Sol Kjøk

Born in Norway, Sol Kjok lives at and runs Mothership NYC, the Brooklyn arts collective she founded in 2005. After studies in Paris, Athens (GA), Vienna, Medellin and Cincinnati that earned her three graduate degrees in humanities, she obtained an MFA in painting at Parsons School of Design in New York. An avid drawer all her life, Kjok’s work has been featured in 100+ shows worldwide. She has held artist residencies in several countries, taught at universities and art schools and lectured at museums and art centers throughout the US. Her work, which originates as performance, is featured in 'Drawing Essentials' (Oxford University Press), a textbook widely used in fine arts programs in the US. A recipient of more than 50 awards and artist’s grants, Kjok is represented in public collections such as the Cincinnati Art Museum, Teckningsmuseet [the Nordic Museum of Drawing], and the Osten Museum of Drawing, as well as numerous private and corporate collections throughout the world. In 2011, Kjok founded NOoSPHERE Arts, a nonprofit exhibition and performance venue in Manhattan with the objective of bringing artist colleagues from elsewhere to New York. Now a mobile entity, this 501c3 organization continues to present multidisciplinary a...

~ Master of Fine Arts in Painting, Parsons School of Design, New York
~ Master of Arts in Art History, DAAP, University of Cincinnati, OH
~ Master of Arts in Romance Languages & Literatures., University of Cincinnati, OH
~ Magistère de civilisation francaise, Sorbonne, Paris, FRANCE

Undergraduate Studies:
~ Universidad Nacional, Medellín, COLOMBIA
~ Universität Wien, Vienna, AUSTRIA
~ University of Georgia, Athens, GA