Profile
Sonya Sklaroff lives and works in New York City. She has had many solo shows in New York and throughout Europe and her work is included in prestigious private, corporate, and museum collections worldwide.
Her new work focuses on the relationship between representation, abstraction and fantasy. She is inspired by objects and scenes that she encounters in her daily life and her travels, and either paints on location or in her studio using a spontaneous and colorful layering technique. She is currently working on her upcoming one-woman exhibition.
Sklaroff has enjoyed teaching at Parsons since 1999. She graduated with a BFA in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design and has an MFA in painting from Parsons. Sklaroff has received numerous honors for her work and her paintings have been reviewed by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Edition Internationale du Figaro, Elle Deco, American Arts Quarterly, TimeOutNY, and American Artist Magazine. She has been interviewed for television and numerous podcasts including Good Morning America and Spectrum News NY1 (including Annika Pergament's "Rush Hour"). Was also recognized on HBO's And Just Like That (Sex and the City) for her work as an artist.
Her first book "Sonya Sklaroff", with a preface by the international best-selling author Harlan Coben, was published in 2014 by Livre D'Art. Her second book "Pandemic Paintings", published in 2021, has an introduction by the celebrated chef Rachael Ray. And her third book "A Love Letter to New York City" was launched at her solo exhibition at the historic Algonquin in NYC in 2022. Her catalog from her 2023 "Secrets of New York" solo show at the Algonquin, includes a preface by the best-selling author and Harvard theoretical phyisict Lisa Randall. In 2020 she was awarded a prestigious "Anonymous was a Woman" grant from the New York Foundation for the Arts.
Degrees Held
Masters of Fine Arts, Parsons School of Design, 2000.
Bachelors of Fine Arts, Rhode Island School of Design, 1992.
Recent Publications
Voyages, Limited Edition Artist Monograph, New York, NY, 2025
Escape to the Garden, Limited Edition Artist Monograph, New York, NY, 2024
A Love Letter to New York City, Limited Edition Artist Monograph, New York, NY, 2022
Pandemic Paintings, Preface by Rachael Ray, Limited Edition Artist Monograph, New York, NY, 2021
Sonya Sklaroff, Preface by Harlan Coben, Paris, France: Livre D'Art, 2014.
Performances and Appearances
Solo Exhibitions:
The Oak Room at the Algonquin, New York, NY 2022 & 2023
ArtOnLink, New York, NY 2023, '21, '20
Galerie Anagama, Versailles, France, 2019, '15, '13
Galerie Sparts, Paris, France, 2018, '16, '14, '11, '09, '07.
Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York and San Francisco, 2010, '08, '06, '04.
David Findlay Galleries, New York, NY, 2009, '06, '04.
Research Interests
Painting, Drawing, Plein Air Painting, Figure Drawing, Portrait Painting, Abstract Art, Art Criticism, Art & Architectural History, Digital Art, Watercolor Painting, Oil Painting, Figure Painting, Pastel Drawing, Color Theory, Mixed Media, Collage.
Awards And Honors
Chashama Exhibition Award Recipient, Port Authority of NY & NJ, 2024
Portrait Commisson, The Lambs, New York, 2022
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), Anonomous Was a Woman Grant, 2020.
Faculty Professional Development Grant, Parsons, 2019, 2022, 2024
Artist Scholarship, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM, 2003, 2002, 2001.
Artist Residency, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA, 1998.
Artist Residency, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL, 1998.
Artist's Studio Grant, The World Views Project, World Trade Center, New York, NY, 1999.
Artist Residency Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, 1997.
European Honors Program, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 1991.
Portfolio
http://www.SonyaSklaroff.com/