Helen Soreff

Johannes Vogt Gallery is pleased to present its first solo show of Helen Soreff (1926-1998). Soreff's minimalist paintings have not been shown in over 20 years. The exhibition brings together subtle works in mostly white and black color ranges that entail geometric compositional elements.

As with many minimalist painters from the 1970s gender became an obstacle. Upon the installation of her 1988 solo show at Guild Hall, the New York Times wrote, "This is one in a sequence of honors recently received by Ms. Soreff, who divides her time between studios in East Hampton and SoHo. There have been grants or awards from the Adolf and Esther Gottlieb Foundation and the New York Foundation for the Arts, plus numerous residencies, including Skidmore College and the Cité des Artistes Internationale in Paris."

Helen Soreff had a storied and successful career, she was included in the collections of most major museums in New York and had her first solo exhibition in New York at the Phoenix Gallery in 1963 and subsequently exhibited at the Bertha Urdang Gallery and Condeso-Lawler Gallery.

Helen Soreff was born in 1926 in New York where she lived and worked until her passing in 1998. She received her BFA from The University of Georgia and her MA from C.W. Post College at Long Island University. In addition to her own artistic practice, Soreff has taught at the University of Washington in Seattle, Hofstra University in Hempstead, Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, and Parsons School of Design in New York. Her work has been exhibited in solo shows at M-13 Gallery, New York, NY; Islip Fine Art Museum, East Islip, NY; Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY; Condeso-Lawler Gallery, New York, NY; Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York, NY; Fifty Five Mercer Gallery, New York, NY; and Long Island University, Brookville, NY.