Kjok, Solveig

(3/16/1968 Lilliehammer, Norway- ) (Norway / USA)

   Painter, illustrator, and translator based in Brooklyn, NY. Studied languages at several universities and art at the Sorbonne in Paris, earning an M.A. in Art History at the University of Cincinnati, and an M.F.A. at the Parsons School of Design in New York. Her work focuses on human bodies, predominantly intertwined bodies in close contact.

   Reproductions: Balancing act; graphite and colored pencil; World's greatest, vol. 1: p. 70 .