Sally Scopa 

Ready for the Ceremony 

On view through Oct 25 ‎ 2026 ‎‎

After Hours Tribeca Gallery Night

Fri Sep 25 from 6-9pm



Artist Talk moderated by Meghan Smith

Sat Oct 3 at 3pm

Oolong Gallery⠀

4 Cortlandt Alley

New York ‎ NY 10013

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24 New Paintings over Stereograph Card:

New framed paintings over stereograph card in Ready for the Ceremony

In sequential narrative order with original card captions (7.5" x 11" framed)

Image credit: Pat Garcia Jr.

Join us for a seated live artist talk with refreshments on the occasion of the current solo show by Sally Scopa ‘Ready for the Ceremony’ on view through October 25.

Moderator:

Meghan Smith is an independent curator, writer, and arts worker based in Brooklyn. Most recently, she served as the LYRA Foundation Curator at ICA San Francisco, where she supported commission-based exhibitions with artists including David Antonio Cruz, Masako Miki, Maryam Yousif, Hayv Kahraman, Patrick Martinez, and Jeffrey Gibson. Prior to ICA SF, she held a Curatorial Fellowship at the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, where she produced public programs for the Lorraine O'Grady research season, supported the major group exhibition and publication Drum Listens to Heart, and co-curated her thesis show uncontained. Previous positions include Co-Director of PLAySPACE Gallery, San Francisco, and Associate Director of Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville.

Smith holds a BA from the University of Virginia and MA in Curatorial Practice from California College of the Arts.

Artist:

Sally Scopa is a painter based in Bellingham, Washington. 

She has been awarded residencies at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (Madison, ME), MASS MoCA (North Adams, MA), the Cité internationale des arts (Paris, France) and SOMA (Mexico City, Mexico). Recent shows include solos with Bass & Reiner Gallery (San Francisco, CA) and Oolong Gallery (San Diego, CA). Recent fair presentations include Nada Miami Solo (2024) and Felix Art Fair, Los Angeles (2026), both presented by Oolong Gallery. She has participated in group exhibitions at El Museo de la Ciudad (Querétaro, MX), 550 Gallery (New York), Ladies’ Room LA (Los Angeles) and Radio28 (Mexico City). 

Scopa holds a BA in Visual and Environmental Studies from Harvard University and an MFA in Art Practice from Stanford University. Her work has been featured in a variety of publications including Artforum, Variable West, New American Paintings and KQED.

She is originally from San Francisco, California.

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