About
Sophia Jürgens a débuté ses études artistiques à la Hochschule für Künste im Sozialen d’Ottersberg. Elle a ensuite poursuivi son cursus et obtenu son master en beaux-arts en 2018, à l’université de Newcastle. Elle vit et travaille à Luxembourg.
À ses débuts figurative, l’œuvre picturale de Sophia Jürgens s’est détachée peu à peu de la représentation pour évoluer vers une abstraction exprimant un processus créatif lié à un état d’esprit, une mémoire, ou une sensation. Sensible à l’espace, l’artiste développe également une approche accordant une place importante à l’installation de son travail en fonction du lieu. D’un point de vue pictural, l’approche de Sophia Jürgens se fonde sur une abstraction, plus organique que structurée, dans laquelle la spatialité définit notre relation au monde et exprime notre place en son sein.
Sophia Jürgens began her art studies at the Hochschule für Künste im Sozialen in Ottersberg. She went on to complete her Master of Fine Arts at Newcastle University in 2018. She lives and works in Luxembourg.
Initially figurative, Sophia Jürgens' pictorial work has gradually moved away from representation towards abstraction, expressing a creative process linked to a state of mind, a memory or a sensation. Sensitive to space, the artist is also developing an approach that places great emphasis on the installation of her work in relation to the site. From a pictorial point of view, Sophia Jürgens' approach is based on an abstraction that is more organic than structured, in which spatiality defines our relationship to the world and expresses our place within it.
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Texte : Clément Minighetti / MCULT.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2018 - 21 Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A), Newcastle University,
Newcastle, United Kingdom
2013 - 18 Bachelors in Fine Arts (B.F.A.),
University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Ottersberg, Germany
Solo Exhibitions
2022 “Capucine reloaded“, Hôpitaux Robert Schuman, Luxembourg
2020 “What if“, Long Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
2018 “Capucine reloaded”, Städtische Galerie, Bremen , Germany
2016 “Der Blick der Capucine”, level one, Hamburg, Germany
Group Exhibitions
2023 "Sanctuary", Fellner Contemporary, two-person show, Luxembourg
2022 “Salon CAL”, Luxembourg
2022 “ZHN JHR LVL N”, level one, Hamburg, Germany
2022 “Colo(u)rs“, Fellner Contemporary, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2022 “Integr‘art“, Artist Residency, Batiment 4, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
2022 “Beautiful Decay Festival“, Gréiweschlass, Koerich, Luxembourg
2021 “Interstellar“, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
2020 “Flotation devices“, Audain Gallery, Victoria, Canada
2020 “Jellyphishing“, Star and Shadow Cinema, Newcastle, United Kingdom
2020 “Housekeeping“, Jeannieavent Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2019 “Summer Show“, School of Arts and Cultures, Newcastle, United Kingdom
2019 “A response to Killhope“, The North of England Lead Mining Museum,
Bishop Auckland, United Kingdom
2019 “Interim Exhibition“, Long Gallery, Newcastle, United Kingdom
2019 “Assembly House Exhibition“, Assembly House, Newcastle, United Kingdom
2018 “Cuerpos de Lengua - KIIL Vida!“, level one, Hamburg, Germany
2017 “Cuerpos de Lengua - KIIL Vida!“, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo del Zulia,
Maracaibo, Venezuela
2016 “ON WIRE“, level one, Hamburg, Germany
2016 “Reizend hoch 9“, Kreissparkasse Verden, Verden, Germany
2016 “Anderswo“, Fritz Overbeck-Gesellschaft Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
2015 “CES-Gruppe Kunstpreis 2015“, Velbert, Germany
Artist Talks
2021 KUR, ExRota print Gelände, Berlin, Germany
2020 “Engage“, NewBridge Project, Newcastle, United Kingdom
2020 Newcastle College, Newcastle, United Kingdom
Prizes and Submissions
2019 John Christie Prize, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
2017 “Farbe bekennen”, Art in Public Space, Bremervörde, Germany