Sebastiano Sofia
- Biography
- Bibliography
- Artworks
- Solo exhibitions
- Group exhibitions
Sebastiano Sofia nasce a Verona (IT) nel 1986. Vive e lavoro tra Milano e Verona.
Sebastiano Sofia utilizza la pittura, il disegno e la scultura per sviluppare un suo personale universo iconografico in cui il corpo umano, il mondo animale e il dominio delle cose sono in dialogo reciproco. Spesso organizzate attorno a un centro narrativo aperto alle suggestioni e alle interpretazioni, le sue opere appaiono come capitoli di un più ampio racconto per immagini, in cui la contaminazione e la metamorfosi governano la relazione tra figure e ambienti. Sofia esplora la fusione tra femminile e maschile, tra umano e animale, tra il corpo come luogo del controllo e il corpo come spazio di perdita della razionalità, utilizzando un linguaggio che dell'assurdo e della violenza rivela i tratti più umani e malinconici.
Sebastiano Sofia was born in Verona (IT) in 1986. He lives and works between Milan and Verona.
Sebastiano Sofia uses painting, drawing and sculpture to develop his personal iconographic universe in which the human body, the animal world and the domain of things are presented in mutual dialogue. Often revolving around a narrative centre open to suggestion and interpretation, his works appear as chapters of a broader story told through images, in which contamination and metamorphosis govern the relationship between figures and their environments. Sofia explores the fusion of feminine and masculine, human and animal, the body as a place of control and the body as a space for the loss of rationality, using a language that reveals the most human and melancholic traits of absurdity and violence.
Art Residencies
2023
Secci Gallery, Firenze, Italy
2021-2022
Collezione De Iorio, Verona, Italy
2021
Collezione Palmieri, Celle Ligure, Savona, Italy
2018
Maraya Art Center, Sharjah, UAE
2017
Dolomiti Contemporanee, Pieve di Cadore, Belluno, Italy
2015
Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
2013
Viafarini in residence, Milan, Italy
Collections
Articles
2018
Cover Artist. Sebastiano Sofia, curated by Daniele Perra, Artribune Magazine #46, november - december 2018
2016
2015
ALLONS ENFANT/17 by Andrea Bruciati, Exibart
Sebastiano Sofia
Self Portrait, 2022
charcoal on canvas, 205 x 180 cm
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Night Forest, 2022
oil on canvas, 150 x 185 cm
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The Hiding Place, 2022
oil on canvas, 160 x 170 cm
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The day of the snake, 2022
oil, acrylic, charcoal on canvas, 140 x 109 cm
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I will become your snake, 2021
oil on canvas, 93 x 83 cm
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A fat man and game meat, 2021
oil on canvas, 170 x 130 cm
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The Hunting, 2021
oil and graphite on canvas, 90 x 90 cm
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The insomniac, 2022
oil on canvas, 200 x 180 cm
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Fiery landscape, 2022
oil on canvas, 170 x 150 cm
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Bonsai Girls, 2022
oil on canvas, 150 x 170 cm
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The lady of the lake, 2022
oil on canvas, 180 x 100 cm
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And slowly drowned, 2022
oil on canvas 117 x 82 cm
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Pyromaniac, 2021
oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cm
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Self portrait, 2021
oil and graphite on canvas, 46 x 32 cm
2022
Maréa, text of a conversation between the Artist and Alessandro Rabottini, Boccanera Gallery, Milan, Italy
2021
Il Crepaccio, curated by Caroline Corbetta, Instagram show
2019
Anemone, text by Denis Isaia, Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy
2018
Remember me, curated by Laura Mezler, Maraya Art Center, Sharjah, UAE
2017
Natural Metamorphosis, Fatma Lootha Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2016
Ariel, CarDrde Gallery, Bologna, Italy
2017
Mangroves from the water, Umm Al Quwain, UAE
Fuoco Paesaggio, curated by Dolomiti Contemporanee, Pieve di Cadore, Belluno, Italy
2016
Of the Wall, CarDrde Gallery, Bologna, Italy
Anthropocene, Riccardo Crespi Gallery, Milan, Italy
Memorie, curated by Andrea Bruciati, Villa Manin, Udine, Italy
From the city, curated by 23 ° course Curatorial Practice and Contemporary art, A + A Gallery, Venice, Italy
Atelier Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Showend residence, Venice, Italy
2015
Vis-art-Vis, curated by Andrea Bruciati, ArtVerona, Verona, Italy
Having hunger for wind, curated by Pietro Di Lecce, Te Work brench, Milan, Italy
Open Studio, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
2014
One minute of truth, AplusB Gallery, Brescia, Italy
Pizza magazine project, curated by Caroline Corbetta and Federica Tattoli, Expo Gate, Milan, Italy
2013
Open studio "RAGAZZE", curated by Simone Frangi, Viafarini Docva, Milan, Italy
Alternative Nomadi, curated by Alessandro Castiglioni, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy
Mediterranea 16 Young Artists Biennal, Ancona, Italy