Veronika Golova is a Czech-American visual artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She has a BFA from SUNY New Paltz and an MFA from Brooklyn College. Currently, she is a Ph.D. student at IDSVA in Visual Arts: Philosophy, Aesthetics, and Art Theory and she is the Director of Operations at the School of Visual Arts, MFA Design. She taught basic design, drawing, and color at Brooklyn College and was a Project Manager for the Brooklyn College Vice President’s Office for Institutional Advancement. Veronika was also a restoration artist at the 9/11 Memorial and an artist assistant. Her studio is at J&M Studios, Brooklyn. 

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EDUCATION

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2021 - present

Ph.D. in Visual Arts: Philosophy, Aesthetics, and Art Theory (student)

Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts

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2014 

Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing

Brooklyn College City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY

 

2011     

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing, Cum Laude

SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY

 

2008     

Associate in Liberal Arts and Sciences with Honors

Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY

 

2007     

Honor Program Certificate

Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY

 

EXHIBITIONS

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2021

Mostly Monochrome, virtual

SVA All-Staff Art Show, virtual

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2020

SVA All-Staff Art Show, virtual

WIP: Women in Paint, DUMBO, Brooklyn

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2019    

Slight Disruptions: Sculpture, Bushwick Open Studios 2019, Brooklyn, NY

My Kingdom for Baked Alaska, Woodside Presbyterian Church, Troy, NY

Under the Magnifying Glass, Gallery Cubed, DUMBO, Brooklyn

SVA All-Staff Art Show, SVA Gramercy Gallery, New York, NY

ART Crawl Block Party, Bushwick, Brooklyn

Bluets, Bushwick, Brooklyn

Gather, ARTBAR Gallery, Kingston, NY 

 

2018    

Sometimes, a Beautiful Disaster, solo show at Finback Brewery, Queens, NY     

Bye Bye Painting, Hello Sculpture, Bushwick Open Studios 2018, Brooklyn, NY

SVA All-Staff Show, SVA Gramercy Gallery, New York, NY

Jolie Laide, solo show at McCarren Park Center, Brooklyn, NY

Spring Art Show, Basementtown, Brooklyn, NY

 

2017    

SVA All-Staff Show, SVA Gramercy Gallery, New York, NY

 

2016    

56th Annual Artist’s Alpine Holiday Fine Art Show, Ouray, CO

– 1st place Mixed Media

 

2015    

Veronika Golova, the Cup, Wantagh, Long Island, NY

Dutchess-Ulster Go Red for Women Luncheon auction, Poughkeepsie, NY

Convergence, Brooklyn, NY

 

2014    

The Monstrous Feminine, MOP, Brooklyn, NY

Back in Situ, or Turns, Centotto, Brooklyn, NY

Admit to Bitter: one of a kind art fashion and accessories, South Street Seaport, New York, NY

Possible as a Pair of Shoes: Brooklyn College 2014 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Showroom Gowanus Gallery, curated by Sharon Butler, Brooklyn, NY

Artificial Light: School of Visual, Media and Performing Arts, the office of Dean Maria Conelli, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY

 

2013    

Brooklyn College Foundations Auction, Brooklyn, NY

 

2012    

Pohadka: Thesis Exhibition, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY

Freak Show, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY

Reject Show, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY

 

2011    

Artist of the Month, Catskill Art Supply, Poughkeepsie, NY

 

2010    

Wet Paint Show, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY

Unplugged, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY

Raw and Unleashed, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY

 

2008    

Juried Student Show, juried by faculty, four consecutive semesters, Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
 

2023     Lecturer, Writing Workshop for Designers, SVA, New York, NY

2016     Adjunct Lecturer, Basic Design, Drawing and Color, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY

2015     Adjunct Lecturer, Drawing I, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY

 

AWARDS AND HONORS

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2023

Distinguished Staff of the Year Nominee, SVA, New York, NY

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2022

Media Appearance in Hyperallergic

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2019

Meeting House Resident, Troy, NY

NYC Crit Club member, Brooklyn, NY

 

2016     

1st place Mixed Media at the 56th Annual Artist’s Alpine Holiday Fine Art Show, Ouray, CO

 

2015     

Vermont Studio Center Resident, Johnson, VT

Guest Artist Lecture, Slide Night, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

 

2014     

Dean of School of Fine Arts Award - For outstanding grades and services to the Art Department, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY

Class President, MFA Visual Art, Class of 2014, Brooklyn College

Thesis Exhibition Committee, organizing 2014 group thesis show

 

2013     

Cerf Award, Walker Fine Arts Fund, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY

Tuition Award, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY

Guest Artist Lecture, New Materials course, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY

 

2012     

Selected for display at the SUNY New Paltz home of the president of SUNY New Paltz, Donald P. Christian

 

2011     

Painting Department Student Government Representative in the Student Art Alliance