To Dream, to Collect
Sofia Echa
1992 Vladivoastok, Russian Federation
2 Works exhibited
Current location
New York, USA
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Sofia Echa was born in 1992 in Vladivostok, Russia and settled in New York City in 2013 to continue her pursuit of a career in art after she received a bachelor degree in Economics and Japanese studies at Federal University of Vladivostok, Russia. She graduated from the National Academy School in New York. Before that, Sofia studied fine arts in Art School in Vladivostok and in Cambridge School Of Visual & Performing Arts, Cambridge, UK.
Her works are in private collections in the United States and Russia. She is honored to have donated work to the 2015 National Academy Gala auction honoring National Academician, Eric Fischl, with a Lifetime Achievement Award, and to the Bailey House Auction in 2016, 2017, and 2020. In September 2015, she had her first solo show in the Center of Contemporary Art Sol’ in Vladivostok, Russia, and in 2017 – the first solo show in New York (Sonia Gechtoff gallery, National Academy Museum and School). In September 2018 her work was auctioned off at the Phillips auction house in New York.
Education
2013-2016 2009 2004-2008
Studio Intensive Diploma Program, National Academy School of Fine Arts, NY, NY Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts, Cambridge, UK
Vladivostok School of Fine Arts, Russia
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Illusions of reflection, Oyster Bay Gallery, Oyster Bay, NY
2017 Traversing a Space, Sonia Gechtoff Gallery, National Academy Museum & School, New York, NY 2015 Fluidity, Sol' Center for Contemporary Art (Artetage Museum of Modern Art), Vladivostok, Russia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020
Spring pop-up show, Oakcliff Sailing Center, Oyster Bay, NY Bailey House auction, New York, NY
2019
Meadow Walk, Oakcliff Sailing Center, Oyster Bay, NY Treat America Project, Foley gallery,New York, NY Treat America Project, OSNY
Treat America project, Sattelite Art show,
Pop-in/Poppin, pop-up show,198 Allen St., New York, NY
2018
The Museum of Human Achievement, Auctin, TX
Nork, NY
New Now, Phillips auction, New
The Meadow Walk, Oakcliff Sailing Center, Oyster Bay, NY
Friends of the border, The Border project space, Brooklyn NY
LANDSCAPE: the visible feature of an area. Representation of where we inhabit, Experimental Space
gallery, Reis Studios, Queens, NY
Spring pop-up show, Oakcliff Sailing Center, Oyster Bay, NY 2017
Project space, New York, NY
Spectrum Miami Art Fair, Miami, FL
Salon Show, Rockaway Artists Alliance, sTudio 7, Fort Tilden, NY
Memories of Our Town, Maritime Garage Gallery, Norwalk, CT
Meadow Walk, Oakcliff Sailing Center, Oyster Bay, NY
Natural Selection, curated by Alison Pierz and Jamie Martinez, Galerie Protégé, New York, NY
Pop-up Exhibition, Rockaway Artists Alliance, sTudio 7, Fort Tilden, NY
54th Annual Juried Competition, curated by Gia M. Hamilton, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana Embarking on the Road of Color, Museum of Russian Art, Jersey City, NJ
Superfine! Art Fair, New York, NY
Creative Mischief, National Academy Museum, New York, NY
Bring on the Flowers, Oakcliff Sailing Center, Oyster Bay, NY
2016
Small works salon show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Fun Size, Treat Gallery, New York, NY
Fridge Art Fair, Angel Orensanz Foundation, New York, NY
Creative Mischief, curated by Maurizio Pellegrin, National Academy Museum, New York, NY The Many Colors of Spring, Oakcliff Sailing Center, Oyster Bay, NY
Bailey House Gala & Auction, Pier 60, Chelsea Piers, New York, NY
Generations X: Razzle Dazzle, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Is/Is Not, Con Artist Collective, New York, NY
2015
Juried Exhibition of Small Works, Ashok Jain Gallery, New York, NY
Open Call, Lorimoto Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Year Exhibition, Sonia Gechtoff Gallery, National Academy School of Fine Arts, NY, NY Celebrity, Con Artist Collective Gallery, New York, NY
