Altoon Sultan
Altoon Sultan | |
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| Born | 1948 Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Brooklyn College (BFA, MFA); Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture |
| Known for | Egg tempera painting, rural landscapes |
| Awards | Two National Endowment for the Arts grants, American Academy of Arts and Letters award, National Academy of Design |
| Website | altoonsultan.com |
Altoon Sultan (born 1948) is an American artist known for her small-scale egg tempera paintings depicting rural and agricultural landscapes. Her paintings, drawings, and bas-reliefs are held in major public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Yale University Art Gallery. She is also a writer and educator based in Groton, Vermont.
Early life and education
Sultan was born in Brooklyn, New York. She earned a BFA in 1969 and an MFA in 1971 from Brooklyn College, where she studied with Philip Pearlstein and Lois Dodd.[1] She also attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.[2]
Work
Sultan is known for a formalist, realist style that centers on highly cropped depictions of agricultural implements and industrial forms, rendered in vivid color and meticulous detail using egg tempera. Her works often blur the line between abstraction and representation, drawing comparisons to artists like Ellsworth Kelly.
She maintains a blog titled Studio and Garden, where she writes about her artistic process, posts photographs of rural Vermont, and reflects on exhibitions she visits.[3]
Career
Sultan has exhibited in solo and group shows throughout the United States and internationally since the 1970s. She has been represented by galleries such as Marlborough Gallery, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, McKenzie Fine Art, Chris Sharp Gallery, and Hollybush Gardens (London). Her work has been included in major art fairs including Frieze London, Art Basel Miami Beach, and Independent Art Fair.
Selected solo exhibitions
- 2025 – Zero..., Milan
- 2024 – Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2023 – Hollybush Gardens, London, UK
- 2022 – Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
- 2021 – Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2020 – Feuilleton, Los Angeles, CA
- 2019, 2017, 2015,*