소냐 스클라로프(Sonya Sklaroff), 미국, 화가, 1970-현재
뉴욕에 살고 있는 '소냐 스클라로프'는 뉴욕시의 도시 풍경으로 잘 알려진 현대화가입니다. 대담하고 강렬한 색을 많이 사용한 추상적인 작품에는, 고층건물과 창문을 이용해 도시의 특징인 수직이 잘 살아 있습니다.
그리고 보색과 빛과 어둠의 대비가 강조되어 있죠. 특히 뉴욕의 화려한 건물 옥상이라든지, 숲 속, 어두운 골목 등에는 어김없이 로맨틱한 뉴요커들이 숨어있답니다.
그들은 도시의 공원에서 사랑의 키스를 나누고, 도시의 선탠을 즐기고, 파티도 하면서 뉴욕을 즐기고 있습니다.
Abour Her
“Making art is my purpose. More than just what I do, art is a big part of who I am. Painting is how I express my true self, the authentic me.
Sometimes people ask how I find inspiration. I don’t. Inspiration finds me. I can wake up in the morning, look in the mirror, and find that it is inspiration looking back at me, as somehow the face reflected just doesn’t feel familiar and I paint it to capture that unnerving feeling. Months into the pandemic I came across my neighbor who hadn’t shaved since the lockdown began – the portrait begged to be painted. Trapped in my apartment with the city shut down, I daydreamed of going dancing. So ballroom dancing on a twilit rooftop emerged on my canvas.
How fortunate I am to know, without question, my role in this world. How grateful I am to find so many people who relate to the stories I tell through my work. How lucky I am that my profession can draw creativity from the world around us in times both good and bad.”
Sonya Sklaroff lives and works in New York City. Her paintings have been exhibited worldwide in galleries and museums and are represented in public and private collections including the Phillips Museum of Art, the Cahoon Museum of Art, the Consul General of France, the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Brown-Forman Corporation (parent company of Jack Daniels), FactSet Research Systems, Clarins USA, Fannie Mae, the US Department of Homeland Security, and the US Department of State.
She received her BFA in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design and participated in RISD’s prestigious European Honors Program. She earned her MFA in painting from Parsons School of Design. She has completed numerous artist-in-residency programs including Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Ragdale Foundation, Vermont Studio Center, Santa Fe Art Institute, and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s World Views Project, where Sklaroff was awarded a 9-month studio space on the 91st floor of Tower One of the World Trade Center.
Sklaroff was awarded the prestigious Anonymous was a Woman grant from the New York Foundation for the Arts in 2020.
Her first artist book, “Sonya Sklaroff” was published in 2014, which includes an introduction by the celebrated best-selling author, Harlan Coben.
Her second limited edition artist monograph, “Pandemic Paintings” was published in 2021, with a preface by celebrity chef, Rachael Ray.
Her third artist monograph, “A Love Letter to New York City” was released at her solo exhibition at the Algonquin in April 2022.
“Secrets of New York” her most recent one-woman exhibition was held at The Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel. It highlighted parts of New York City that is unfamiliar to many. A color catalog accompanied the exhibition with a forward by theoretical physicist and best-selling author, Lisa Randall.
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