Shoshana Walfish (1988, Montreal, Canada)
Shoshana Walfish è una pittrice che vive e lavora tra Bruxelles e Montréal. La sua pratica pittorica si fonda su una ricerca strutturata che esplora la costruzione di mondi visivi per affrontare concetti astratti, come la relazione tra il corpo, la teoria queer e la fenomenologia. La ricerca fornisce l’impianto teorico della sua pittura, che poi si sviluppa in maniera intuitiva cercando di astrarre e collassare i confini tra primo piano e sfondo, reale e surreale, giocando con i canoni classici dello spazio e della carne, e mettendo in relazione corporeità e simbolismo.
Lavorando per serie, utilizza colore, gestualità e la stessa materialità della pittura per rendere manifesta la presenza e approfondire cosa significhi abitare un corpo.
Walfish ha conseguito un BFA presso la Concordia University di Montréal, Canada, e un diploma in pittura tradizionale presso la Florence Academy of Art (Italia). Il suo lavoro è stato recentemente esposto presso la Galerie Nicolas Robert (Montréal), Marian Cramer (Amsterdam), Kasteel D’Ursel (Anversa) e in una mostra personale al Jewish Museum of Belgium (Bruxelles). Ha inoltre esposto presso Beige Gallery (Bruxelles), Brussels Art Nouveau and Design Festival (Bruxelles) e Birch Contemporary (Toronto).
CV
EDUCATION
2014-17 Florence Academy of Art- DIP in Classical Painting, Florence, Italy
2006-11 BFA with Distinction, Studio Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
SOLO/DUO(*indicates solo)
2024 Lately you’ve been glowing, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montreal*
2023 Illusive Bodies, Jewish Museum of Belgium, Brussels*
2022 Peau D'Orange, with Sarah Cale, Chappelle Grand Hospice, Brussels
2022 2: Sexish, with Dora Vandor and Vanessa Cornell, Birch Contemporary, Toronto
2022 Objects of Desire x BANAD, Maison Devalk, Art Nouveau Festival of Brussels*
2021 Moi et Les Autres, De Queeste, Watou, Belgium*
GROUP
2024 Les Liaisons Désireuses, Kasteel D'Ursel, Hingene, Belgium
2024 Affection, Curated by Thom Oosterhof, Marian Cramer Projects, Amsterdam
2024 Acts of Will, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto
2023 A Symphony of Untold Depths, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montreal
2023 A Dash or Two of Angostura, Beige Gallery Brussels
2023 Insolite, De Queeste, Watou, Belgium
2023 Read My Lips: Erotic Power, De Studio, Antwerp
2022 Not Even Home will be with you Forever, Field Projects Gallery, NYC
2022 NICC Artists at Work, Antwerp Art Week
2021 Temporary, De Queeste, Gent, Belgium
2020 Emerging Artists 2020, Gallery on Queen, Fredricton, Canada
2019 Full Palette, Mana Contemporary, New York City
2017 Emerging artists 2017, gallery on queen-, Frederiction, Canada
2013 Yolo/fan girls, with Angela Rassenti, La Poele, Montreal
2012 Sortir du cadre, exposition des jeunes artistes, Montreal
2011 Cuddle commandos, site-specific mural - FOFA Gallery, Montreal
2011 Machine wash cold/tumble dry low, Moniker Designs, Montreal
2010 Cuddle commandos, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery
2009 Taceo, CTRL Lab, Montreal
CURATION
2023 Read My Lips: Erotic Power, De Studio, Antwerp
2023 The Beastly and Arrogant Ones with Anna Reutinger, Chappelle Grand Hospice, Brussels
2009 Night vision nocturne, Espace Artefacto, Montreal
PRESS
2023 Bellon, Michael. De Vijf Inzichten. Bruzz Be, Sept 6, 2023
2023 Casteels, Peter. Onder Vrienden. Knack Magazine, BE. March 17, 2023
2023 Art Maze Magazine, Issue 30-31, March 2023.
2023 Van Caesbrock, Joke. Symbiogenesis-Shoshana Walfish. De Standaard, BE, Feb 10/11, 2023.
2020 Bruzz International Reportage- September 20, 2020, (television spot) https://bit.ly/3hXkxRD
2016 Beatrice (print)- Drawing Magazine, April 2016
2013 Roadkill (print)- Nest Magazine Issue 9- 2013
2011 Black Vultures (print)- Soliloquies Anthology 15
TEACHING/RESIDENCY/AWARDS
2022 Jury Member, Ecole de Beaux Arts de Marche-en-Famenne, Belgium
2020 BP portrait award, long list, London, England
2019 Ways residency- queer/feminist artist residency, Gyula, Hungary
2019 AKDT Visiting Artist, Libramont, Belgium Summer Academy
2010-11 Teaching assistant - Design History and Theory, Concordia University Studio assistant - Prof. Christopher Moore, Concordia University
2006 Young Artist Award- Nepean Arts Council, Ottawa, Canada