LINSEED 艺术家 | 苏菲·瓦兰斯·康托 Sophie Vallance Cantor
苏菲·瓦兰斯·康托1993年出生于苏格兰斯特林，2015年毕业于坎伯韦尔艺术学院（Camberwell College of Arts）绘画专业，目前生活在格拉斯哥与伦敦。康托擅长将现实与想象中的元素融合为一体，在大尺幅架上作品中运用这些元素，个人化的故事表达与民间故事交织描绘关于日常生活的经验。她的作品中时常出现如动物、自画像、食物与解构后的周遭环境，受到波普形式的影响，画面中常出现浑圆饱满，造型活泼生动的形象，颜色明亮丰富。通过对个人历史、诙谐叙事、性别与身材焦虑等主题的探索，宣泄式的创作过程呈现了其对生活经历的严肃考究与艺术家个人内在的对谈与反思。随着康托不断成长变化的旅居个人经历与地理位置的改变，其作品主题也随时间流逝，自然而然地演变。
Sophie Vallance Cantor was born in 1993 in Stirling, Scotland. She graduated from Camberwell College of Arts with a Bachelor degree in 2015. She currently lives and works in Glasgow and London. Cantor blends elements of reality and fantasy in her dazzling large-scale paintings that draw on everyday life encounters. She shares a deep interest in folklore and storytelling; by combining the narrative with personal experience, the artist produces vibrant depictions of loved ones, animals, food and deconstructed surroundings. Influenced by the artistic style of POP Art, various characters in her paintings are cartoon-looking with bright and groovy colours. Through the exploration of topics such as personal history, humorous narratives, gender and appearance anxiety, the cathartic creative process revolves around an intense examination of life and an inner reflection of a state of mind. Cantor has lived in different areas in Europe, allowing her practice to naturally evolve through time and locale, tied not to a particular geographical place but instead to the experiential and how it takes on shape and distinction in hindsight.
Her selected group exhibitions include: “Watch the Fire from the Shore”, 2021, LINSEED Projects, Shanghai; “Tiger in a Tropical Storm”, 2021, Louise Alexander Gallery, Italy; “Sophie Vallance x Banal”, 2021, Galerie Tracanelli, Grenoble, France; “Re-Birth of Venus”, 2021, Pulpo Gallery, Germany; “London Art Weekend”, 2021, Guts Gallery and Sadie Coles, London; “Now, Now”, 2021, Breach Gallery, Miami; “Safe as Milk”, 2021, Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh; “Pending”, 2020, San Mei Gallery, London; “NBB PAPERWORKS VOL 1”, 2020, NBB Gallery, Berlin; “Limbo”, 2020, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, “Sophie Vallance x David Esquivel”, 2019, Galerie Tracanelli, Grenoble, France; “I’m Trying to Explain”, 2019, L21 Gallery, Palma de Mallorca; “Manifest the Future”, 2019, Castiglioni, Sao Paulo; “They Said I Was Special”, 2018, Union Gallery, London; “Predatory Behaviour”, 2018, T293, Rome; “Her Presence is Fuel”, 2018, Mo Gallery, Berlin; her upcoming solo exhibitions will be opening to public in 2021, 2022 at Guts Gallery in London and at Kogan Amaro in Sao Paulo. Her residencies include: L21 Gallery Residency, Palma de Mallorca; her work has been awarded by Hopper Prize (Finalist); Young Contemporary Talent Prize, Ingram Collection (Finalist).