Sophia Marguerite Boeschoten
Sophia (Utrecht 1984) lives and works in The Hague. As a child she believed to descend from another world and practised her own religion. The landscapes of this parallel world are still the main inspiration for her artistry. By using different media (i.a. painting, sculpture, video, music, poetry and performance) Sophia creates installations and musical performances that together portray a magical dream world, but alone function as autonomous art works.
Together with monks Sophia took art classes in icon painting during her two year residence in Georgia (2010 - 2011). The strict lessons on Georgian collor theory and detail painting still define the religious and magic elements within her work. Since graduating from the Royal Academy of The Hague in 2016 Sophia has exhibited in different galleries, i.a. Galerie Frank Taal (2020), De Aanschouw (2021), Neck of the Woods III (2023) and HOK Gallery (2023). In 2020 and 2021 she takes part in different international artist-in-residencies to focus on her conceptual research.
The last years Sophia has been working on a comprehensive theatrical music performance Kill Me, which reflects on the inner war(s) we conduct with ourselves. Kill Me consists of several musical performances that integrate visual arts, theatre and music in one art work.
Exhibitions
2023 HOK Galery, Den Haag, Solo Exhibition & Performance Act Requiem for Love
2023 Neck of the Woods III, Rotterdam, Group Exhibition & Performance Act
2023 Kill Me, Theater De Malle Mollen, Den Haag, Theaterical Music Performance
2023 Pilot Performance of "Kill Me", Stofmeel & Stofmeel, Den Haag, Performance Act
2022 Urhof 20, Grünbach am Schneeberg, Østerreich, Music Performance
2022 Quartair, Den Haag, Performance Act
2021 Har Hensgens Gallery, Vlaardingen, Solo Exhibition & Performance Act
2021 De Aanschouw, Rotterdam, Solo Exhibition & Performance Act
2020 Frank Taal Galerie, Rotterdam, Group Exhibition & Performance Act
2019 Pop-up Expo “Goed Sterven is een Kunst”, The Hague, Duo Exhibition
2019 Galerie Maldoreca, The Hague, Duo Exhibition
2019 De Aanschouw, Rotterdam, Duo Exhibition
2019 Galerie Hoop, The Hague. Solo Exhibition
2019 Torrance Art Museum, Los Angels, Participant in CO/LAB Project
2019 Atelierroute South Explorer, Rotterdam. Gastkunstenaar
2018 Baraca, Den Haag. Solo Exhibition
2017 Galerie de Molen, Wassenaar. Group Exhibition
2016 1,2,3. Hoogtij, Den Haag. Group Exhibition
2015 Baku, Mon Amour, de Vrije Gemeente, Amsterdam. Exhibition of Etchings and photographs from the Caucasus
2014 Encounters in Central Asia, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz. Photography exhibition of portraits from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
2013 Victory over the Sun, Drents Museum, Assen. Designing the costumes for and participating in the opera of Kazimir Malevich.
Purchases/Sales
2024 Sea Me, Private Buyer
2023 Balloon, Private Buyer, Solo Exhibition HOK Gallery
2022 Can't Find You, Private Buyer
2022 T.G., Privat Buyer
2022 Floating is no Falling, Private Buyer
2021 Oude Ik, Private Buyer
2021 War Angel, Private Buyer
2021 You are a Prisoner of Your Own, Private Buyer, Solo Exhibition Galerie Har Hensgens
2021 Het Kastje, Private Buyer, Solo Exhibition Galerie Har Hensgens
2021 I wished you could Sea me, Private Buyer, Solo Exhibition Galerie Har Hensgens
2021 Boodschap aan Degene onder Water, Private Buyer, Solo Exhibition Galerie Har Hensgens
2019 Zonder Naam ben jij ten Hemel Gegaan, Private Buyer, Pop-up Expo "Goed Sterven is een Kunst".
Residencies
2021 Aqtushetii, Individual site specific art project/ Workshop on Electronic Music, Omalo, Georgia
2020 Arkabarka, Individual site specific art project, Beograd, Serbia
Education
2012 - 16 Bachelor Fine Arts, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, The Hague
2010 - 11 Masterclass Icon Painting, Master Studio Giorgi Khakhutashvili, Tbilisi
2009 - 11 Master Caucasus Studies and International Affairs, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena