Exhibition Themes
Bobbi Mastrangelo has participated in variety of challenging themes. Her “Grate
Works” covered many of the topics below.
| Anti-litter Action | Grids, Grates, and Drains | Street Scapes |
| *Art Happenings | Manhole Covers | Trash into Art |
| Chimney Covers | Mundane Objects | Water Purity |
| City Views | Pollution and Prevention | Water Supply |
| Conservation of Resources | Recycling | Water Covers |
| Environmental Protection | Sidewalk Scenes | Water Works |
*Art Happenings included working with groups of all ages for creating rubbings of manhole covers, writing about the experience and painting manhole covers. With advance planning a curator or director and the artist could create an unusual and fascinating exhibition.
Solo Exhibitions
- 2005 “Sewers of the World, Unite” (View
Here)
- 2004 “Underfoot: Manhole and Other Covers”
Attleboro Industrial Museum, Massachusetts
- 2003 “Grate Works” Toast Gallery Port Jefferson, NY
- 1998 “Grate Works” Baltimore, MD: Museum of Public Works
- 1997 “Recent Acquisitions from the Permanent
Collection”
Islip Art Museum: East Islip, NY
- 1994 “Manhole Covers” - Invitational, N Y Hall
of Science: Corona
- 1993-1999 “Water Works III” - Suffolk County (NY) Water Authority
Group Exhibitions
- 2004 “NY Collects Buffalo State” Burchfield-Penney
Art Center: Buffalo
- 2003 “The Catharine Lorillard Wolf Art Club", NY 107th Exhibition
- 2002 “Inspired by the Land” Attleboro MA. Museum
- 1999 “Winners Showcase Exhibit” Smithtown, NY Arts Council
- 1995 “Listen to the Earth” (Invitational) Emerson Gallery,
Hamilton College: Clinton, NY
- 1992 “City Views” Staller Arts Center SUNY: Stony Brook, NY
