American, 1926 - 2018
Born in 1926, Sonia Gechtoff earned a BFA from the Philadelphia Museum School of Art. She lives and works in New York City and is represented by 871 Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA.
Recent one-person exhibitions include M.H. De Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco; Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles; Poindexter Gallery, New York; Albright College, PA; Cortella Gallery, New York; Gruenebaum Gallery, New York; Kraushaar Galleries, New York; Anita Shapolsky Gallery; and Skidmore College. Selected group exhibitions include The Young Americans, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art; Young America, Whitney Museum of American Art; Extraordinary Women, Fair American Pavilion; Museum of Modern Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and Stamp of Impulse, Worcester Art Museum. Her work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the Baltimore Art Museum. Her work is included in the publications, San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism; and The Stamp of Impulse exhibition catalogue. She is the recipient of a Ford Foundation Fellowship, Tamarind Workshop; Mid-Atlantic National Endowment; Pollock-Krasner Grants; and an Esther & Adolph Gottlieb Foundation Grant.
Recent one-person exhibitions include M.H. De Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco; Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles; Poindexter Gallery, New York; Albright College, PA; Cortella Gallery, New York; Gruenebaum Gallery, New York; Kraushaar Galleries, New York; Anita Shapolsky Gallery; and Skidmore College. Selected group exhibitions include The Young Americans, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art; Young America, Whitney Museum of American Art; Extraordinary Women, Fair American Pavilion; Museum of Modern Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and Stamp of Impulse, Worcester Art Museum. Her work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the Baltimore Art Museum. Her work is included in the publications, San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism; and The Stamp of Impulse exhibition catalogue. She is the recipient of a Ford Foundation Fellowship, Tamarind Workshop; Mid-Atlantic National Endowment; Pollock-Krasner Grants; and an Esther & Adolph Gottlieb Foundation Grant.
