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Sorg Gallery

The District Architecture Center is pleased to present Suman Sorg: Paintings, an exhibition of selected paintings by Suman Sorg, FAIA, founder and principal designer for Sorg Architects. Located in Washington, DC and New Delhi, India, Sorg Architects is an award-winning international design firm with an extensive portfolio of civic, commercial, educational, institutional, and multi-family residential projects.

In her professional work as an architect, Ms. Sorg has developed a philosophy of design characterized by a strong commitment to thoughtful modern architecture that explores the spatial, material, and visual experience of place. In so doing, she carefully examines the unique characteristics of site, climate, culture, and community, along with programmatic requirements from the client, and looks to this intersection as the catalyst for her architectural concepts.

Like many architects, Sorg complements her professional work with personal work that is both challenging and creative. Painting is just one medium that satisfies this outlet.

The subject of Ms. Sorg’s personal work in painting remains fixed on architecture, but not in the most obvious way. Rather, it looks beyond buildings to touch upon the architectonic aspects of abstraction, color, geometry, and the human body. For inspiration, Sorg is often drawn to the memory of textures and fabrics from Northern India where she grew up.

This show serves as the inaugural exhibition for the District Architecture Center’s Sorg Gallery, a new gallery named for Suman Sorg, FAIA and Sorg Architects.

About Suman Sorg, FAIA:

Suman Sorg’s professional work has been recognized with numerous honors, including 28 awards from the American Institute of Architects (AIA). She has lectured extensively for the AIA, the National Building Museum, the Urban Land Institute, the Center for Architecture in New York, the U.S. Department of State, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Ms. Sorg is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, serves on the Board of Trustees for the National Building Museum, and is a Peer Reviewer for the U.S. General Services Administration Design Excellence Program.

Ms. Sorg began her studies at the School of Planning and Architecture in New Delhi, India, and completed her Bachelor of Architecture at Howard University in Washington, DC. She later studied Design and Historic Preservation at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.

Credits

Organized by AIA|DC for the Sorg Gallery in cooperation with Suman Sorg, FAIA and generously supported by ABC Imaging.

Lighting support made possible by Atmosphere, Inc.