b. 1987 toronto, on the treaty lands and territory of the mississaugas of the credit
academic
bachelor of fine arts in visual art at the university of british columbia in vancouver, 2007-12
academic exchange at the école national supérieure des beaux arts in paris, france, 2009-10
fine arts diploma at åsane folkehøgskole in bergen, norway, 2005-06
education
movement workshops with keyon gaskin at studio 303 in montréal, 2017
community care workshops with carmella farahbakhsh, and with kai cheng thom at the khyber in halifax, 2017
reading and writing workshop with amy fung at 221A in vancouver, 2012
residencies
medalta historic clay district, ceramics residency in medicine hat, 2018
platform centre for photographic + digital arts, studio residency in winnipeg, 2017
connexion artist-run centre, studio residency with rudi aker in fredericton, 2017
the khyber centre for the arts, studio residency in halifax, 2017
the city of calgary, public art residency project, 2016
the galerie d’art louise-et-reuben-cohen, research residency in moncton, 2016
arte no es fácil, “art present” research residency in havana, 2014
the banff centre, “our literal speed” visual arts thematic residency, 2013
performances
future fitness (curated by d’arcy wilson) for saltbox festival of time-based art at grenfell art gallery in corner brook, 2016
bag body, body bag for the rencontre internationale d’art performance at le lieu in quebec city, 2016
friday night book club for mountain standard time performative art festival in calgary, 2016
bread & roses with rudi aker, for flourish festival in fredericton, 2016
twenty eight minutes like twenty eight years for pizza hut publishing in vancouver, 2015
ultimate workout for mountain standard time performative art festival in calgary & lethbridge, 2014
going out of business like its going out of style for third space gallery in saint john, 2014
screenings
nGbK berlin, “ultimate workout” as part of PUMPED (a queer video curation by coral short) 2016
struts gallery & faucet media arts centre, “face machine” as part of OK.QUOI?!, 2016
site specific installations
A through H for water cooler gallery in calgary, 2017
eple slang (curated by tara bursey) for window box gallery in toronto, 2013
window dressing for the new gallery in calgary, 2013
here you are (curated by colleen heslin) mural project for the crying room in vancouver, 2012
a version for topdown bottomup in vancouver, 2012
selected group exhibitions
nose/knows\notes of care (co-curated by lucy pauker + luke mohan) at the anna leonowens gallery in halifax, 2018
frontier (co-curated by solveig font martínez, daz paz and marilyn volkman) at sometimes art space in havana, 2015
somewheres (curated by pan wendt) at the confederation centre art gallery in charlottetown, 2014
an/aesthetic at the gam gallery in vancouver, 2011
professional experience
associate director of connexion artist-run centre in fredericton, 2012-2015
research assistant for barbara zeigler, associate professor at UBC in vancouver, 2012
gallery attendant at the belkin art gallery in vancouver, 2011-12
studio assistant for geoffrey farmer in vancouver, 2012
symposia
organized what the non-human taught us at connexion arc in fredericton, 2015
presented at the UBC undergraduate art history symposium in vancouver, 2012
bibliography
grid city magazine, limited time offer: a conversation with rudi aker and sophia bartholomew, 2017
canadian art magazine, our editors’ favourite articles of 2016
grid city magazine, goodbye sophia: associate director of connexion arc steps down after three inspiring years, 2015
the telegraph journal, exhibition features t-shirts from former project for a dollar, 2014
visual arts news magazine, creative dislocation (review of somewheres) 2014
HERE magazine, an existential workout as performance art, 2013
published writing
art & music reviews for cmagazine, canadian art magazine, visual arts news magazine, grid city magazine
art essays & interviews for CRIT paper, FRONT magazine, eastern edge gallery, the new gallery, the new brunswick museum, galérie d’art louise-et-reuben-cohen, connexion arc, kings ARI
creative writing for whiny femmes zine, sad dog magazine, GO HOME magazine, galérie d’art louise-et-reuben-cohen, untitled art society
presentations
visiting artist talks at the khyber centre for the arts (halifax), the alberta college of art and design (calgary), also as well too artist book library (winnipeg), platform centre for photographic + digital arts (winnipeg), the university of lethbridge (lethbridge), le lieu (quebec city), and saltbox festival of time-based art (corner brook)
workshops facilitation at third space gallery (saint john), mountain standard time festival (calgary), and connexion artist-run centre (fredericton)
public readings at the prairie art book fair (winnipeg), and galérie sans nom (moncton)
awards
canada council for the arts, professional development grant, 2018
new brunswick arts board, creation, career development, creative residency grants, 2017
new brunswick arts board, career development grant, 2015
new brunswick arts board, creation & infrastructure grants, 2015
new brunswick arts board, documentation grant, 2014
new brunswick arts board, career development grant, 2013
university of british columbia, dean of arts ATLAAS award for study abroad, 2009 – 2010
