Biography
Dutch artist Sonja de Graaf attended LABA Academy of Fine Arts in Florence. The broad gestural sweeps of color in her drawings celebrate youth, beauty, and energy. De Graaf’s interest in fairy tales and literature is revealed through references to Lolita and Little Red Riding Hood, for example. The persistent theme of innocence lost is expressed through de Graaf’s use of porn stars, supermodels and actresses as models for her work. Looking beyond their immediate facades of makeup, luxury clothes and fixed eroticism, Sonja de Graaf instead articulates their humanity, the heart of sensuality.
