RESUME

RESUME

Sophie Grant (b. 1985 in Santa Cruz, CA) is based in New York City. She received her BA in Painting from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2008, completed her MFA at Hunter College in 2015, and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2015. She has been a former participant in Shandaken’s Paint School, The Hercules Art Studio Program, and The Keyholder Program at the Lower East Side Printshop in New York, NY, as well as a former resident at The Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna, FL, The Pajama Factory in Williamsport, PA, and Painting’s Edge in Idyllwild, CA. 

EDUCATION

2015 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME

2015 MFA, Hunter College, New York, NY

2008 BFA Art, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

2006 Art History EAP, Accent Center, Rome, Italy

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2024

Summer Stance, Linnea Gad, Sophie Grant, Naima Green & Harry Schleiff, Astor Weeks, New York, NY

2022

Shandaken Projects 10th Anniversary Benefit Exhibition, New York, NY

2020

Art Mutters, Triangle Arts Association, New York, NY

Night Swim, Good Naked Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2019

Mushrooms, Y2k Group, New York, NY

Summer Group show, Y2k Group, New York, NY

2018

Paint School, The Flag Art Foundation, New York, NY

Spring Break Art Show 2018: Black Mirror, New York, NY, Curated by Emily Davidson and Sam Strand

Return to Light, Green Door Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Curated by Elisa Jensen

Gigantic Brain: TWOFORTY, Brooklyn, NY, Curated by Amanda Turner Pohan and Natalee Cayton

2017

Heart Note, Matinee Projects, New York, NY (solo)

Sun Screen, Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY, Curated by Paul John

Underdonk Selects, Underdonk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Westside Exposure, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY, Curated by Michelle Donnelly and Melinda Lang

Spread, Left Field Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA, Curated by Cal Siegel

Personals, Skowhegan Program Space, NewYork, NY

We The Watchers Are Bodies, New York, NY, curated by Natasha Marie Llorens

Whitney Houston Biennial, Chashama, New York, NY, Curated by C. Finley

2016

As the Crow Flies, Hercules, curated by Andrea Woodner, New York, NY

High Desert, Inner Space, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa FE, NM

Hercules Art Studio Program Inaugural Exhibition, Hercules New York, NY, curated by Andrea Woodner

2015

Underdonk Selects, Underdonk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Impossible Geometries, Field Projects, New York, NY, Curated by Lauren Haynes

Whomsoeveror Wheresoever May Rest The Present, RSOAA, Brooklyn, NY

Inside/Outside: Works from the Skowhegan Archives , Waterville, ME, Curated by Michelle Grabner

Hand, Finger, Digit, The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT, Curated by Michelle Grabner

Right of Window, Underdonk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, (Two Person show with Jenna Westra)

Hunter MFA Thesis Exhibition, NewYork, NY

NEW WORK NEW YORK , St. Nick ʼ s Alliance, Brooklyn, NY, Curated by Kat Griefen

2014

Lip, Mouth, Neck, Shoulder, Belly, Foot , Temporary Agency, Brooklyn, NY

Art Not Without___, Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Whitney Houston Biennial: Iʼ m Every Woman , 20 Jay St, Brooklyn, NY

2013

Split Me Open With Devotion, Little V, New York, NY

2012

450 W. 41st > MIMA, MIMA Outdoor screen, New York, NY

HelloEarth, The Loom Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2011

196 Guernsey , Guernsey Space, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Lauren Haynes

2010 Factory Fresh , The Pajama Factory, Williamsport, PA

Heed the Machine Illustrious, former St.Cecilia's Convent, Brooklyn, NY

Sensational Remix, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY

The Drawing Room, Mireille Mosler Ltd., New York, NY

2009

Edge: 31 Santa Barbara Artists Respond, Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

2008

Painting ʼs Edge 2008, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA

Solo Show, Moser Alumni House, Santa Barbara, CA, Curated by Harry Reese (solo)

RESIDENCIES, FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS

2021 Panel Conversation with Lisa Sigal, Instagram Live Studio Visit, The Drawing Center, New York, NY

2021 The Drawing Center Viewing Program 20/21

2021 Interlude Artist Residency, Livingston, NY

2017 Shandaken Paint School, New York, NY

2016 Lower East Side Printshop Keyholder Residency, New York, NY

2016 Hercules Art Studio Program, New York, NY

2016 Artist in Residence, Hunter College Ceramics Department, New York, NY

2015 Atlantic Center for the Arts Master-In-Residence, New Smyrna Beach, FL

2013 Kossak Painting Travel Grant, Hunter College, New York, NY

2010 The Pajama Factory Residency, Williamsport, PA

2008 Paintingʼs Edge Residency, Idyllwild, CA

2008 URCA Grant, Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Grant, Santa Barbara, CA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

“Art Papers”, Disappearing Into Motherhood A Creative Framework for Artmaking, Mathilde Walker-Billaud, May 2021

"The New York Times", Matt Chaban, May 30, 2016

"New American Paintings", No. 116, Northeast Issue, (Juror: Michelle Grabner), 2015

“Hunted: Reach Out and Touch Someone” essay by Katie Schwab, The Artistʼs Institute, 2015

“Art Matters, A Biennial With Another Whitney in Mind”, The New York Times, Fiorella Valdesolo, March 7, 2014

“Hunter Open Studio Review”, Art, And Then Some, Bonniekate.com, Bonnie Kate, November 27, 2012

“Editor Pick”, Flavorpill, Patrick Letterelii, March 2, 2012

“Art on Display at Historically Rich 196 Guernsey,” The Greenpoint Gazette, Kylie Wakefield, August 25, 2011

TEACHING

2022-Present Adjunct Assistant Professor, Baruch College

2022-Present Adjunct Assistant Professor, Pace University