Sol Kjok

Born in Norway / Works in Brooklyn, New York

BIO

Norwegian-born New Yorker Sol Kjøk is a painter and arts-community builder who founded and directs two Brooklyn ventures: Noosphere Arts, a nonprofit presenting multidisciplinary experiences at the intersection of art and eco-awareness, and Mothership NYC, an international artist collective and residency space. Having lived in six countries, Sol holds three graduate degrees in humanities and an MFA from Parsons. Her work has appeared in 100+ exhibitions worldwide, earned 50+ awards, and is represented in major public, private, and corporate collections globally.

My process begins as acrobatic collaboration with fellow artists using circus contraptions to test physical limits in ways that mirror the themes explored in my paintings. These large-scale figurative abstractions reflect our pivotal cultural moment where science increasingly validates insights long held by mystics and ancient traditions: all matter exists within a web of connection and influence; thought is a form of energy shaping reality. This understanding urges a paradigm shift: the recognition that we are oneness having the experience of separateness.