Sabina Puppo

Sabina Puppo is a contemporary oil painter working at the intersection of landscape and narrative. She spent seven years in Pueblo Edén, Uruguay, and the rolling countryside there left a lasting imprint on her eye for open horizons, a rhythm she now finds echoed in the Virginia Piedmont, where she lives today, overlooking a 1740s farmstead.

Her canvases unfold through sgraffito, a technique in which she draws back into wet oil to reveal line and texture beneath the surface. The process is instinctive rather than planned. She rarely knows where a painting will lead until her hand and brush find it. Rolling hills and mountains, ancient trees, wandering streams, quietly present wildlife, and small human figures moving through the landscape recur throughout her work, each canvas layered by hand rather than composed from a single fixed view.

Puppo is the seventh generation of artists in her family. Her paintings are held in private collections on every continent, and her exhibition history spans galleries and institutions across South America, Europe, Asia, and the United States.

Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA
The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
Lesley College, Cambridge, MA, USA

2027. Solo Exhibit at Barns of Rose Hill, Berryville, VA.
2026. Arts Club of Washington, "Symphony in Green" Solo Exhibit at Monroe House Gallery, Washington, DC. Curated by Dr. Brandon Fortune of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.
2026. The Thomas Balch Library, Public Art “Leesburg: A Town with Heart.”
2026. Strata Gallery, Juried Exhibit, Santa Fe, NM.
2025. ADC Fine Arts Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.
2025. Vault of Visions Gallery, Frederick, MD.
2025. Art Shopping Expo, Carrousel du Louvre, Expo studio show. Paris, France.
2025. Harajuku Design Festa Gallery, Group exhibit, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.
2025. Galería Nueva Las Letras, Group exhibition, Madrid, Spain.
2025. The Naturalist Gallery, Group exhibition, Washington, DC.
2025. Middleburg Arts Gallery, Group exhibit, Middleburg, VA.
2025. Teravarna Gallery, Juried Exhibit, Merit Award, Los Angeles, CA.
2025. Hispanic Culture Group exhibit, Gallery One, Leesburg, VA.
2025. Loudoun Arts Council, Group exhibit, Leesburg, VA.
2025. Museum of Naïf Art, Brasilia, Natal, and Fortaleza Group exhibits, Brazil.
2025. Finalist at VI International Festival of Naïf Art, Brazil.
2025. Finalist at III Biennale Naïf, Bulgaria.
2025. “Making us better Humans” Finalist, Salon of Naïve Intu...