Regina Bogat
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Regina Bogat | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1928 |
| Movement | Abstract |
| Spouse | Alfred Jensen |
| Website | http://www.reginabogat.com |
Regina Bogat (born 1928) is an American abstract artist currently living and working in New Jersey.[1] Married to artist Alfred Jensen, her own artwork was often overlooked in favor of her husband's, although her work has experienced renewed interest from the art world during the past decade.[2] She is best known for the abstract paintings she made in the 1960s and 1970s using cords, wooden strips, and colorful threads.[3]
Bogat was born in Brooklyn, New York and studied at the Art Students League of New York while also attending Brooklyn College. Bogat was a docent at the Whitney for several years.[1] In 1948, Bogat married photographer Louis Dienes, but the pair later divorced. After her divorce, Bogat moved into a studio on the Bowery in lower Manhattan, where she first met Mark Rothko, who had a studio on the same floor.[1] In 1962, Bogat moved her studio to Division Street in Chinatown. After a solo show featuring her work was cancelled, Bogat decided to hang the exhibition in her Chinatown studio, inviting her circle of artist friends to attend. It was at this party where she met Alfred Jensen, 25 years her senior and already an established artist, whom she married in 1963.[1] During this time in New York, she also befriended Elaine de Kooning, Eva Hesse, Ad Reinhardt, Claes Oldenburg, and choreographers Trisha Brown and Yvonne Rainer.[1]
In 1972, Bogat, with her husband and their two children, moved to New Jersey.[1] After moving to New Jersey, she completed her bachelor's degree at Rutgers University.
