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Sophia Belkin

Baltimore, Maryland

Storm Cell Dawn is an abstract textile work with a field of multicolored canvas interrupted with various cutout patterned textiles in abstract fluid shapes outlined in embroidery thread.

Storm Cell Dawn

2023

Fractal Flower is an abstract textile work with a field of multicolored canvas interrupted with various cutout patterned textiles in abstract fluid shapes outlined in embroidery thread.

Fractal Flower

2023

Spectral Harp is an abstract textile work with fluid shapes, washy painted textures and distorted patterned shapes outlined in embroidery thread.

Spectral Harp

2022

Velvet Mineral Tongue is an abstract textile work featuring fluid shapes and vibrant colors with textured patterned shapes outlined in embroidery thread.

Velvet Mineral Tongue

2021

Artworks shown are selected from works submitted by the artist in their grant or residency application. All works are copyright of the artist or artist’s estate.

About Sophia Belkin

Sophia Belkin stands in front of two abstract paintings. She is a white person with long dark hair, and light skin tone.

Sophia Belkin (b. Moscow, Russia) currently lives and works in Baltimore. Sophia's practice employs a combination of dye painting, photography, generative AI, and embroidery to consider themes of ecological change, growth, and mutation. She earned her BFA in drawing and printmaking from the Maryland Institute College of Art. She has participated in residency programs with the Vermont Studio Center, ACRE, Rogaland Kunstsenter, NCCA in Kronstadt, and the Narva Art Residency in Estonia. Recent solo exhibitions include Slice of Water at Dinner Gallery in New York, Peeling Shadows at Ochi Gallery in Los Angeles, and Ground Swell at Resort Gallery in Baltimore.

Program Participation

Joan Mitchell Center Residency, 2024

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“ I use my paintings to explore our inextricable interconnectedness to the environment, and to consider alternative futures for our ecological landscape. I employ a lens of abstraction to imagine how our ecology and our humanity can continue to morph, evolve, and adapt in the face of unprecedented uncertainty.”

Related Journal Entries

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Announcing the 2024 Joan Mitchell Center Artists-in-Residence

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