Born 1998, Moscow, Russia
Lives and works in New York, NY
EDUCATION
2021-2023 New York Academy of Art MFA Painting
2017-2021 School of Visual Arts BFA Illustration
EXHIBITIONS
2024
Quotidian, Group Show, 60 Hudson Street, New York, NY
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2023
Deck the Walls, Group Show, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Corpus Nexus, Group Show, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY
West Chelsea Art Festival, Group Show, Caelum Gallery, New York, NY
AXA Art Prize Show Exhibition, Group Show, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Group Show, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Compositional Inventions, Group Show, Manhasset Public Library, Manhasset, NY
Metamorphosis, Group Show, The Living Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Tribeca Ball, Group Show, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2022
Deck the Walls, Group Show, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
The Present, Group Show, The Living Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Walls, Group Show, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Hexposition, 3-Person Exhibition, The Royal Society of American Art, Brooklyn, NY
P E O P L E, Group Show, FRIEDA Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Truth or Dare, Group Show, The Living Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Carpe Diem, Group Show, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY
Hiraeth, Group Show, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Immersion of Creativity, The Zverev Center of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
2021
Partitions, Juried Online Exhibition, SVA Galleries, New York, NY
2020
Man Made Monsters, Juried Online Exhibition, SVA Galleries, New York, NY
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2019
Mirrored Display, Juried Exhibition, SVA Gramercy Gallery, New York, NY
University of Rome Tor Vergata Exposition, Group Show, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Art Basel Premier, Group Exhibition, Art Hood 56 Gallery, Miami, FL
3rd PCU Drawing Contest 2018, Group Show, Antwerp, Belgium
The Greenpoint Gallery Group Show, Group Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Lower East Side Art Show, Juried Exhibition, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY
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2018
The "Be" Event, Group Show, The Living Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Catalysts In The Morning Dew, Juried Exhibition, SVA Gramercy Gallery, New York, NY
First Offerings: A Selection Of First-Year Paintings, Group Show, SVA Flatiron Gallery,
New York, NY
2017
Young Artists Initiative Spring Exhibition, Group Show, Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
Art Of Aromas Competition Exhibition, Group Show, Miami Arts Charter School, Homestead, FL
YoungArts Miami, Group Show, YoungArts Foundation, Miami, FL
Florida State Fair Juried Exhibition, Group Show, Florida State Fairgrounds, Tampa, FL
2016
Young Artists Initiative Fall Exhibition, Group Show, Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
Urgent Inc Art Basel Show, Group Show, Historic Ward Rooming House Gallery, Miami, FL
Casanova Award, Juried Group Show, Flangini Palace, Venice, Italy
2016 Juried Winter Exhibition, Group Show, Miami Arts Charter Gallery, Miami, FL
End of Program Exhibition, Group Show, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
AP Art Showcase, Group Show, Miami Dade College, Miami, FL
MAC@BAC, Group Show, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, FL
2016
Works in Progress, Group Show, Wynwood Building #13, Miami, FL
Scholastic Awards Regional Exhibition, Rubell Collection, Miami, FL
AWARDS
2023
AXA Art Prize Finalist
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2021-2023
New York Academy of Art Merit Scholarship
2021
Top 35 Young Russian Artists under 35 by 49ART
Leslie T. and Francis Posey Scholarship
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2021
Eric Fischl Patrons Scholar Award
Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Award in Memory of Effie Bowie
School of Visual Arts Alumni Scholarship Award
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2017-2021
School of Visual Arts Special Presidential Grant
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2017
"Arts for Life!" Award - Scholarship award launched by Columba Bush given to 25
high school seniors in Florida for demonstrating excellence in art
Cleveland Institute of Art 2D3D Competition Award
"Doctor Aromas" Foundation Competition Award
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2017
Florida State Fair Senior Portfolio Competition
2nd place out of submissions from all 67 Florida counties
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2016
YoungArts Awards Winner
Honorable Mention in Visual Arts
AP Art Showcase 1st Place Award
For "Pollock Cake"
"Venice in Art" International Italian "Casanova- Arts Lover" Award
For "The Fragility of a Bath Bomb Explosion"
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2015
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Gold Key (1st place), Silver Keys (2nd place), and Honorable Mention
PUBLICATIONS
49ART. List of Top 35 Young Russian Artists Under 35. 49ART (online), October 31, 2021.
Hapner, Emma. Untitled: How to Find a Title for Your Work. Visionary Art Collective (online), January 29, 2024. https://www.visionaryartcollective.com/blog/untitled
Alora, Julia. Artist Feature: Sofiya Kuzmina. “The Sense of Belonging in the Context of
Immigration”. Nailed Magazine (online), July 25, 2019 https://nailedmagazine.com/art/artist-feature-sofiya-kuzmina
School of Visual Arts. Voices @ SVA: BFA Illustration Student Sofiya Kuzmina. SVA Press
(online), July10, 2019. http://www.sva.edu/features/voices-sva-bfa-illustration-student-sofiya-kuzmina
School of Visual Arts. My First Year: SVA Student Sofiya Kuzmina. SVA Press (online),
October 17, 2018. http://www.sva.edu/features/my-first-year-sva-student-sofiya-kuzmina
INTERVIEWS
Radio Interview, RUSA Radio, New York, January 23, 2023.
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SELECTED PRIVATE AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Andrea Preston - Miami, FL
Cindy Gilbert - Kempton, PA
Daria BK - Miami, FL
Evgenia Shamis - Brazil
Gary Guzzy - Kempton, PA
Ivan Shershukov - Lyubertsy, Russia
James Habacker - New York, NY
Katrina Henson - Saugerties, NY
Larry Ernst-Alper - Burlington, VT
Michael Baram - Boca Raton, FL
Private Collection - Vienna, Austria
Private Collection of the Mayor of Chernogolovka, Russia
Roman Bespalenko - Moscow, Russia
Rusnano Group - Moscow, Russia
Slipper Room LLC - New York, NY
Stacey Bowie - Freehold, NJ
Taras Titarenko - San Francisco, LA
Tatiana Lantsova - Moscow, Russia
Vladislav Shnypko - Dubai, UAE
Vladmir Rubinshteyn - Staten Island, NY