Education
2021 University of Toronto: Daniels Faculty,Master of Visual Studies in Studio Art
2018 OntarioCollege of Art and Design: BFA with Distinction in Painting and Drawing,Minor in Integrated Media
Solo& Two-Person Exhibitions
2023 on either side of a surface, ArsenalContemporary, Toronto
2023 in proximity to all those beautiful objects,Collision Gallery, Toronto
2021 being both opened up and flattened, DanielsFaculty Architecture and Design Gallery, University of Toronto
2019 AnInfinite Loop in the Virtual Plaza, Crutch Contemporary Art Center, Toronto
2018 figuresof distance, Queen Specific, curated by Shell Projects, Toronto
2018 how doesa jpg feel against your skin? In collaboration with Blair Swann, 156 StudioProjects, Toronto
Selected Group Exhibitions/Screenings
2022 Terms andExpectations, curated by Barbara Cueto & Bas Hendrikx, InterAccess,Toronto
2022 Ships at Night, CollisionGallery, Toronto
2021 BigArtTO, screeningseries curated by Tobias Williams and Toronto Animated Image Society, Toronto
2021 MoveObjects.on, curatedby Emma Green and Alison Postma, The Plumb, Toronto
2020 Movements, online exhibitionhosted by TPW, Toronto
2020 The Days Are Just Packed, ThePool, Heybeliada, Istanbul, Turkey
2020 Accumulations (http://accumulations.online/exhibition.html), curated byDaniel Lichtman, online
2020 View Recent Changes (https://recentchanges.ca/), curated byHearth as apart of Vector Festival, online
2019 Rhizome Parking Garage Int’l, (http://rhizomeparkinggarage.com/) Pavilion, The Wrong Biennial, Curated by Ian Bruner
2019 Supermarket Art Fair, boothpresented by Ed Video,Stockholm, Sweden
2018 Preservation and Permanence InterAccess, Toronto
2018 Puddles Project, curated by Duncan Herd, site specific Installation inTokyo, Japan
2018 Cybernetics, curatedby Grey93 and Uma Vespaziani, The Costume House, Toronto
2018 bio/power, Ada SlaightGallery, Toronto
2018 Don'tWorry, it’s just another White Exhibition, Curated by Matthew Kyba, Bunker2, Toronto
2017 Care,Roundtable Residency Closing Exhibition, The Dragon Academy, Toronto
2017 VPNto IRL, curated by Tak Pham, Xpace Cultural Center in conjunction withImages Festival, Toronto
Residencies
2021- 2023,Artist in Residence, Collision Studios “Incubator,” Toronto
2018Artist in Residence, The Brandscape by Tough Guy Mountain, Toronto
2018Artist in Residence, 156 Studio Projects, Toronto
2017Artist in Residence, Roundtable Residency, Toronto
Publications
2023 Exhibition Review, ScanningSlippages & Copy/pasted identities for Peripheral Review
https://www.peripheralreview.com/scanning-slippages-copy-pasted-identities/
2022 Exhibition Essay(co-writer), Indelible Discards, groupexhibition, XpaceCultural Centre, guest curated by Bunker 2, (co-curator) Toronto
(http://www.xpace.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Main-Space_Indelible-Discards_Essay.pdf )
2021 Exhibition Essay (co-writer), AList of Antagonisms, Toronto, ON, featuring HibaAbdallah, curated by Bunker 2, in collaboration with LongWinter, (organizer and co-curator), Toronto (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YQj7y8IYEgIyy1f5pXVqFIXYmDw1tU_k/view)
2020 Contributor in TheTulip, Volume 1, edited by Veronika Ivanova and Sean Stewart
2019 Exhibition Essay (co-writer) Unscheduled Arrivals,group exhibition, Bunker2, Toronto (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EO0iysuTJ0m_Pv6JEOYj3yS_i3wyOSfc/view)
2019 Exhibition Essay (co-writer) LookingDown from Up (co-curated with Alana Traficante and InuitArt Foundation), online exhibition. (http://collapsinglines.ca/en/september-2019/)
2019 Exhibition Essay (co-writer), ScaffoldsI can no longer see in collaboration withPhilip Ocampo, InterAccess Gallery (https://www.sophiaoppel.com/sophiaoppel/scaffolds-i-can-no-longer-see)
