Education
2019-2021 University of Toronto: Daniels Faculty, Master of Visual Studies in Studio Art
2013-2018 Ontario College of Art and Design: BFA with Distinction in Painting and Drawing, Minor in Integrated Media
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2022 (Upcoming), Collision Studio Vitrine, Toronto
2021 being both opened up and flattened, Daniels Faculty Architecture and Design Gallery, University of Toronto
2019 An Infinite Loop in the Virtual Plaza, Crutch Contemporary Art Center, Toronto
2018 figures of distance, Queen Specific, curated by Shell Projects, Toronto
2018 how does a jpg feel against your skin? In collaboration with Blair Swann, 156 Studio Projects, Toronto
Selected Group Exhibitions/Screenings
2022 (Upcoming), Collision Gallery, Toronto
2022Ships at Night, Collision Gallery, Toronto
2021 BigArtTO, screening series curated by Tobias Williams and Toronto Animated Image Society, Toronto (upcoming)
2021 MoveObjects.on, curated by Emma Green and Alison Postma, The Plumb, Toronto
2020 Movements, online exhibition hosted by TPW, Toronto
2020 The Days Are Just Packed, The Pool, Heybeliada, Istanbul, Turkey
2020 Accumulations (http://accumulations.online/exhibition.html), curated by Daniel Lichtman, online
2020 View Recent Changes (https://recentchanges.ca/), curated by Hearth 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, representing Ed Video, Stockholm, Sweden
2018 Preservation and Permanence InterAccess, Toronto
2018 Puddles Project, curated by Duncan Herd, site specific Installation in Tokyo, Japan
2018 Cybernetics, curated by Grey93 and Uma Vespaziani, The Costume House, Toronto
2018 bio/power, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto
2017 Don't Worry, it’s just another White Exhibition, Curated by Matthew Kyba, Bunker 2, Toronto
2017 Care, Roundtable Residency Exhibition, The Dragon Academy, Toronto
2017 Augmented Cinema Film Festival IV, The Royal Cinema, Toronto
2017 VPN to IRL, curated by Tak Pham, Xpace Cultural Center in conjunction with Images Festival, Toronto
2016 Augmented Cinema Film Festival, The Royal Cinema, Toronto
Teaching Experience
2022: Sessional Instructor, GART-1014: Sculpture Concepts, Faculty ofArt, OCAD University
2021: Instructor, JAV130: Visual Strategies, Visual Studies Department, University of Toronto
2020: TA, JAV120:Visual Concepts under Mitchell Akiyama, Visual Studies Department, University of Toronto
2019: TA, JAV120:Visual Concepts under Mitchell Akiyama, Visual Studies Department, University of Toronto
2018: Lead writing workshops for Grade 12 Art class, Etobicoke School of the Arts
Work Experience
2021 Toronto Biennial of Art: Exhibitions Coordinator and Registrar
2021 Franz Kaka: Gallery Assistant
2021 Art Museum at the University of Toronto: Artist Assistant for Tree Protection Zone Project under Maria Hupfeild and Mik Migwans
2020 Blackwood Gallery: DigitalCommunications Assistant
2019 Gallery 44: Curatorial Project Assistant
2019 Goethe Institute Toronto: GalleryAttendant
2018-present: Bunker 2: Co-director and co-curator
2018 8eleven, Trinity Square Video: Contracted PublicationDesign
2018 Installation Tech: Shannon Garden-Smithat Pushmi Pullyu
2016-2018The Power Plant: Gallery Attendant
2015 Toronto School of Art: Summer Programming Intern
2013 Etobicoke School of the Arts: Instructor at Summer Art Intensive for Grades 10-12
Curatorial Experience
2022 AnAnt in the Mouth of a Furnace, featuring monica maria moraru, curated by Bunker2 as apart of Contact Photography Festival (co-curator), Toronto
2022 Indelible Discards, groupexhibition, Xpace Cultural Centre, guest curated by Bunker 2, (co-curator)Toronto
2021 AList of Antagonisms, Toronto, ON, featuring Hiba Abdallah, curated by Bunker2, in collaboration with Long Winter, (organizerand 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 Bunker3, featuring Colin Rosati, Bunker 2, (organizerand co-curator), Toronto
2019 AFault Line in me is a Fault Line in You featuring Max Lester, Bunker2, (organizerand co-curator), Toronto
