SOPHIA WALLACE

Gala Opening Sat March 8 at 7-10pm @DefSup

An exhibition of works and talks by internationally known New York artist Sophia Wallace & Regional Feminist Artists for International Women’s Day.

Featuring: Christian Chapman, Caitlyn McMillan, Leanna Marshall, Lora Northway, Vivike Knutson, Sharon Johnson, Leslie Hill, Katie Beda, Elizabeth Buset, Jayal Chung, Sarah Anne Eby, Shaun Hedican, Beth Haywood, Keith Catton, Katie Lemieux, Angela Gollatt.

Come celebrate the ongoing work of communities organizing for social justice and change. Two new exhibitions, artist talks, music, drinks and catering! Music provided by New Day Records & Accessories, cake sponsored by Nucci’s Bake A Deli.

Admission by donation/everyone is welcome/Mature Content/Nudity

Brought to you by the Gender Issues Centre and Definitely Superior’s Die Active Art Collective.

 

Exhibition runs March 8th-15th,  during gallery hours (Tues-Sat,12-6pm)

www.sophiawallace.com 

Sophia Wallace is an internationally known American conceptual artist and photographer, based in New York City.

Through the use of images, video and mixed media, she explores alterity. Wallace’s focus is how otherness is constructed visually on the gendered, sexualized, racialized body.

Recently, Wallace received critical acclaim and viral exposure for CLITERACY,  a project addressing citizenship and body sovereignty using the medium of text-based objects, unauthorized street installation and interactive sculptural forms.

Wallace has presented her work in major exhibitions in the U.S. and abroad, including Kunsthalle Wien Museum, Art Basel Miami, Scope NY, Taschen Gallery and Aperture Gallery among others. She was awarded PDN’s Curator Award, Critic’s Pick by the Griffin Museum, American Photography AP-25 and ArtSlant’s Showcase Award. Her work has been reviewed in BLOUIN Art Info, The New Yorker, Salon, Huffington Post, Fast Company, Hyperallergic and Bitch Magazine, among other publications.

Wallace holds a BA from Smith College and an MA in Photography from NYU and the International Center of Photography. In 2012, she was a Van Lier Fellow. Recent residencies include the Art Law Residency, Wassaic Residency and the Artist Lab Residency at CENTER.

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