Chris Bogia was born in Wilmington, Delaware in 1977. He received his BFA at New York University and MFA from Yale University, and currently lives and works in Queens, NY. Bogia is the Director and co-founder of Fire Island Artist Residency (FIAR), the first LGBTQ artist residency in the world, located in Cherry Grove, on Fire Island, NY, as well as an instructor of sculpture at New York University. Bogia is the recipient of a 2018 Queens Council for the Arts grant, the 2017 Rema Hort Mann Foundation’s Artist Community Engagement Grant, the 2015 Tiffany Foundation Grant, and is a current artist-in-resident at the Queens Museum Studio Program 2016-2018. Recent exhibitions include shows at the Queens Museum, CF Hill Gallery, Stockholm, Kate Werble Gallery, Ortega y’ Gasset Projects in Brooklyn, and a solo presentation at Spring Break Art Show. Upcoming shows include a two person exhibition with Jesse Harrod at Grizzly Grizzly in Philadelphia this coming May, and Cast of Characters, curated by Liz Collins at The Bureau of General Services: Queer Division NYC this summer.  

Brian spoke with Chris on the heels of his show at the Spring Break Art Show and they spoke about his early days sneaking off to Philly and New York City, older siblings, the allure of fabric, his starting a residency, becoming an artist and much more.