Sonia Redfern

Sonia Redfern is a New York City-based painter exploring landscapes on reclaimed fabrics. She sources materials from discarded clothing, linens, or bolts of fabric, continuing a long matrilineal history of working with textiles. Her subject matter is taken from her own photographs of places where she has found an awe-inspiring immersion in nature. The pattern of the fabric remains unpainted in places, standing in for sky, water, or land. Having initially studied astronomy, Redfern sees the fabric patterns as representative of the cosmic microwave background, the energy from the Big Bang that still permeates the universe. Her work invites the viewer to consider that in every corner of the planet, we are all always enveloped in the same cosmic energy. Redfern has exhibited nationally and internationally, including in Washington DC, Philadelphia, and South Korea. Her work is in private collections throughout the United States, as well as in South Korea and Israel.