Altoon Sultan (born 1948) is an American artist known for her small-scale egg tempera paintings depicting rural and agricultural landscapes. Her works, characterized by formalist realism, often focus on close-up details of farm equipment rendered with abstract precision. She resides and works in Groton, Vermont.
Sultan's work merges realist representation with a minimalist sensibility. Her imagery frequently consists of cropped views of agricultural equipment, painted in egg tempera on calfskin parchment. These images are based on photographs she takes during the summer, often of the Vermont landscape, transforming industrial forms into near-abstractions composed of vivid color and geometric composition. Critics have compared her use of form to Ellsworth Kelly’s approach.[2]
Sultan maintains the blog 'Studio and Garden', sharing photographs, reflections on her art-making, and exhibition visits.[3]
Career
Sultan has exhibited widely in the United States and internationally since the 1970s. She has been represented by Marlborough Gallery (New York), Tibor de Nagy Gallery (New York), Chris Sharp Gallery (Los Angeles), Hollybush Gardens (London), and Zero… (Milan). Her works are included in numerous public collections.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1979–1991: Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
2009: Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT
2007: Monuments of Architecture, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY
2019, 2017, 2015, 2014: McKenzie Fine Art, New York, NY
2020: Drawings and a Painting, Feuilleton, Los Angeles, CA
2021: Paintings, Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022: Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2023: Altoon Sultan, Hollybush Gardens, London, UK
2024: New Paintings, Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2025: Paintings, Zero…, Milan, Italy
Selected Group Exhibitions
1991: The Landscape in 20th Century American Art, Philbrook Museum of Art, OK
1984: American Realism: Twentieth Century Drawings and Watercolors, SFMOMA, CA
2017: Philip Pearlstein: A Legacy of Influence, Princeton, NJ
2021: The Stubborn Influence of Painting, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, CO
2022: A Minor Constellation, Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022: Still Life and the Poetry of Place, Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson, NY
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