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Also known as Vardea Chryssa, Varden Chryssa, Varden M. Chryssa, Vardea M. Chryssa, Chryssa Vardea Mavromichali, V. Chryssa, Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichaeli, Varda Chryssa

Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali (; December 31, 1933 – December 23, 2013) was a Greek American artist who worked in a wide variety of media. An American art pioneer in light art and luminist sculpture, known for her neon, steel, aluminum and acrylic glass installations, she always used the mononym Chryssa professionally. She worked from the mid-1950s in New York City studios and worked since 1992 in the studio she established in Neos Kosmos, Athens, Greece.

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1933
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Artist.name
Chryssa
Artist.image
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Artist.birth_name
Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali
Artist.birth_place
Athens, Greece
Artist.death_place
Athens, Greece
Artist.education
Académie de la Grande Chaumière, California School of Fine Arts
Artist.field
Luminist sculpture

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date of death
2013-01-01
date of birth
1933-01-01
Commons category
Chryssa
start of work period
1955-01-01
end of work period
1999-01-01
pseudonym
Chryssa Vardea Mauromichalē
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36 objects attributed to Chryssa, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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  • Biography
  • Major works and milestones
  • 1957–1969
  • From 1972
  • Monographs
  • Exhibitions and collections
  • Solo exhibitions
  • Group exhibitions
  • Collections
  • References

Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali (; December 31, 1933 – December 23, 2013) was a Greek American artist who worked in a wide variety of media. An American art pioneer in light art and luminist sculpture, known for her neon, steel, aluminum and acrylic glass installations, she always used the mononym Chryssa professionally. She worked from the mid-1950s in New York City studios and worked since 1992 in the studio she established in Neos Kosmos, Athens, Greece.

==Biography== Chryssa was born in Athens into the famous Mavromichalis family from the Mani Peninsula. Her family, while not rich, was educated and cultured; one of her sisters, who studied medicine, was a friend of the poet and novelist Nikos Kazantzakis. Shortly before her birth, Chryssa's father died, she was raised by her mother and two older sisters.

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