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Sofia Mesa | sofymesa@hotmail.com
Born March 1995 in Bogota, Colombia.
Sofia Currently lives and works in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Education
2019 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Integrated Media. OCAD University. Toronto, Canada.
Awards
2019 Integrated Media Medal Winner
2019 Project 31 Award
2019 Nora E. Vaughan Award
2019 William F. White Equipment Rental Prize
Selected Exhibitions
2023
Dawn Draws, Dusk Drops, Joys Gallery. Toronto, Canada.
2022
Birds of a Feather, Ethan Cohen Gallery. Beacon, NY.
True Currency, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery Oshawa, Canada.
2021
Residency + Show, Jimmy James Evans Friendly Meeting place and Center for the Arts. Toronto, Canada.
2020
Re-Acquaintances, Gallery TPW. Online
In- Residence. Online
2019
GradEx, OCAD University. Toronto, Canada.
Wildfire, The Loon. Toronto, Canada.
Flea Market, The Loon. Toronto, Canada.
2018
Basic Needs, Art Toronto x Art Metropole x The Table at Metro Convention Centre. Toronto, Canada.
Gardening, ma ma. Toronto, Canada
Basic Needs, The Loon. Toronto, Canada
Guardians, Allan Gardens Conservatory: a part of Contact Photography Festival. Toronto, Canada
Yes, OCAD University. Toronto, Canada
2017
Allan Gardens Group Show, The Loon, Toronto, Canada.
304 Albany Ave. 304 Albany Ave ,Toronto, Canada.
Doored 30, Double Double Land, Toronto, Canada
Every. Now. Then; Reframing Nationhood, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Tell: Stories of a Girlhood. Directed by Annie Wong, Gallery 44, Toronto, Canada
ANYWHERE. ANYTIME. 442 Dufferin St, Toronto, Canada.
How to Steal, Open Engagement, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA
Critical Engagements; Housing is a right, Not a Luxury!, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
2016
What Would the Community Think? Curated by Emily Gove at Xpace Cultural Center, Toronto, Canada.
Stein Salon Revisited and Reversed: An Afternoon with Bonerkill. Curated by Emilie Chhangur, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
The Complete Unknown. Curated by Marjan Verstappen, YTB Gallery Toronto, Canada.
Winter Clothing and Soup. A part of VIBE Art’s social justice residency, Fingers Hair Salon, Toronto, Canada.