Sophia Cara Frydman Dixon
I was born in Baltimore in 1982. I went to Yale from 2000 to 2004 and studied art and literature, and received my MFA from the University of Chicago in June of 2010. I am in LA now, but soon I will be living in Brooklyn again. I am starting a PhD in Psychology in NY this fall.
Email sophiacaradixon@gmail.com
RESUME:::::
EDUCATION:
- University of Chicago, Department of Visual Art, MFA 2010
- Yale University, New Haven, CT, BA in Art (Painting Concentration) 2004
- Carver Center for Arts and Technology, Baltimore, MD, Diploma 2000
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- Witch’s Cradle, MFA thesis exhibit, DOVA Temporary Gallery, Chicago, IL April 2010
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- Wormhole, ACRE Gallery, Chicago, IL 2011
- Plain Air, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2010
- Bring Your Own Placebo, curated by Jamie Mohr, B.Y.O.P. Gallery, Northhampton, MA, 2010
- Gamma Ray Burst 6, Roxaboxen Exhibitions, Chicago, IL 2010
- Drawn, Stairwell Gallery, Providence, RI, 2009
- The Figure in the Carpet, curated by Colleen Asper, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York, NY, 2008
- Conceptual Figures, Deitch Projects, New York, NY, 2008
- To Overthrow or Overturn, curated by Lexie Macchi, School 33, Baltimore MD, 2008
- Dark Age, Stairwell Gallery, Providence, RI, 2008
- Shadows in the Never-Never, Mountain Fold, New York, NY, 2008
- Feel this Dead Vibration, curated by Liz Flyntz, Current Gallery, Baltimore MD, 2007
- The Bees, curated by Katy Porte, Brooklyn Fire Proof Gallery, New York, 2007
- Witchcraft Rebellion, Valentines, Portland, OR, 2006
- Casting Off: Eyes on the Horizon, IDKE 8 at University of Texas, Austin, 2006
- Voice: Women in Contemporary Art (juried by Kara Walker), Providence Art Club, RI, 2006
- Rare Crystals from Nu Keva, Stairwell Gallery, Providence, RI, 2006
- Senior Thesis Exhibition, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT , 2004
RESIDENCIES ETC:
- Mountain School of the Arts, Los Angeles, California, 2011
- ACRE Residency, Boscobel, Wisconsin, 2010
CURATING:
- Notes from Outside, Mountain Fold, New York, NY, 2009
- Mixed Emotions, Brooklyn Fire Proof Gallery, New York, 2008
- Glow Worms, Current Gallery, Baltimore, MD, 2007 and Stairwell Gallery, Providence RI, 2007
TEACHING:
- Instructor, Painting and Drawing, Pratt Institute Pre-college Program, New York, NY. Summers 2005-2011
- Teaching Assistant at Johns Hopkins University, Center for Talented Youth, JHU Site, Baltimore, MD. History of Western Art and Twentieth Century Art. (Summer 2004)
AWARDS:
- Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant 2005 and 2001
- Sudler Grant Recipient, through Yale College September 2002 to January 2004
These drawings are amazing. I’m totally speechless.
Your work is really interesting. I would like to know if you consider your art to come from your lower or higher unconscious. I guess one could consider this too personal of a question, in which case you would just not answer. I am willing to guess that you are consciously traveling through your lower unconscious to find inspiration for your drawings. This may be just how I am seeing your pictures and may be as far off the mark as one can get. Still it’s fun to think about.