Sophie Steengracht (b. 1991, Nederland, Utrecht)
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Sophie Steengracht creates paintings of various types of plants. She often works with organic pigments that she grows herself in the garden next to her yurt in Driebergen, a garden she established with the help of the Mondriaan Fund. Through her colorful paintings, Steengracht not only showcases the beauty of nature but also demonstrates that with small changes in her materials and methods, artworks can be created that are less harmful to the environment.
The work of Sophie Steengracht can be found in serveral private and corporate collections. In 2018 Sophie won a grant of the van Vlissingen Art Foundation. Her work was afterwards exhibited in the Singer Laren Museum. On Art Rotterdam 2022 her work was exhibited in Prospects and Concepts. Sophies work can be found in several private and corporate collections. For example in 2024 Steengracht made a mural for the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam from the 3rd until the 14th floor.