Sophia Chai
Sophia Chai is a Rochester-based artist who was born in Busan, South Korea, and immigrated to New York City as a teenager. Chai showed her work in group exhibitions at venues in New York City, including the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Knockdown Center, A.I.R. Gallery, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, and Marinaro Gallery, among others. In addition to her solo exhibition at 106 Green (Brooklyn) in 2016, Chai mounted Sight Lines at the Rochester Art Center and Interpolation at Hair+Nails Gallery, both in 2020. Chai is grateful for the financial support she has received from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council (2019), the Minnesota State Arts Board (2020, 2022, and 2023), and the Jerome Foundation (2019-2020). Chai’s first permanent public outdoor art project, Punctuated Asymptote for Discovery Walk, commissioned by the city of Rochester and Destination Medical Center will be completed in early 2024 as well as a solo exhibition at Light Work in Syracuse, NY.
Exhibitions at HAIR+NAILS:
Solo shows:
Mother Photography // 10.25.25 – 12.14.25 // H+N NYC
Mouth-Space 9.2.23 – 10.8.23
Interpolation 3.6.20 – 5.1.20
Group shows:
Leaves, Machines, and Color Usurped // H+N NYC 2024-2025 Winter Group Show
Freshly For You //HAIR+NAILS NYC inaugural group show
Right Now 12.1.20– 1.1.21
FutureFuture 1.18.20 – 2.23.20
