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If you're an artist, what kind of art do you make?: Conceptual, Drawing, Event, Installation, Performance, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Video

I am...: Assistant Professor, University of Windsor, Canada
Director/Curator & Faculty, University Art Gallery, California State University
Founder, Velvet Antler Studio for Print Media, Banff Centre for the Arts
Writer, various catalogue essays on contemporary Canadian and American artists
I am awake, conscious, open, engaged, playful, enthusiastic, analytical, curious.

About my artwork: Every culture has at least one hymn, poem or monument about some great longing at the borders of the void.
Human life seemingly plays out on the continuum between our yearnings and desires on one end, and processes of mourning and loss on the other.
In the end, it’s all about choice and transformation.
My work creates a space and an engagement with the viewer's conscious awareness.

Artists I like: Marina Abramovic, Janine Antoni, Joseph Beuys, Los Carpinteros, Francesco Clemente, Harrell Fletcher, Philip Guston, Rebecca Horn, Lisa Kaftori, Suzanne Klotz, Agnes Martin, Daniel Joseph Martinez, Gabriel Orozco, Adrian Piper, Taras Polataiko, William Pope.L, Bob Rauschenberg, David Shrigley, Do-Ho Suh, Sigi Torinus, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, James Turrell, Bill Viola, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Kara Walker...more...

Interests: Latin and ballroom dancing (currently salsa, cha cha, bolero), rhythms, writing, meditation, contemplation, laughter, collaborations, non gallery collaborations, audiowork, creativity, space.

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At 9:21pm on 22nd November 2008, Marta Melniczuk said…: Thank you dear Sophia, for comment, I again enjoyed looking at your work, we will stay in touch. Just now I am doing lithography, stones are not light to carry... Cheers Marta

At 3:26pm on 21st November 2008, Caruana Anthony said…: great work with profound imagination

At 12:27pm on 4th November 2008, MK said…: Hi Sophia i like your work mainly because a lot of it has a metaphoric meanings great, I will be taking my first visit to Canda in 2009 for a hair show I'll be sure to contact you just befor I go. keep up the work

At 2:08am on 23rd October 2008, aguirredimatteo said…: good ritmos africanos,

At 4:23am on 20th October 2008, ART & ARTISTS LA said…: Life in LA is great but...I miss my hometown , Barcelona

At 9:46am on 11th October 2008, ART & ARTISTS LA said…: BLUEBIRD ART HOUSE AND ART&ARTISTS LA are pleased to announce the 1st INTERNATIONAL JURIED COMPETITION 2009. Open to all artists in all fine arts media we seek to recognize outstanding quality and diversity in the arts. The 2009 IJC is open to all artists worldwide, age 18 and older. All works must be original. Entries in the following medias will be accepted: Painting, Drawing, Mixed media, Printmaking, Watercolor, Ceramics, Sculpture, and Photography. Entry Deadline February 15th 2009