M.F.A. 1997 Painting Hunter College/CUNY

M.A. 1990 Art History Institute of Fine Arts, NYU

B.A. 1987 Art History University of Maryland, College Park

B.S. 1981 Education Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

2012 The Shed, Brooklyn, NY

2003 Hales Gallery, London

2000 LiebmanMagnan Gallery, NYC

1999 LiebmanMagnan Gallery, NYC

2023

SALON ZÜRCHER: 11 Women of Spirit Part 7, Frieze Satellite Fair, Zürcher Gallery, NYC

2020-21

MULTILAYER, Vision 20/20, Stiftung Konzeptuelle Kunst, Soest, Germany, and Künstlerhaus, Schloss Plüschow, Germany

2020

Byrdcliffe’s Twenty-first Annual 5 by 7 Show, Woodstock, NY

2019

Factory Made. Old American Can Factory, Brooklyn, NY

The Non-Objective Art Biennial 2019, Pont de Claix, France, Curator: Roland Orépük

Warm, Cool, Round, Square, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, NYC, Curator: Deven Golden

Tibet Fund 10th Annual Auction, NYC

2018

Functional Functionality, LMAK Gallery, NY

Tibet Fund 9th Annual Scholarship Benefit Auction, NYC

2014-15

Byrdcliffe’s Fifteenth Annual 5 by 7 Show, Woodstock, NY

2013-14

Byrdcliffe’s Fourteenth Annual 5 by 7 Show, Woodstock, NY

2013

Carriage Trade Benefit Auction, NYC

Grace Church Scholarship Benefit Auction, NYC

2012

Grace Church Scholarship Benefit Auction, NYC

2011

Twin Twin, Postcard Art Project, Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn NY, Curator: Matt Freedman

2010

Inland, Big and Small/Casual Gallery, Long Island City, Curator: Kate Teale (catalogue)

Works on Paper, Big and Small/Casual Gallery, Long Island City

2009

Twin Twin III, Artists Edition, Big and Small/Casual Gallery, Long Island City, Curator: Matt Freedman

2006

Annual Winter Auction, d.u.m.b.o. arts center, Brooklyn, NY

I Love Exit Art, Annual Auction, Exit Art, NYC

2003

Liminal, Hampden Gallery, UMass, Amherst, Massachusetts, Curator: David Gibson

New England-New York, Hampden Gallery, UMass, Amherst, Massachusetts, Jurors: Edward Winkleman and Joshua Stern

2002-3

Sight Mapping, Konsthallen-Bohuslan, Uddevalla, Sweden, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, and Sala Rekalde, Bilbao (catalogue)

2001

Brooklyn!, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, FL, Curators: Michael Rush, Dominique Nahas (catalogue)

Elizabeth Duffy, Sonita Singwi, Lake George Arts Project, NY

Do You Have Time? LiebmanMagnan Gallery, NYC

1999

Souvenirs/Documents: 20 Years PS122 Gallery (catalogue)

Orange, Holland Tunnel, Brooklyn, NY, Curator: Caren Hyde

1998

Higher Worlds, Pelham Art Center, NY

Unbroken, PS122 Gallery, NYC, Curator: Paola Morsiani, Sperone Westwater

Williamsburg Bridges Tibet, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY

Section 33, d.u.m.b.o. arts center, Brooklyn, NY, Curators: Charlotta Kotik, Brooklyn Museum of Art; Waqas Wajahat, Knoedler & Co.

Artist in the Marketplace, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY, Curators: Lydia Yee, Marysol Nieves

Small Works, Washington Square East Galleries, NYC, Juror: Ealan Wingate, Gagosian Gallery

1997

New Directions 1997, Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepsie, NY, Juror: Jennifer Blessing, Guggenheim Museum

Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, NY, Jurors: Beth Handler, Phyllis Braff

Contemporary Asian Artists in America, Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, NY

Downtown Arts Festival, NYC Graduate Art Exhibition, Chelsea, NY, Jurors: Fereshteh Daftari, MOMA, Martin Eisenberg, Charlotta Kotik, Brooklyn Museum of Art

Abstraction Index, Condeso Lawler Gallery, NYC

1995

The Global Sweatshop, Art in General, NYC, Curator: Mary Ann Wadden, (catalogue)

1994

The Global Sweatshop, Labor Education Center, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

1992

Voices After the Voyage, ABC NO RIO, NYC

Artists and Educators, Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College/CUNY, NYC (catalogue)

1991

New Photography, Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona, CA

2003

Mitchell, Phoebe. "Hampden Gallery Abstracts Invite Viewers Within," GazetteNET.com, April 27

KultureFlash Limited, "Sonita Singwi," kultureflash, no.34, Feb 25, www.kultureflash.net.

Hall, Magz, "Interview," Resonance 104.4 FM, Mon. Jan 27

Parnass, Larry, "New Talent at Hampden Gallery," GazetteNET.com, Mon. Feb 10

2002

Bonde, Lisbeth, "Sight Mapping," Modern Painters, Winter, 2002, 149.

2001

Goodman, Jonathan, “Sonita Singwi at Liebman Magnan”, Art in America, Jun, 2001

Schudel, Matt, "Brooklyn heights," South Florida Sun-Sentinel, C-3G, Sun. Sept, 30

Boyce, Roger, "regional reivews," Art New England, Oct-Nov, 46

1999

Nelson, Samantha, "Pick 3," WaterfrontWeek, vol. 9.9, April 22

Cotter, Holland, "The Art Guide," The New York Times, Arts and Leisure, E42, Fri. Mar 26

Shah, Purvi, "Interview with Eileen Tobias," THE ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN JOURNAL, Spring/Summer.

1998

Born, John, "Unbroken at PS 122 Gallery," Review, Sept 15, 65.

Mahoney, Robert, "Section 33," Time Out, Art, Aug 27 - Sept 3, 59.

Cotter, Holland, "One Museum, Five Shows and a Million Passions," The New York Times, Art Review, E33, Fri. Aug 14

Johnson, Ken, "Section 33," The New York Times, Art Review, E34, Fri. Aug 14

1997

Harrison, Helen, "22nd Juried Fine Arts Competition," The New York Times, Long Island, Art, Sun. Nov 9, 28

2016/2018 VCCA Residency

2013 Ucross Residency

2000 Yaddo Residency

1998 Artist in the Marketplace, The Bronx Museum of the Arts

1996 William Graf Travel Abroad Scholarship

1987 Shelby and Leon Levy Travel Grant

Jacob K Javits Fellowship

1982 Chicago Council on Fine Arts Project Grant

2002 Panelist, Painting Fellowships, New York Foundation for the Arts

1996 Panelist, "The Global Sweatshop," College Art Association Conference

2003-2006

Instructor, Foundations Department, Parsons School of Design, New School University, New York

2000-2001

Instructor, Associate Degree Program, Pratt Manhattan, New York