747 Coronado Drive, Poinciana FL 34759
407-910-7357
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Biography
Bobbi Mastrangelo was born in Youngstown, Ohio May 16, 1937.
Education
BS Elementary Education, SUNY Buffalo, NY; Art Studies at SUNY Stony Brook, NY; Printmaking at Suffolk Community College Selden, NY; studied printmaking with Gail Cohen Edelman, Clare Romano, John Ross and Dan Welden. Paper making at Manhattan Graphics Center & Women’s Studio Workshop of Rosendale, NY.
Teaching
1959-1966 Taught Elementary Grades: Smithtown Central School District
1989-1999 Title I Tutor K – 5: Smithtown Elementary School, Smithtown NY
Art Theme
Media Style
Awards, Distinctions
2020 “Women in the Arts” One of 3 Local Finalists, Orlando Public Library, Florida
2020 “The Genius of Women in the Arts” Third Place, Local Finalists,
Orlando FL Public Library
2018 Esther M. Bjeldanes Memorial Award for Sculpture Nat Association of Women Artists
2015 Daughters of the American Revolution: National Women in the Arts Award
2014 “Best of Show” FL Orlando Museum of Art’s 1st Thurs. Exhibit: “Inside/Out”
2014 Fifth Place http://www.lightspacetime.com/cityscapes-
2010 The NRDC (Nat. Resources Defense Council ) Environmental Art Prize
2009 First Place Award in Sculpture: Osceola Center for the Arts, Kissimmee FL
2008 Third Place Award in Mixed Media: Osceola Center for the Arts, Kissimmee FL
2007 “Sewer Hall of Fame” www.sewerhistory.org
2005 First Place Award in Sculpture: Osceola Center for the Arts, Kissimmee, FL
1998+ “Who’s Who in America” and “Who’s Who in the World”
1997 Aida Whedon Memorial Award: Nat Association of Women Artists, NYC.
1994 Hall of Fame Award (Art & Envir. Achievement) Maryvale H S: Cheektowaga, NY
1994 + 1992 SOS Grants; NY Foundation for the Arts & East End Arts Council
1992 Eve Helman Award: Nat Association of Women Artists, NYC.
1991+ “Who’s Who in American Art” “Who’s Who of American Women” (Marquis)
Solo Exhibitions
2019 “Grate Works of Art” The Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
2016-2017 “Plastics Undercover”- “Grate Works of Art” Orlando FL History Center
2013 “Manhole Messages” % Islip Art Museum at Mac Arthur Airport, Ronkonkoma, NY
2011 “Water Works” Toho Water Authority Gallery: Kissimmee FL
2004 “Underfoot: Manhole & Other Covers” Attleboro Industrial Museum, MA
1998 “Grate Works” Baltimore, MD: Museum of Public Works
1997 “Permanent Collection of Grate Works” Islip Art Museum: East Islip, NY
1994 “Manhole Covers” Invitational, N Y Hall of Science: Corona
Group Exhibitions
2024 “In the Round” (Mastrangelo’s Orlando Covers sculptures) Orlando City Hall, FL Chapter of NAWA
2022 “Dream Shapes” Florida Sculptors Guild at Osceola Arts, Kissimmee FL
2020 “The Genius of Women in the Arts” Orlando FL Public Library
2016 “Sight Unseen: Touchable Sculpture” Albin Polasek Museum, Winter Park FL
2014 “Best of the Best” (1st Thursday: June) Orlando Museum of Art, Florida
2014 “Inside/Out (1st Thursday: May) Orlando Museum of Art, Florida
2013 “Art in a Time of Climatological Catastrophe” WEAD Juried Exhibition
2012 “A Way With Words: Text in Art” Heckscher Museum of Art: Huntington, NY
2010 “Water S(our)ce” Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center: Buford, GA
2004 “NY Collects Buffalo State” Burchfield-Penney Art Center: Buffalo, NY
1999 “Winners Showcase Exhibit” Smithtown, NY Arts Council
1995 ”Listen to the Earth” (Invitational) Hamilton College: Clinton, NY
1992 “City Views” Staller Arts Center SUNY: Stony Brook, NY
Web Presence/Media
2021 “Grate Expectations” by Rona Gindin, Orlando Arts Magazine, Sept./Oct.
2021 Avant, Women in the Arts Podcast interview of Bobbi Mastrangelo by Natalia Guerrero
2019 Bobbi Mastrangelo by Connie Sue White: Orlando Arts Magazine May/June 2019
2015 “Q and A with a Grate Artist” by Mary Joye Today and Tonight Magazine: May 2015
2015 “Turning Manhole Covers Into Art” by Barb Sieminski, The Municipal
2010 “Passion for Paper” by Sally Hansell Fiber Arts Mag. Jan/Feb. 2010
2007 “Cause & Effect” by Sam Edsell, Mental Contagion (Sept: interview)
2007 “Artist of the Month (March) at OCFTA” by Sara Sheckler Orlando Sentinel
2003 “Beauty Under Foot” by Anna Baskakova TV Park (TV Guide) Moscow, Russia
2002 Cover Girl” by Caryn Eve Murray, Newsday, Li Life: Vital Signs
2001 “Finding Beauty in the Grate Beyond” by Michael Ollove, The Baltimore Sun”
2000 – 2015+ Archives, Moscow website for: “Sewers of the World, Unite,” Russia
1999 “Art Review” by Helen Harrison New York Times (10/10)
1998 “Manhole Art” Oxymoron, The Fringe: Oxbridge Com.
1990 “The Manhole is the Message” by Susan Howard, Newsday Part II:
Radio-Television
2013 “Grate Works of Art” WUCF-TV PBS Artisode # 108 November 21, 2013
1998 Channel 12 “The Artist & Grate Works” Reporter, Sara Muller Long Island News 12:
1986 – 989 WUSB FM Manhole Art Interviews by W. Skretch, L. Stevens, and B. Connelly
1987 L. I. News, Channel 12 “Manhole Covers Fascinate St. James Artist” R. Gomez
1983 Inside Newsday, Channel 6 “Manhole Art ” Live Interview by Karen Hasby
Professional Memberships
Collectors