Residencies
2018 Artist in Residence, The Brandscape by Tough Guy Mountain, Toronto
2018 Artist in Residence, 156 Studio Projects, Toronto
2017 Artist in Residence, Roundtable Residency, Toronto
Other Experience
2020-2021 McLuhan Centre: The Only Place is Here, Working Group Participant, Led by Mitchell Akiyama, University of Toronto
2018 Monthly Critique Night at the Brandscape: Founder/ Facilitator
2018 Roundtable Residency: Facilitator
2016-2018 8elevenGallery: Gallery Attendant/ Assistant
2015-2016 Younger than Beyoncé Gallery:Artist in Attendance/Gallery Assistant
Auctions, Sales and Fundraisers
2022 Peripheral Review 2022 Auction, hostedonline Peripheral Review, Toronto
2021 C Magazine Online Contemporary ArtAuction, C Magazine, Toronto
2021 Salon 44, Gallery 44, Toronto
2020 Technical Difficulties: Gifts by Artists, Art Metropole, Toronto
2020 Photorama: Future Editions, TPW,Toronto
2020 Salon44, Gallery 44, Toronto
2019 Photorama,TPW, Toronto
2019 Salon44, Gallery 44, Toronto
2019 Xpace Annual Fundraiser, Xpace CulturalCenter, Toronto
2018 Photorama,TPW, Toronto
2018 Xpace Annual Fundraiser, Xpace CulturalCenter, Toronto
2017 Xpace Annual Fundraiser, Xpace CulturalCenter, Toronto
2017 CommonGoods, Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario
Awards/ Grants
2020 Social Sciences andHumanities Research Council Grant,University of Toronto
2019 Ontario Graduate Scholarship,University of Toronto
2018 Exhibition Assistance Grant,Ontario Arts Council
2018 Project 31 Integrated MediaAward
2016 Marsh Urquhart Memorial Scholarship, Ontario College of Art and DesignUniversity
2015 Curry’s Art Award Scholarship, Ontario College of Art and Design University
2013-2017 Ada Slaight Scholarship, Ontario College of Art and Design University
2013 Second-Highest General Proficiency; Etobicoke School of the Arts graduating class
2013 Etobicoke Art Group Award
2013 Visual Arts Portfolio, Gold Key, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
2013 Drawing Gold Key, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Lectures/Performances
2019 Artists on Artists Tour Series, Tour on Ageof You, Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto
2019 Sonic Art Series: Sound and Performance, HAVN, Hamilton
2018 Open_File, Panel Discussion, Crutch Contemporary Art Center, Toronto
2018 Sound II, Sound Art Performance, Crutch Contemporary Art Center, Toronto
2018 Baconitiate, curated by Xuan Ye, Live Video Projection, The Brandscape, 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
2017 Guest Artist Lecture, Critique Club, OCAD University
Writing
2022 Exhibition Essay (co-writer), Indelible Discards, group exhibition, Xpace Cultural Centre, guest curated by Bunker 2, (co-curator) Toronto
2021 Exhibition Essay (co-writer), A List of Antagonisms, Toronto, ON, featuring Hiba Abdallah, curated by Bunker 2, in collaboration with Long Winter, (organizer and co-curator), Toronto
2020 Contributor in The Tulip, Volume 1, edited by Veronika Ivanova and Sean Stewart
2019 Exhibition Essay (co-writer) Unscheduled Arrivals, group exhibition, Bunker 2, Toronto
2019 Exhibition Essay (co-writer) Looking Down from Up (co-curated with Alana Traficante and Inuit Art Foundation), online exhibition
2019 Exhibition Essay (co-writer), Scaffolds I can no longer see in collaboration with Philip Ocampo, InterAccess Gallery
2019 Exhibition Essay Wicked Game by Emily Harrison, Xpace Cultural Center
2019 Contributor in Cool Customer Volume 1 edited by Jessy Kitchen and Kenley Blackwood
2018 Exhibition Essay, Entanglement, Roundtable Residency Closing Exhibition
2018 Exhibition Essay (co-writer), Whose Line is it Anyway in collaboration with Rowan Lynch, 8eleven Gallery
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 PeripheralReview https://peripheralreview.com/2019/01/03/how-does-a-jpg-feel-against-your-skin/
2018 Review: Roundtable Residency, Christ Hampton, Canadian Art, Winter 2018, Print
2017 Review: VPN to IRL & Mehrnaz Roubakhash at Xpace, by Terence Dick