Sophy Naess - Yale School of Art

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Sophy Naess, Senior Critic in Painting/Printmaking

Ms. Naess received a B.F.A. in painting from Cooper Union in 2004 and an M.F.A. in painting from Rutgers University in 2013. She has taught painting and printmaking at schools including Konsthögskolan Valand in Gothenburg, Sweden, and at Cooper Union. Recent exhibitions include a solo at 321 Gallery in Brooklyn, and group shows at The New School, Chapter NY, and Matthew Marks Gallery in New York City. She has been artist in residence at the Shandaken Project, NY; The Brooklyn Arts Council’s SU CASA program at the Bay Ridge Senior Center in Brooklyn, and at The Range, CO. A number of her publications are available through Printed Matter. Ms. Naess was appointed lecturer in painting/printmaking at Yale in 2016.

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