com |
Regina Bogat (born 1928) is an American abstract artist currently living and working inNew Jersey.[1] Married to artistAlfred Jensen, her own artwork was often overlooked in favor of her husband's, although her work has experienced renewed interest from the art world during the past decade.[2] She is best known for the abstract paintings she made in the 1960s and 1970s using cords, wooden strips, and colorful threads.[3]
Bogat was born inBrooklyn,New York and studied at theArt Students League of New York while also attendingBrooklyn College. Bogat was a docent at theWhitney for several years.[1] In 1948, Bogat married photographer Louis Dienes, but the pair later divorced. After her divorce, Bogat moved into a studio on the Bowery in lower Manhattan, where she first metMark Rothko, who had a studio on the same floor.[1] In 1962, Bogat moved her studio to Division Street in Chinatown. After a solo show featuring her work was cancelled, Bogat decided to hang the exhibition in her Chinatown studio, inviting her circle of artist friends to attend. It was at this party where she metAlfred Jensen, 25 years her senior and already an established artist, whom she married in 1963.[1] During this time in New York, she also befriendedElaine de Kooning,Eva Hesse,Ad Reinhardt,Claes Oldenburg, and choreographersTrisha Brown andYvonne Rainer.[1]
In 1972, Bogat, with her husband and their two children, moved to New Jersey.[1] After moving to New Jersey, she completed her bachelor's degree at Rutgers University.
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Bogat has been productive throughout her entire career and continues to make work today. She has exhibited in the United States and in Europe and her work is included in museum collections. She was included in the 1973 exhibition,Women choose Women curated byLucy Lippard at the New York Cultural Center. In 2014, the Blanton Museum (Austin, TX) acquired a major workCord Painting 14, 1977. In 2015, Regina Bogat was invited by Sarah Cain to be part of her solo exhibition,SARAH CAIN Blue in your Body, Red when it hits the Air, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA. In 2017, Karen Wright invited Regina Bogat to participate inEntangled: Threads & Making at theTurner Contemporary, Margate, UK. In 2017, Kelly Baum, a curator of contemporary art atThe Metropolitan Museum of Art (NY) included Regina in the major exhibition,Delirious: Art at the Limits of Reason, 1950 – 1980 at the Met Breuer withCord Painting 15, 1977, a work which had just been acquired by The Metropolitan Museum. In 2017, her workThe Phoenix and The Mountain no.2, 1980, was acquired by theCentre Pompidou. In 2019, she was elected as a member of theNational Academy of Design.
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