Scott Csoke | Carnival of the Animals

July 24 - August 22, 2025

Sargent’s Daughters is excited to present Carnival of the Animals, Scott Csoke’s first solo exhibition with the gallery. Taking its title from the 1886 composition by Camille Saint-Saëns, the paintings appropriate and reframe art historical depictions of animals as expressive avatars of queer experiences. Presented in a site-specific installation by the artist, Csoke’s swans, hounds, and cranes play with ideas of decoration, gender, and humor.

Scott Csoke (b. 1993, Rockville, MD) is an artist based in Brooklyn, New York. They received their BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. Recent exhibitions include Alexander DiJulio (New York, NY), Sargent’s Daughters (New York, NY), Timothy Taylor (New York, NY), Auxier Klien (New York, NY), and Quirk Gallery (Richmond, VA). Csoke’s work has been featured in Artforum, New York Magazine, and Apartment Therapy. They have collaborated with Anthropologie, Christian Cowan, LAZOSCHMIDL, Loeffer Randall, Clare V., Framebridge, The Greenbrier, and more. Painting is their way of teaching the viewer about the ever-changing mystery of queerness