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Sally Scopa third Oolong solo opens 09/09

Image detail of a new painting over stereo-card

Oolong Gallery presents

Sally Scopa Ready for the Ceremony

Sept 9 – Oct 25 ‎ 2026 ‎‎

Opening Reception 09/09 6–8 pm
Tribeca Gallery Night Wednesday

Oolong Gallery⠀
4 Cortlandt Alley
New York ‎ NY 10013

“A show of small paintings over stereocard (nineteenth-century paper slides of paired photographs that appear to form a 3D image when viewed through a stereoscope) presented to us like small jewels—busy pointillist dreamscapes in pink, yellow, and blue that totally obscured the underlying pair of photographs. It seemed no coincidence that many of the compositions mimicked the multicolor petri dish of dots that form Ishihara color blindness tests, drawing connections to the imperfect mechanics of human vision.”

—recent SF highlight in Art Forum by Bryan Barcena w/ Andrew Berardini

Sally Scopa is a painter based in Bellingham, Washington, where she runs Queen Projects: a project space in downtown Bellingham supporting artists based in the Pacific Northwest.

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 (Rancho Santa Fe, 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. taken in Bellingham, Washington by @oolongallery

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Sally Scopa
Observer, 2022
acrylic on linen with glass eye
7.25 x 5.5 in
18.5 x 14 cm
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on view in MY TECTONICS at Oolong Gallery through May 4 in the foyer gallery: Tu - Sun 11-5pm

interview and install views in current newsletter:
https://conta.cc/44eQ1N7

#oolongallery #sallyscopa #skowhegan by @oolongallery

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Sally Scopa paintings over stereocard

Oolong Gallery presents

Sally Scopa Ready for the Ceremony

Sept 9 – Oct 25 ‎ 2026 ‎‎

Opening Reception 09/09 6–8 pm
Tribeca Gallery Night Wednesday

Oolong Gallery⠀
4 Cortlandt Alley
New York ‎ NY 10013

The third solo presentation by the artist with Oolong Gallery

“A show of small paintings over stereocard (nineteenth-century paper slides of paired photographs that appear to form a 3D image when viewed through a stereoscope) presented to us like small jewels—busy pointillist dreamscapes in pink, yellow, and blue that totally obscured the underlying pair of photographs. It seemed no coincidence that many of the compositions mimicked the multicolor petri dish of dots that form Ishihara color blindness tests, drawing connections to the imperfect mechanics of human vision.”

—recent SF highlight in Art Forum by Bryan Barcena w/ Andrew Berardini

Sally Scopa is a painter based in Bellingham, Washington, where she runs Queen Projects: a project space in downtown Bellingham supporting artists based in the Pacific Northwest.

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 (Rancho Santa Fe, 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. taken in Oolong Gallery by @oolongallery

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Meghan Smith speaks with Sally Scopa taken in Oolong Gallery by @oolongallery

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pict. right our moderator for tomorrow’s Artist Talk:

Independent curator Meghan Smith speaks with artist Sally Scopa at 3pm regarding her solo show on view and painting practice:

Ready for the Ceremony through Oct 25

Street level access, set of downward stairs:

📍4 Cortlandt Alley between White and Franklin

Elevator access upon request:

368 Broadway between White and Franklin

Read the full interview with independent curator Meghan Smith from when she was nominated by the Lyra Foundation in Feb 2025 @icasanfrancisco

https://lyrafoundation.art/journal/behind-the-scenes-with-meghan-smith

Excerpt:

Q: What is exciting about the grant from LYRA Foundation? And why is this partnership between LYRA and ICA SF so special? How will the LYRA grant benefit the museum and the broader art community?

 LYRA Foundation’s support is game-changing. It allows us to commit to ambitious, large-scale commissions and long-term collaborations with artists. This partnership is special because it’s rooted in shared values: curiosity, experimentation, and a belief in the power of contemporary art to challenge, illuminate, and inspire. Beyond the museum, the LYRA grant uplifts the broader arts ecosystem of San Francisco by investing in curatorial labor and artist-led innovation. taken in Oolong Gallery by @oolongallery

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Harmon Siegel on the work of Sally Scopa at Oolong Gallery in New York

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1. Sally Scopa
“Oscular Training, or What Is a Kiss?”
2026

2. Sally Scopa
“3. Third Call. Mother Wants to Know if He is Coming.”
2026

3. Sally Scopa
“8. The Proposal.”
2026

4. Sally Scopa
“10. ‘My Wife To-Morrow.’”
2026

Links in bio. by @oolongallery

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1st retained caption in the batch, telling a story of the quirky courtship, a wedding proposal, ceremony, and vision of the future — a testament to love and life partnership in the form of a stereograph card series Sally Scopa painted over, besides the captions.

