Sonia Grineva was born in Moscow, Russia, and received her B.A. and M. F.A. degrees from the Stroganov Art Institute. (Stroganov Institute was founded in 1825, and is widely considered to be Moscow’s leading art school, famous for its professors Vassily Kandinsky, Kasimir Malevich, Alexander Rodchenko, among others.)

After coming to the United States at the age of 20, she studied at the National Academy of Design in Manhattan, where she was awarded a coveted traveling scholarship to Italy and completed a course of study at the British Institute in Florence.

Sonia has since traveled extensively, and works quickly on location in the tradition of many plein air artists. She has painted some of Europe’s most impressive ports, waterways, and rivers, including those surrounding Venice, La Rochelle, Monte Carlo, Dieppe, and Prague.

Ms. Grineva has gained an international reputation for her oil and watercolor landscapes and is well-known locally for her Manhattan cityscapes. In addition, she is adept at a variety of mediums, including printmaking and sculpture. Her work can be seen in galleries in New York, New England, Washington and Georgia, and in numerous private, public, and museum collections. She maintains an art studio at the historic Pen and Brush Club, in New York City.