Sophie Matisse

Sophie Matisse was born in Boston, Massachusetts, 1965.  She began her studies at the Massachusetts Collage of Art in Boston and later continued her studies at L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France. Shortly after settling in New York City, in 1996, she began her first series of paintings, Be back in 5 minutes, and has participated in many national and international exhibitions ever since. Her work is included in the public collections at the Whitney Museum of American Art, The Flint Institute of Art, The Montclair Art Museum and The Francis Young Tang Teaching Museum. Sophie is the daughter of sculptor and inventor Paul Matisse and her great-grandfather was the 20th century painter Henri Matisse.