Sally Scopa
Oscular Training, or What Is a Kiss?, 2026
Acrylic over stereograph card, framed
7.5 x 11 in
19 x 28 cm

in Ready for the Ceremony at Oolong Gallery
through October 25, gallery hrs Tue-Sat 10-6pm

📍NYC

Image Credit: Pat Garcia Jr.

Join us for a seated Artist Talk event with refreshments Saturday October 3rd at 3pm.

On the occasion of the current solo show by Sally Scopa ‘Ready for the Ceremony’ 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. taken in Oolong Gallery by @oolongallery

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Tribeca Gallery Night today Fri 6-8pm

Come have a seat and mind these narrative, precious paintings on stereograph card by Sally Scopa who will be present for walk-throughs of the solo exhibition, her third with Oolong Gallery titled Ready for the Ceremony.

📍4 Cortlandt Alley between White and Franklin

Gallery open late until 8pm maybe 9pm as most Tribeca galleries participate in another late soirée during Armory and Independent foot traffic.

Image credit: Pat Garcia Jr. taken in Oolong Gallery by @oolongallery

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join us for a seated event with refreshments

On the occasion of the current solo show by Sally Scopa ‘Ready for the Ceremony’ 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. taken in Oolong Gallery by @oolongallery

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two paintings on linen by Sally Scopa

Sally Scopa
Mountain Couple I & II, 2024
Acrylic on linen
18 x 24 in each
61 x 46 cm

Past work exhibited at Oolong Gallery in California that connects to our current 3rd solo presentation by Sally Scopa ‘Ready for the Ceremony’ on view through Oct 25:

“Mountain Couple is about bodies marking time both alone and within a pair, within a specific natural terrain. The paintings are at once portraits of a landscape and portraits of an inner life in which geological activities such as erosion, settling and eruption take on new meaning. The paintings bridge landscape and portrait, micro and macro. They are hard-edged, but also wrinkled and layered.”

“A few years ago, I started thinking a lot about what it means to grow old with someone, to sort of settle into one another like rocky strata, and to actually become one person, embedded in a place together. Sustaining love over time but also taking things one day at a time.”

Image Credit: Philipp Scholz Rittermann

from MY TECTONICS, spring 2024 at Oolong Gallery in the Encinitas, CA warehouse. taken in Oolong Gallery by @oolongallery

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climactic card in 24 paintings on stereograph

or rather a matter of romantic perspective.

Sally Scopa
16. The Wedding, 2026
Acrylic over stereograph card, framed
7.5 x 11 in
19 x 28 cm

in Ready for the Ceremony at Oolong Gallery
through October 25, gallery hrs Tue-Sat 10-6pm

📍NYC

Image Credit: Pat Garcia Jr. taken in Oolong Gallery by @oolongallery

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The 25 Stages From Courtship to Marriage

New framed paintings over stereograph card (24) in Ready for the Ceremony at Oolong Gallery
In sequential narrative order with original card captions (7.5” x 11” framed)

📍4 Cortlandt Alley NY, NY 10013 | Mon–Sat 10-6pm

After Hours Tribeca Gallery Night
Fri Sep 25 from 6-9pm

Artist Talk with Guest Moderator tba
Sat Oct 3 from 1-3pm

“I love that many stereographs are captioned with text, and the tension I can create by covering over the original image with my own while leaving the caption visible. The cards in Ready for the Ceremony were printed in 1905, and come from an incomplete set of stereographs showing “The 25 Stages From Courtship to Marriage” of a Victorian-era couple.

I think about how one form of image-making can exist like a barnacle upon or within another form, and how paintings can be like interlopers in other technologies. Though the captions on each piece in this series are about a couple approaching their wedding day, I wasn’t thinking much about romantic marriage when making the work; rather, I was thinking about how to reconcile or join together two different, seemingly incompatible views of the world.”

—Sally Scopa

Image credit: Pat Garcia Jr. taken in Oolong Gallery by @oolongallery

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