2019 Exhibition Essay WickedGame by Emily Harrison,Xpace Cultural Center
(http://www.xpace.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Project-Space_Emily-G-Harrison_Essay.pdf)
2019 Contributor in CoolCustomer Volume 1 edited by Jessy Kitchen and Kenley Blackwood
2018 Exhibition Essay, Entanglement, RoundtableResidency Closing Exhibition
2018 Exhibition Text (co-writer), Whose Line is it Anyway in collaboration withRowan Lynch, 8eleven Gallery (https://www.sophiaoppel.com/collaborations/whose-line-is-it-anyway)
CuratorialExperience
2022 An Ant in the Mouth of a Furnace, featuring monica mariamoraru, curated by Bunker 2 as apart of Contact Photography Festival(co-curator), Toronto
2022 IndelibleDiscards, group exhibition, Xpace Cultural Centre, guest curated byBunker 2, (co-curator) Toronto
2021 A List of Antagonisms, Toronto, ON, featuring Hiba Abdallah,curated by Bunker 2, in collaboration with Long Winter, (organizer and co-curator),Toronto
2019 ScaffoldsI can no longer see, group exhibition, InterAccess, (co-curated with Philip Ocampo), Toronto
2019 LookingDown from Up (co-curated with Alana Traficante and Inuit ArtFoundation) Gallery 44,online exhibition
2019 UnscheduledArrivals, group exhibition, Bunker 2, (organizer and co-curator),Toronto
2019 Bunker 3, featuring Colin Rosati, Bunker 2, (organizer and co-curator),Toronto
2019 A FaultLine in me is a Fault Line in You featuring Max Lester, Bunker2, (organizerand co-curator), Toronto
Auctions,Sales and Fundraisers
2022Peripheral Review 2022 Auction, hosted online Peripheral Review, Toronto
2021 C Magazine Online ContemporaryArt Auction, C Magazine, Toronto
2021 Salon 44, Gallery 44,Toronto
2020 Technical Difficulties: Giftsby Artists, Art Metropole, Toronto
2020 Photorama: Future Editions, TPW,Toronto
2020 Salon 44, Gallery 44, Toronto
2019 Photorama, TPW, Toronto
2019 Salon 44, Gallery 44, Toronto
2019, Xpace Annual Fundraiser, XpaceCultural Center, Toronto
2018 Photorama, TPW, Toronto
Awards/ Grants
2022Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2020 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Grant, University of Toronto
2019Ontario Graduate Scholarship, University of Toronto
2018Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2018Project 31 Integrated Media Award
2016Marsh Urquhart Memorial Scholarship, Ontario College of Art and DesignUniversity
2015Curry’s Art Award Scholarship, Ontario College of Art and Design University
2013 AdaSlaight Scholarship, Ontario College of Art and Design University
Lectures/Performances
2019 Artists on Artists Tour Series, Tour on Age of You, Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto
2019 Sonic Art Series: Sound and Performance, HAVN, Hamilton
2018 Open_File, Panel Discussion, CrutchContemporary Art Center, Toronto
2018 Sound II, Sound Art Performance, Crutch Contemporary Art Center,Toronto
2018Baconitiate, curated by Xuan Ye, Live Video Projection, TheBrandscape, Tough Guy Mountain, Toronto
2017 Sunday Scene, Lecture on Amalia Pica’s Ears to Speak of, The Power Plant,Toronto
2017 Student Night No. 5, Live VideoProjection in collaboration with Benedicte, The Power Plant, Toronto
2017Featured Artist, Critique Club, OCAD University
Press
2019 Feature: Journal Fyi. https://www.journal.fyi/sophia-oppel-crutch
2019 Feature:“Non-linear ethics and transgression,” Angel Callander, SupermarketArtist-Run Magazine, Issue 9, Temporary Moratorium, All Allowed? https://issuu.com/supermarketartfair/docs/supermarket_2019_magazine_issuu144
2019 Review: “How does a .jpg feel againstyour skin,” Shauna Jean Doherty PeripheralReviewhttps://peripheralreview.com/2019/01/03/how-does-a-jpg-feel-against-your-skin/
2018 Review: Roundtable Residency, ChristHampton, Canadian Art, Winter 2018, Print
2017 Review: VPN to IRL & Mehrnaz Roubakhash at Xpace, byTerence Dick