News Release

Weir Farm NHP Welcomes July 2024 Artist-in-Residence: Sonja Haroldson

News Release Date: June 27, 2024 WILTON/RIDGEFIELD - Sonja Haroldson is a full-time artist, living and working in New York out of her home studio. Haroldson’s body of work includes sculptures, drawings, and paintings in various mediums. Her recent work includes intimate interior scenes inspired by daily life where her apartment, partner, and personal objects serve as her muse.  

“Through graphite drawings, gouache studies and oil paintings, I investigate my surroundings in many different color languages. I primarily focus on geometric interpretations of the world, lending itself well to the architecture surrounding me in New York City, “says Haroldson. “I am interested in seeing how immersion in a more natural environment would fit into the way I visually interpret the world, or if that immersion will change my relationship with geometry. Weir Farm has attracted so many artists of all different styles and mediums, and from the galleries of artwork you can see that no matter how many times a place has been painted, it still has stories to tell. I am eager to add my voice to the mix.”

Artist-in-Residence Open Studio Program Saturday July 27, 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Stop by the Artist-in-Residence Studio between 11:00 and 12:30 to meet July Artist Sonja Haroldson, view her work, and learn more about the Park's Artist-in-Residence program. Light refreshments will be provided by the Friends of Weir Farm. No registration required.

More about July’s Artist-in-Residence
Originally from Seattle, Haroldson lives and works in New York City. She graduated from NYU in 2017 with a BFA in studio art. In June of 2022, Haroldson graduated from her second year of the Trowbridge Atelier program at the Gage Academy, and has participated in the annual Gage Academy Auction for five years. She has shown her paintings in various group exhibitions across the country, including Prince Street Gallery and BWAC Gallery in New York, Equinox Studios, Fountainhead Gallery and Boxx Gallery in Washington, and a drawing exhibition at the Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries in Dayton, OH. Haroldson was an exhibitor at The Other Art Fair at the Brooklyn Navy Yards in November 2022.

About the Weir Farm Artist-in-Residence (AIR) Program
Weir Farm’s AIR Program fosters contemporary artistic expression on site and prioritizes experimental and thought-provoking approaches to examining and interpreting our world through the medium of contemporary visual art practice. The AIR Program keeps Weir’s experimental tendencies alive allowing the Park to share new ideas broadly with ever more diverse artists, communities, and visitors. This program is supported by the generosity of Park partners, including Friends of Weir Farm.