Stringing the Pieces Together and Keeping Them Close

Born in Oxford, England (1986), Safran-Hon grew up in Haifa, Israel. She received her BA Summa Cum Laude from Brandeis University, 2008, in Studio Art and Art History and an MFA from Yale University School of Art in 2010. Safran-Hon attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2012 and Art Omi residency in 2016. She had solo exhibitions at Slag Gallery, NYC, Brandt Gallery, Amsterdam, Marfa Contemporary, Marfa, TX, and group shows at the Haifa Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, Queens Museum, Islip Museum, Marianne Boesky Gallery, P.P.O.W Gallery, and Asya Geisberg Gallery, as well as at NURTURE art and Momenta Art, Brooklyn. In addition, Safran-Hon was a visiting artist at Haverford College, Montclair State University, Towson University, Swarthmore College, Yale University, and Vassar College. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

Naomi Safran-Hon creates work that makes gripping statements about the fragility of human experience, the complicated nature of one's home, and the vicissitudes of collective identities. Safran-Hon's process lingers at the intersection of drawing, photography, sculpture, and painting with a focus on the internal energy of the material, continuously emboldening the viewer to look beyond the surface.