SONYA FILMAN
  • Works
  • Exhibitions
    • The Watchful Eye and the Tentative Hand, 2015
    • When Suddenly the Limb Did Quiver, 2018
  • About
    • CV
  • Works
  • Exhibitions
    • The Watchful Eye and the Tentative Hand, 2015
    • When Suddenly the Limb Did Quiver, 2018
  • About
    • CV
SONYA FILMAN



Education
2016 - 2018     Masters of Fine Arts in Visual Arts, York University
2010 - 2014     Honours Bachelor of Arts, Specialist in Art and Art History, University of Toronto

2010 - 2014     Advanced Diploma in Art and Art History, Sheridan College

Solo Exhibitions
2022     Echo on the Landing. Main Space Window, The New Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2018      When Suddenly the Limb Did Quiver. ​Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto, Ontario
2015      The Watchful Eye and the Tentative Hand. Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario


Group Exhibitions
2020     Light Gestures. Production Gallery, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto, Ontario
2017      I Think It's Useful. Special Projects Gallery, York University, Toronto, Ontario
2017      I found it on the floor. Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto, Ontario
2016      For the Love of Collective Chemistry. Special Projects Gallery, York University, Toronto, Ontario
2016      Summer Salon. Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2016      Within and Without. Curated by the Open Studio Membership Committee, Capital One, Toronto, Ontario
2014      Summer Emerging Artists Exhibition. Curated by Phil Anderson, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Ontario

2014      Hybridity: A Harmonized Binary. Curated by Henry Heng Lu, Scarborough Civic Centre Rotunda, Scarborough, Ontario
2014     The Shelley Peterson Student Art Exhibition. Curated by Katie Funfgeld, Ellen Hlozan, Katherine Laite, Nicole Matityahu, and Katie Tyka. University of Toronto Art Centre, Toronto, Ontario
2014     Up One Side + Down the Other. Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga, Ontario
2014     Caché: re[collecting]. Presented by the Department of Visual Studies Student Society. University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario
2014     Annual Library Exhibition. Curated by Julia Abraham. Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario
2014     Arts Fest. Presented by the Artistic Resource Team. University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario
2013     Project Project 3. The Gallery, Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario
2013     ARTspace International Print Exchange and Exhibition. ARTspace, Chatham-Kent, Ontario
2012     Arts Fest. Presented by the Artistic Resource Team. University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario
2012     Project Project 2. The Gallery, Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario
2012     Make It Happen and the Aftermath, 6th Annual Chancellor's Student Art Exhibition. Curated by Rebecca Noone, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

Residencies
2017     Visiting Artist. St. Michael's Printshop, St. John's, Newfoundland 
2014-2015      Don Phillips Scholar. Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario


Awards
2017     Dr. Annie Smith Graduate Scholarship, Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario
2017     Joseph Armand Bombarier Canada Graduate Scholarship - Masters, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
2016     Dr. Annie Smith Graduate Scholarship, Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario
2016     York University Graduate Scholarship, Toronto, Ontario
2014     Don Phillips Scholarship, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario

2014     Andrew Patrick and Epson Ltd. Award, Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario
2014     Open Studio Award, Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario
2014     Faculty Award (Print Media), Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario
2014     Shelley Peterson Student Art Exhibition Award, Third Place, Selections made by Julia Paoli
2013     Vistek Award, Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario
2013     Faculty Award (Print Media), Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario
2013     Canadian Art Award for Volunteer Activities, Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario
2012     Gallery 44 Award, Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario
2011     Rock on the Bookstore Award, Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario
2011     Art Gallery of Ontario Award, Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario


Professional Activities
2022-present     Exhibition Programming Committee, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto, Ontario
2020-2021     Instructor, Online Relief Printmaking Workshop, Toolbox Initiative, Toronto, Ontario
2019-present     Audience Development Coordinator, Mercer Union, a centre for contemporary art, Toronto, Ontario
2018     Instructor, 8-week Screen Printing Class, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2018-2019     Audience Development Intern, Mercer Union, a centre for contemporary art, Toronto, Ontario
2018     Teaching Assistant, FA/VISA 2073 3.0 Introduction to Printmaking: Relief, School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design, York University, Toronto, Ontario
2017     Teaching Assistant, FA/VISA 2082 3.0 Drawing: Approaches to Abstract Image Making, School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design, York University,       Toronto, Ontario
2017     Instructor, Sugar Lift Intaglio Workshop, St. Michael's Printshop, St. John's, Newfoundland
2017     Instructor, 8-week Screen Printing Class, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2016-2018     Board Member, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2016     Interim Head of Membership and Facilities, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto, Ontario
2016-2018     Chair, Open Studio Membership Committee, Toronto, Ontario
2015     Mentor, "Renter-Mentor" program, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2015     Juror, 2016-2017 Visiting Artist and Guest Renter programs, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2015     Editorial Intern, C Magazine, Toronto, Ontario

2015     Screen Printing demonstrator for Nuit Blanche, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2015-2016     Print Sales Work Exchange, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2015     Screen Printing demonstrator for Editions fundraiser, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario

2014-2015     Exhibitions Intern, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto, Ontario
2014     Screen Printing demonstrator for Nuit Blanche, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2014     Installation Coordinator for Up One Side + Down the Other, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga, Ontario

2013-2014     Gallery Attendant, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga, Ontario
2013     Classroom Assistant, Photography, Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario

Catalogues and Publications
2015     Luo, Amy. "Custom-Made: making and remaking the medium," exhibition essay for The Watchful Eye and the Tentative Hand at Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2014     BUFF, Art and Art History Annual Publication, University of Toronto and Sheridan College

2013     BUFF, Art and Art History Annual Publication, University of Toronto and Sheridan College
2012     BUFF, Art and Art History Annual Publication, University of Toronto and Sheridan College

Publications as Author
2016     "Archive/Alternative: gesture and history in contemporary practices." Muse Magazine, published by the Canadian Museums Association. July/August 2016.
2013     Literature for a New Nation: The Importance of Published Texts to the American Populace as Illustrated in Washington Irving's The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. in "With Caffeine and Careful Thought" Journal, Published by the English and Drama Department, University of Toronto Mississauga


Collections
St. Michael's Printshop Collection, St. John's, Newfoundland
Open Studio Print Collection, Toronto, Ontario
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