SOPHIE CAPE MAELSTROM
Cover: Sophie Cape Dawn has overthrown the dolorous dark, 2018 charcoal, ash, ink, pigment, acrylic, oil, graphite, soil 139 x 200cm
SOPHIE CAPE MAELSTROM 21 November – 9 December 2018 Opening Saturday 24 November 2018, 2 – 4 pm
Afraid of nothing, as though I had wings 2018 charcoal, ash, ink, acrylic, oil, graphite, carborundum, salt, butterfly wings, metal on canvas 137 x 194cm $18,500
Till the golden seas break in crisp whispers at our feet 2018 charcoal, ash, ink, acrylic, oil, graphite, carborundum, salt, rust on canvas 163 x 198cm $20,000
Dawn has overthrown the dolorous dark 2018 charcoal, ash, ink, pigment, acrylic, oil, graphite, soil, carborundum, salt on canvas 139 x 200cm $18,500
Lightning tears whirlwinds as bleeding sparks fly 2018 charcoal, ink, pigment, acrylic, oil, carborundum, soil, salt, metal on canvas 137 x 190cm $18,500
Flying from thunder, roaring to rapture 2018 ash, pigment, acrylic, oil, bitumen, soil, salt, plant material on canvas 137 x 200cm $18,500
Moonlight silvers the songs and silence of the night 2018 charcoal, ash, ink, pigment, acrylic, oil, graphite, salt, blood, feather on canvas 137 x 193cm $18,500
Beyond the belt of vapor beneath us 2018 charcoal, ink, pigment, acrylic, oil, graphite, soil, salt, rust on canvas 161 x 211cm $20,000
Mischief hangs in treacherous beauty 2018 charcoal, ash, ink, pigment, acrylic, oil, graphite, carborundum, salt on canvas 161 x 208cm $20,000
Suspended amid the delicate and the mighty 2018 Ink, pigment, soil, ash, oil, plant material, rust on canvas 163 x 211cm $20,000
SOPHIE CAPE EDUCATION: 2010
National Art School, B. Fine Art (Painting)
2000
Central St. Martins College of Art & Design, London
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: 2017
Slaughterhouse Road – Olsen Gallery
2016
Montagne di marmo- drawings from the quarries of Carrara- Olsen Irwin Works on Paper, Small Paintings and Sculpture, Sydney
2015
An Unending Shadow – Dementia, Mosman Regional Art Gallery In the heart of the mountain where no words are spoken, Olsen Irwin, Sydney
2014
Shadows of White – From Shaolin to Everest, Olsen Irwin Works on Paper, Small Paintings and Sculpture, Sydney
2013
Magistra Natura – in collaboration with Master Printmaker John Loane, Olsen Irwin, Sydney
2012
Hong Kong International Art Fair, Hong Kong
2011
New Works, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2015
Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Carriageworks Important Works on Paper and Sculpture, Olsen Irwin, Sydney Tattersalls Invitational Landscape Award, Queensland
The Art of Shakespeare - The Bell Shakespeare Company Invitational 25 year Exhibition, Sydney Opera House Redlands Invitational Contemporary Art Prize, NAS Gallery 2014
Salon des Refuses, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney The Blow’In Collective, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Paddington Art Prize, National Council of Jewish Women Melbourne International Art Fair, Melbourne Hutchins Works on Paper Award, Tasmania Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize, Adelaide Perry Gallery Middle Head: 33° 50’ S, 151°14’ E, Mosman Regional Art Gallery Embers of Empathy, Bushfire Volunteers, Charity Auction Australian Wildlife Art Foundation, Charity Auction, Melbourne
2013
Outpost: Middle Head Residency, Mosman Art Gallery Xucun International Art Festival, Xucun China
2012
Portia Geach Portrait Prize, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney Melbourne Art Fair, with Tim Olsen Gallery, Melbourne Finalist, William Fletcher British School of Rome Residency Sydney Biennale ArtBar Animation After Hours, Pier 2/3, Sydney Future Au Feminin, Cite International des Arts, Paris Finalist, AIAS Prix d’Honneur, Wroclaw, Poland FIND Festival of International New Drama, Schaubuhne Theatre, Berlin Illuminations, Jitter, Contemporary Australian Animation, Bondi Pavilion 2011
RBS Emerging Artist Awards Exhibition, Sydney
Between the Heads Exhibition, Middle Head National Park, Sydney Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize, Adelaide Perry Gallery People’s Choice Award, Portia Geach Portrait Prize, SH Irvin Gallery, Sydney
Salon de Refuses, SH Irvin Gallery, Sydney New Works, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney 2010
Portia Geach Portrait Prize, SH Irvin Gallery Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize, Adelaide Perry Gallery In Character Group Exhibition, NAS Stairwell Gallery
2009
Portia Geach Portrait Prize, SH Irvin Gallery
Flinders Ranges: Working in the Landscape Exhibition, NAS Stairwell Gallery 2008
On an Island Group Exhibition, Cockatoo Island
NAS Drawing Prize Exhibition, Xavier Art Space Drawing Group Exhibition, 285 Liverpool Street Gallery Road: Ride Group Exhibition, Vanishing Point Contemporary Art Gallery AWARDS: 2015
Geelong Art Prize, Winner Art Gallery of NSW, Paris Cite Residency, Highly Commended Redlands Art Prize, Finalist
2014
Portia Geach Memorial Prize, Winner Salon de Refuse, SH Irvin Gallery
2013
Australia China Art Foundation Residency, Shanxi Xucun Art Month Young Ambassador New York Studio School Drawing Marathon Scholarship
2012
Art Month Young Ambassador 2012/13 Normyle Residency, Cooma Portia Geach Memorial Prize, Highly Commended 2012
2011
Ian Potter Cultural Trust Grant, Winner Australian Council ArtStart Grant Royal Bank of Scotland Emerging Artist Award, Finalist Portia Geach Portrait Prize, Winner Peoples Choice Award Salon de Refuse, SH Irvin Gallery Fraser Street Studio Residency, Sydney
2010
Storrier Onslow NAS Paris Residency, CitĂŠ Internationale des Arts, Paris Hospiz Residency, St. Christoph, Austria John Olsen Prize for Figure Drawing, Winner NAVA Ignition Prize for Emerging Talent & Professional Practice William Fletcher Foundation Grant
2009
Tom Bass Figurative Sculpture Scholarship
2008
NAS Drawing Prize, Winner Waverley Art Prize, Highly Commended
2000
Central St. Martins Scholarship, London
1997
Mosman Youth Art Prize, Winner
1993
Mosman Youth Art Prize, Winner
1992
Willoughby Youth Art Prize, Winner
1991
Mosman Youth Art Prize, Winner
COLLECTIONS Macquarie Bank Emerging Artist Collection – The Land and its Psyche, Sydney Australia China Arts Foundation, Beijing, China Xucun International Art Commune, Xucun, Shanxi, China Pat Corrigan, Queensland University The Private Museum, Singapore
SOPHIE CAPE MAELSTROM 21 November – 9 December 2018 Opening Saturday 24 November, 2018, 2 – 4 pm