Alumni Spotlight: Sophia Belkin

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Sophia Belkin ’12 (Drawing & Printmaking BFA) uses dye painting, embroidery and textile collage to create intricate and dynamic compositions that reference natural processes. Her paintings explore our inextricable interconnectedness to the environment, and consider alternative futures for our ecological landscape. She uses a lens of sci-fi and abstraction to imagine how our ecology and our humanity can continue to morph, evolve and adapt in the face of unprecedented uncertainty.

 


 

On the most meaningful MICA experience she had:

“It's really hard to pick a single experience, but my senior thesis show was very memorable. I teamed up with a few of my friends and got an entire room exclusively for our exhibition.

“We put a lot of thought into how the work fit together and even drove the New York the night before to pick up newsprint catalogues that we had printed. Working together on this show was a really wonderful culmination to my time at MICA.”

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On what she’s working on now:

“Right now I'm working towards a two person show at Current Space here in Baltimore. It will include video and installation and will be a fun departure from my painting work. Come check it out when the show opens in September!”

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“I spend most of my time working in the studio. I just shipped off artwork to show in Italy, DC and Milwaukee. This spring, I completed and artist residency at the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans. It was a really transformative experience and I feel very proud and honored to have been a resident.

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Her advice for current and future students:

“Don’t be afraid to work outside of what you think your medium is. If you’re an illustrator, take sculpture classes! If you're a printmaker, try your hand at ceramics. Be open-minded and take advantage of all of the incredible facilities and resources at your disposal!”

 

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