Sonia Bukhgalter

Sonia was born in 1996 in Florence, Italy. She is half Scottish-Canadian and half Ukrainian. As a young child she was able to experience the beautiful renaissance city of Florence and the incredible artistic ability of its historic master artists. Through her mother's artisan studio she learned many ancient techniques such as gilding and fresco from a young age, then proceeded to earn her bachelor's degree in fine arts from the Libera Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence in 2019. After graduating summa cum laudae with a thesis project on spiritual ascension in the industrialized world, she completed a specialization course on techniques and design for artisans. Her studies and her experiences of both traditional and contemporary art led her to develop her own form of artistic expression through painting on gilded surfaces, continuing to explore the concepts tied to spirituality and emotion. She has since participated in group exhibitions and art fairs both in Italy and internationally, and her work is featured in multiple online galleries.

"As an artist I have always found great comfort in observing the sky and its clouds. The vastness of these moving masses of vapor never fails to remind me of my tiny place in the universe. I am...

2020 Technical Specialization Course
Design and Artisan Techniques for Wood and Gesso
PROM ART, Ambiente Impresa, Florence, Italy

2019 BFA in Visual Art
Department of Visual Art
Libera Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence, Italy
Graduated summa cum laude
Thesis Exhibition: "Ascension: Mysticism in the Geometry of Contemporary Urban
Structures"
Faculty Mentor Professor Tannaz Lahiji

2015 High School Diploma in Graphic Arts & Design
Department of Graphic Design, Print Making, and Book Binding
Liceo Artistico di Porta Romana, Florence, Italy
Graduated with 90/100

2023 Spring Exhibition, Signet Contemporary Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom

2022 Art Week by Darte, Palazzo Turrisi and MUST Museum, Lecce, Italy

2022 EMERGE Finalists Exhibition, Blue Gallery, Manhattan, New York, USA

2022 State of the Art, Galleria La Pigna, Rome Italy

2022 Group Online Exhibition, The Way, Albe Art Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia

2021 Solo Online Exhibition, Dreamscapes, The Arts Inn Website, Florence, Italy

2019 Group Exhibition, Lapis Lazuli #3, Officina Giovani, Estuario Project Space, Prato,
Italy

2018 Solo Exhibition, Transformation, The Arts Inn, Florence, Italy