Contact: Sofia.Plater@gmail.com
Instagram: Sofia_Plater_Art
Sofia Plater is a Boston based mixed media and sculpture artist. Sofia works with construction materials to create unexpected explorations of aesthetic possibilities. Her work features designs that resemble naturally growing forms, but are mostly composed of human-made and mass-produced materials that were once destined to inhabit a landfill. Her work evokes the conflict between natural and man-made architectures; she creates sculptures that are simultaneously organic and synthetic. Her primary inspiration comes from witnessing the architecture of raw nature and the free-forming textures and structures that exist and grow in the environment.
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Education:
2016-2018 MFA; The School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University
2007-2011 BFA; Boston College
Awards:
2019 Real Art Award. Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
2018 Montague Travel Grant Recipient. Scotland, UK
2016 Presidential Scholarship Recipient at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University
Solo Exhibitions:
2020 Mixed media collective. IL Decor, Boston’s Back Bay, MA
2018 Cultch, Real Art Ways. Hartford, CT
2018 New England Cultch, Tisch Gallery. Medford, MA
2018 Un-Earthed, Factory Mark Gallery. Framingham, MA
Group Exhibitions & Publications:
2022 Visions and Revisions, Nearby Gallery, Newton, MA
2021 Newton Community Exhibition, Nearby Gallery, Newton, MA
2021 In Mid Air, Nearby Gallery, Newton, MA
2021 A Year in Review, Nearby Gallery, Newton, MA
2020 ArtPM Exhibit, Buoy Gallery, Kittery, Maine
2019 Lines of Thought, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA) Museum. Gimpo, South Korea
2019 Collage, The Yard at The John Hancock Tower, Boston, MA
2019 Lost & Found, Beacon Gallery. Boston, MA
2018 Forms of Expression, A R E A Gallery show at The John Hancock Tower, Boston, MA
2018 Curation & Installation at The Webster Court Project; Closing Reception. Newton, MA
2018 Research shown at The Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD) Symposium. Chicago, IL
2018 Culmination Show, 77 Gallery. Rutland, VT
2018 Emerging, Scollay Square Gallery. Boston City Hall. Boston, MA
2018 Film Burl shown at The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2018 4th Annual Sculpture Show at Feast & Field Commons. Barnard, VT
2018 Featured in Boston Voyager Magazine. Boston, MA
2018 Curation & Installation at The Webster Court Project; Opening Reception. Newton, MA
2018 Year End Show, Grossman Gallery, SMFA. Boston, MA
2018 Un-Earthed, Solo Exhibition advertised in Art New England Magazine. Boston, MA.
2017 22 Page interview in Peripheral ARTeries Art Review, Biennial Edition.
2017 Painting Biennial: Kissing the Wall, Grossman Gallery. Boston, MA
2017 Selected Proposal; Greater Expectations, at The Mission Hill Gallery. Boston, MA
2017 The Landmark Gallery, Grand Opening Show. Beverly, MA
2017 Assembly Show at The Piano Gallery. Boston, MA
2017 Selected Artist, Tufts Graduate Research Symposium. Medford, MA
2016 Wall and Floor: Experimental Painting at The Mission Hill Gallery. Boston, MA
2016 Pop Up Show at The Mission Hill Gallery, SMFA. Boston, MA
2016 Artist Showcase at The Dunes Gallery. Hyannis, MA
2015 Collection of work at Salons by JC. West Hartford, CT
2015 Untitled: Abstract Exhibition at Artspace. Hartford, CT
2015 Black and White Showcase at Art.Lab. Manchester, CT
2015 Published in The Axe Factory Literary Magazine. West Hartford, CT
2014 Untitled: Abstract Exhibition at Artspace. Hartford, CT
2014 Art showcased at MAC 650 Gallery. Middletown, CT
2014 VEA and the United Arc Benefit Gallery and Art Auction. North Hampton, MA
2014 Collection of work at ACCP Gallery. Avon, CT
2014 Lincoln Summer Event, selected artist showcase. Boston, MA
2012 Indalo Gallery and Studio, Artist showcase. Newton, MA
2012 Featured in Larynx Art Magazine. Boston, MA
Art Residency:
2018 Artist residency, 77Art. Rutland, VT