Sonya Sklaroff

Who is Sonya Sklaroff?

Sonya Sklaroff is a contemporary American painter best known for her cityscapes of New York City.

Born in Philadelphia, Sklaroff attended the prestigious Friends' Central School before going on to earn her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. While at RISD, Sklaroff won the Providence Art Award and was selected for the European Honors Program, where she studied under Friedrich St.Florian. Sklaroff later earned her MFA from the Parsons School of Design in New York City where she studied under Faith Ringgold and Glenn Goldberg. While a student at Parsons, Sklaroff received a grant from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the World Views program, which provided her an artists studio on the 91st floor of Tower 1 of the World Trade Center.