Sophie Valance
BIOGRAPHY
Sophie Vallance’s practice as a painter is an intense examination of moving through life, a conversation with herself. Encounters from her everyday are re-imagined on her large square canvases, half reality, half fantasy. Her imagery draws heavily on the use of animals, self portraiture, food and scenes based on real events, with the themes within her practice ranging from humorous to darkly sad. She is currently based in Glasgow but has lived in both Berlin and London, allowing her practice to naturally evolve over time, not tied to a particular geographical place but rather tied to life experiences wherever they occur. Her own voice exists between feminist practices, cathartic art making, processes of confession, folklore and storytelling, and ultimately her work is an expression of self reflection as she grows and changes as a person.
EDUCATION
2013-2015 Painting Camberwell College of Arts
2011-2012 Foundation in Art and Design CCW Progression Centre
EXHIBITIONS
2020 ‘Discerning Eye’ Mall Galleries London,
2020 ‘It’s 2020 (For Fucks Sake) Guts Gallery x Soft Punk, London
2020 ‘LIMBO’ Everyday Gallery, Antwerp
2020 ‘Just A Studio’ London, Curated by Elly Stephenson
2020 ‘The Just’ Aleph Contemporary, London
2020 ‘Begin Again’ Guts Gallery,
2020 ‘Anti-Freeze’ Curated by Cassandra Bowes
2020 ‘Even Tigers Need a Rest’ Aleph Contemporary, London
2020 ‘When Shit Hits The Fan’ GUTS Gallery, London
2019 ‘Sophie Vallance X David Esquivel’ Galerie Tracanelli, Grenoble, France
2019 ‘Opening Exhibition’ GUTS Gallery, London
2019 ‘Let Me Try to Explain’ L21 Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2019 ‘Manifest The Future’ Castiglioni, São Paulo, Brazil
2019 ‘Salad Days’, YNGSPC Online Exhibition
2018 ‘They Said I Was Special’, Union Gallery, London
2018 'Predatory Behaviour', T293, Rome, Italy
2018 'Her Presence is Fuel' Mo Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2018‘H E R U S' Berlin, Germany
2018 'Slightly Seared on The Reality Grill' Unit 5 Gallery, London
2017 'Young Contemporary Talent Exhibition' Ingram Collection, London
2017 'PC4PC' 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning, London
2017 'Mine, Others and Yours' We are BUD, Athens, Greece
2015 'One Potato, Two' Arch Collective, London
2015 '24 Hour Project' GX Gallery, London
2015 'UNIT' CGP/ Cafe Gallery, London
2012 'CCW Foundation Show' CCW Progression Centre, London
2012 'RBA and NADFAS Annual Show' Mall Galleries, London
RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
2019 L21 Gallery Residency, Spain
2017 Young Contemporary Talent Prize, Ingram Collection (FINALIST)
PRESS
2020 GowithYamo Video Interview
2020 Art Verge Interview
2018 ArtMaze Mag Online Interview
2018 DATEAGLE ART Studio Visit
2018 ArtMaze Magazine Feature Issue 8
2018 Floorr Magazine Interview
2018 Odeandiefreude Interview
2017 I-D Magazine Interview