MeadowWalk2, Oakcliff Sailing Center, Oyster Bay, NY
Wish You Were Here, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Who? Palisades, Brooklyn, NY
Year-End Exhibition, Sonia Gechtoff Gallery, National Academy School of Fine Arts, NY, NY Creative Mischief, curated by Maurizio Pellegrin, National Academy Museum, NY, NY
The Seashore, Oakcliff Sailing Center, Oyster Bay, NY
Experiments in Self-Portraiture, curated by Maurizio Pellegrin, Sonia Gechtoff Gallery, National Academy School of Fine Arts, NY, NY
Mid-Year Exhibition, Sonia Gechtoff Gallery, National Academy School of Fine Arts, NY, NY
2014
Palisades December Showcase, Palisades, Brooklyn, NY
Reflections on the Classical, curated by Maurizio Pellegrin and Filippo Fosatti, Sonia Gechtoff Gallery, National Academy School of Fine Arts, NY, NY
Postcards from New York, San Giors Hotel, Turin, Italy
Pop-up Exhibition, curated by Filippo Fosatti, Casa Menzio, Turin, Italy
Year-End Exhibition, Sonia Gechtoff Gallery, National Academy School of Fine Arts, NY, NY
Creative Mischief, curated by Maurizio Pellegrin and Filippo Fosatti, Sonia Gechtoff Gallery, National Academy School of Fine Arts, NY, NY
Mid-Year Exhibition, Sonia Gechtoff Gallery, National Academy School of Fine Arts, NY, NY
Collections
Works are held in public collections of the Artetazh Museum for Contemporary Art, Vladivostok, Russia, Angel Orensanz Foundation, New York, NY, and private collections in the USA, Asia, and Europe.
Bibliography
2019 2018
‘Naidi Lesoruba’ Magazine, pp. 32-35
2017 art-nerd.com: Natural selection comes together at Galerie Protege
Artefuse.com: Only The Naturally Selected Survive
Creative Mischief 2017 exhibition catalogue
www.nycgalleryopenings.com: Creative Mischief 2017
Residencies
SVA summer residency, New York, 2019
Treat America Project a Refreshing Survey of Contemporary Artists Across the US
Whitehot magazine: Sofia Echa's work to be auctioned at Phillips
Jay Grimm Art Advisory: Sofia Echa at 450 Park Ave
www.ksafonova.com: Sofia Echa
The Artnewspaper: Three to see
2016
nycgalleryopenings.com: Sofia Echa/ Traversing a Space
"Sofia Echa: Reflective Equilibrium", Arti Magazine, 001 Issue, September 2016
ArtSlant: Creative Mischief 2016
Artslife.com: Pursuit the front line at the National Academy
www.nycgalleryopenings.com: Fifth avenue gallery
Tribeca Citizen magazine: New Kid on the Block: Roman K Salon
"Sofia Echa: Acrylic on Metal", Arti Magazine, 000 Issue, February 2016
Far Eastern Federal University: Центр современного искусства «Соль» в ДВФУ
отмечает первую годовщину
Welcome VL Magazine: Interview with Sofia Echa
2015
www.nycgalleryopenings.com: Creative Mischief 2016
Creative Mischief 2016 exhibition catalogue, p. 23 (ill.)
I AM: International Art Masters Catalogue, pp. 52-53
OTV-prim: Во Владивостоке открылась выставка художницы из США Primamedia.ru: Нью-йоркская художница из Владивостока представила свою
персональную выставку
Primafisha: Выставка FLUIDITY открылась в Центре современного искусства СОЛЬ
Vl.ru: «Выражает цветом то, что не может сказать» — во Владивостоке открылась выставка местной художницы Софии Еча
Arthena.com Artist Interview: JanKossen Contemporary Huffington Post: JanKossen Contemporary
"Heavy and Light", Ligné Magazine, August 2015 Fresh! Young Collectors Show
ArtSlant: Fresh! Young Collectors Show
Creative Mischief 2015 exhibition catalog, p. 10 (ill.)
"National Academy Museum & School – SELF: Portraits of Artists in Their Absence" Arts Initiative Columbia University
Creative Mischief 2014 exhibition catalogue, p. 24 (ill.)
2014
Awards & Grants
2015 National Academy School of Fine Arts Scholarship
2014 National Academy School of Fine Arts Travelling Scholarship
National Academy School of Fine Arts Scholarship
Year-End Exhibition Prize, National Academy School of Fine Arts
Works by Sofia Echa
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