about

Sondra Rosenberg is an artist and art therapist based in the Mt. Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia.

Working in a range of media and subject matter, I create art for both personal expression, private commissions, and in support of organizations that promote social justice and community development.

I studied visual art at Oberlin College and earned my MA in art therapy at NYU. For the past two decades, I have worked as an art therapist, guiding women through a process of accessing and finding visual language for their inner worlds. My own art practice has been deeply influenced by that approach to creating images. I use whatever mediums best enable me to capture specific timbres of feeling – sometimes paint, sometimes combinations of pencil, pastels, watercolor, text, and objects. I am interested in the fixed visual expression of shifting mental and emotional states and the ways in which interiors are revealed through surfaces.

I am currently open to commissions in the areas of memorial portraits, house portraits, pet portraits, and creative imaginings in need of an artist to realize. Each commission is approached with an eye toward capturing the unique qualities and spirits of the subjects, imbuing each work with a deep sense of authenticity and emotional resonance.

My art is held in private collections across the US and France and has been featured in a variety of public exhibits and publications, including:

  • 2025  Queer Pasts/Queer Futures, William Way LGBT Community Center, Philadelphia, PA (group)

  • 2025  Isolated Affect, Artists & Craftsman, Philadelphia, PA (solo)

  • 2025  Night Moves, The Plastic Club, Phialdelphia, PA, awarded Honorable Mention (group)

  • 2024  InLiquid Toasts 25, Dirty Franks, Philadelphia, PA (group)

  • 2024  New Now VII, InLiquid Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (group)

  • 2024  InLiquid Toasts 25, Dirty Franks, Philadelphia, PA (group)

  • 2024  Feeling Blue, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA (group)

  • 2024  Spring Exhibition, reCreate Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (group)

  • 2024  Philadelphia Black History: The People’s Stories, City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy, Philadelphia, PA (group)

  • 2023  Artful Expressions of the Mind (Mental Health Portraits), Purple Octopus Art, online (group)

  • 2023 Animals, Light Space & Time, online (group)

  • 2023  Mood. Animals with Attitude, Wild Heart Gallery, online, awarded Honorable Mention (group)

  • 2023  7th Annual Colors Exhibition, Fusion Art, online (group)

  • 2019  Not Your Mother’s Breast Milk, feature in online journal

  • 2019  Featured Member of The American Art Therapy Association

  • 2018  Anastamos, Dis/Order issue, feature in online literary magazine

  • 2014  Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, cover art

  • 2013  Emotional Manipulation, Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA (solo)

  • 2006  Members Show,  Main Line Art Center, Bryn Mawr, PA (group)

  • 2005  New York University Art Therapy Show, Barney Building, New York, NY (group)

  • 2003  Group Show, Albert and Piccolo, Brooklyn, NY (group)

  • 2003  An Artist’s Life, Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY (group)