Artist Talk with Sophie Schwartz

Sophie Schwartz is an artist living and working between Brooklyn, NY and Cleveland, OH. They use collaboration as an entry point to explore grief, memory, and queer connection. Schwartz received an MFA from Yale School of Art in 2023 and a BA in Modern Culture + Media from Brown University in 2017. They were awarded the Richard Benson Prize and Harvey Geiger Travel Fellowship from Yale University and were a finalist for the 2023 Silver List, Dorothea Lange–Paul Taylor Prize, Critical Mass, and the Palm Photo Prize. Their work has been exhibited at LaMama Galleria, François Ghebaly, Benrubi Gallery, AMANITA, Penumbra Foundation, Cleveland Print Room and Silver Eye Center for Photography, among others. They’ve worked with publications including VICE, Vogue, BOOOOOOOM, WÜL Magazine, PIQUE, and Architectural Digest. Their first book was published by Tall Poppy Press in 2023. Schwartz taught at Rhode Island School of Design and Yale Norfolk School of Art and are currently faculty at New York University, Steinhardt and Penumbra Foundation.

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