VITA

Sophia F. Chatov

Art Education

B.A., Summa Cum Laude, Studio Arts, Dept. of Art, SUNY @ Buffalo, June 1993

B.F.A., Summa Cum Laude, Painting Major, Dept. of Art, SUNY @ Buffalo, December 1995

Major Professors: Berlyn, Breverman, Harris, Hatchett, Henderson, Paterson, Prochownik, Schirm

Permanent Possession

The monumental five cubic Memorial to the Lost Jewish Community of Amsterdam,approximately 3′ X 6′, has found a permanent home at The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington DC.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Pl SW, Washington, DC 20024

Group Exhibitions

Painting, oil, mixed media and copper 5′ X 5′ X 1½’
Title: The kotel(series)
September 8, 2019 for about two weeks.

Tucson Jewish Community Center, 3800 E River Rd., Tucson, AZ 85718
Phone:(520)299-3000

Big Orbit, Members’ Showing: September 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997

Hallwalls, Members’ Showing: 1994, 1995

University: Bethune Senior Undergraduate Showing, April, 1993; Center for the Arts, November 1993; Capen Bldg, fifth floor Gallery, November-December 1993

Menorah-Weinberg Campus: June 1994 to present

Albright Knox Members Gallery: 1995, 1996, 1997

Kenan Center, Niagara Frontier Art Exhibits, Lockport, NY, 1998

Fine Arts League of Buffalo, Inc., 46th Annual Fall Exhibition, Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site, October 2000

Fine Arts League, Inc. Buffalo, Carnegie Art Center, Tonawanda, NY, Fall, 2000

The Teichman Gallery, Brewster, MA, 2005

The Eastwind Gallery, Orleans, MA, 2006 to January 2010

Acadamy For Performing Arts, Orleans, MA, October 2006

Snow Gallery, Public Library, Orleans, MA, November 2006

The Mayflower Place, West Yarmouth, MA, October 2007

The Brewster Ladies’ Library, Brewster, MA, January 2008

Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA, August 13-24 2008

Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA, August 27-September 7 2008

Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA, December 9-December 31, 2009

Castle Hill, Truro, MA: November 22, 2011- Jan. 4, 2012

Cultural Center of Cape Cod: “Mutual Muses” March 2011

Cultural Center of Cape Cod: January 4-22, 2012

Cultural Center of Cape Cod: “Mutual Muses” February 28 – March 25, 2012

Cape Cod Chat House: April5, 2012-June5, 2012

Cape Cod Chat House: July-August 2012

Cultural Center of Cape Cod: “Preliminaria” January 30-February 17, 2013

Cape Cod Chat House: “Animal Art” June 19-August 4, 2013

Solo Exhibitions

Leah Posluns Theatre, Toronto, “The Spirit of Survival”, September 1995

S.S. Universe Explorer, Exhibition of watercolors, “A Voyager’s Inspiration”, April 2000

Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA, August 26-September 6, 2009

Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA, June 28-July 18, 2011

Permanent Public Exhibition

Anne Frank Center USA; 38 Crosby Street, Fifth Floor; New York, NY 10013: “In Memoriam” , 1995. Copper, oil and mixed media on canvas on wood 60″ x 42″ x 6″- 9″

Private Collections

14 oil paintings; 15 watercolors; 3 monotype prints; 2 watercolor prints; 2 intaglio monoprints; 2 watercolor on gesso; 1 pen, diluted ink and pastel drawing; 1 ink wash and pen drawing; 1 Watercolor and Mixed Media on Paper; One commissioned 5′ Bronze Sculpture of a Penguin

Awards

Fine Arts League of Buffalo, Margaret Small Memorial Award, October 2000; Special Award – Bronze Sculpture Portrait, October 2001

Professional – Physical Therapy

Herrick Memorial Hospital, Berkeley Ca.: Rehabilitation Dept., Electro and Physical Therapy Techniques, 1966-72

Maccabi Clinics, Ramat Gam/Tel Aviv, Israel: Rehabilitation, Traumata and Degenerative Diseases

University of Leiden, School of Medicine, Academic Hospital, Rheumatology, 1961-62

Beith Loewenstein Rehabilitation Center, Ra’ananah, and Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem, Physical Therapy, 1960-61

University of Utrecht, School of Medicine, Neurological Dept. & Rehabilitation Center at Leersum, 1959-60

Education

Academy of Mensendieck, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Physical Therapy, 1956-59

Hogere Burger School, Science, Modern Languages, History of Arts and Music, 1954-56, with emphasis on classical and modern languages

Amsterdam Lyceum, University preparatory, 1950-54

Jekerstraat School, Amsterdam, primary school, 1942-50, with interruption 1942-45

Personal

13500 N. Rancho Vistoso Blvd. #23, Oro Valley, AZ 85755

PHONE : (520)344-9672

E-Mail: sfchatov@comcast.net

Widowed : Robert Chatov JD PhD; two sons