b. 1987 toronto, on the treaty lands and territory of the mississaugas of the credit
academic
2012 bachelor of fine arts in visual art at the university of british columbia in vancouver
2010 academic exchange at the école national supérieure des beaux arts in paris, france
2006 fine arts diploma at åsane folkehøgskole in bergen, norway
education
2017 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
2012 reading and writing workshop with amy fung at 221A in vancouver
residencies
2018 medalta historic clay district, ceramics residency in medicine hat
2017 platform centre for photographic + digital arts, photo 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
2016 the city of calgary, public art residency project
2016 the galerie d’art louise-et-reuben-cohen, research residency in moncton
2014 arte no es fácil, “art present” research residency in havana, 2014
2013 the banff centre, “our literal speed” visual arts thematic residency
performances
2016 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
2015 twenty eight minutes like twenty eight years for pizza hut publishing in vancouver
2014 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
exhibitions
2018 nose/knows\notes of care (co-curated by lucy pauker, luke mohan) at the anna leonowens gallery in halifax
2017 A through H for water cooler gallery in calgary
2015 frontier (co-curated by solveig font martínez, daz paz and marilyn volkman) at sometimes art space in havana
2014 somewheres (curated by pan wendt) at the confederation centre art gallery in charlottetown
2013 eple slang (curated by tara bursey) for window box gallery in toronto, 2013
2013 window dressing for the new gallery in calgary
2012 here you are (curated by colleen heslin) mural project for the crying room in vancouver
2012 a version for topdown bottomup in vancouver
2011 an/aesthetic at the gam gallery in vancouver
professional experience
2012 – 2015 associate director of connexion artist-run centre in fredericton
2012 research assistant for barbara zeigler, associate professor at UBC in vancouver
2011 – 2012 gallery attendant at the belkin art gallery in vancouver
2012 studio assistant for geoffrey farmer in vancouver
screenings
2016 nGbK berlin, “ultimate workout” as part of PUMPED (queer video curation by coral short)
2016 struts gallery & faucet media arts centre, “face machine” as part of OK.QUOI?!
symposia
2015 organized what the non-human taught us at connexion arc in fredericton
2012 presented at the UBC undergraduate art history symposium in vancouver
bibliography
2017 grid city magazine, limited time offer: a conversation with rudi aker and sophia bartholomew
2016 canadian art magazine, our editors’ favourite articles of 2016
2015 grid city magazine, goodbye sophia: associate director of connexion arc steps down after three inspiring years
2014 the telegraph journal, exhibition features t-shirts from former project for a dollar
2014 visual arts news magazine, creative dislocation (review of somewheres)
2013 HERE magazine, an existential workout as performance art
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, galerie d’art louise-et-reuben-cohen, connexion arc, kings ARI
creative writing for moniker press, untitled art society, whiny femmes zine, sad dog magazine, GO HOME magazine, galerie d’art louise-et-reuben-cohen
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)
workshop 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
2018 canada council for the arts, professional development grant
2017 new brunswick arts board, creation, career development, creative residency grants
2015 new brunswick arts board, career development, creation, infrastructure grants
2014 new brunswick arts board, documentation grant
2013 new brunswick arts board, career development grant
2010 university of british columbia, dean of arts ATLAAS award for study abroad
