Sophie Kovel is an artist, writer, and translator based in New York.
sophiekovel@gmail.com
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Social Photography VII, Carriage Trade, curated by Peter Scott, New York, NY
2019 On-site, Trestle Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Radial Blur, Louise McCagg Gallery, Barnard College, New York, NY (curated by Vanessa Thill)
2018 Construction, Louise McCagg Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Telephoto, Postcrypt Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
2017 Currents, Louise McCagg Gallery, Barnard College, New York, NY
2016 Check, Postcrypt Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
2016 Furniture Show, Postcrypt Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
2014 Outlet, Postcrypt Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
2011 Social Photography II, Carriage Trade, curated by Peter Scott, New York, NY
CONVERSATIONS
Artcritical, Panel on the 2019 Whitney Biennial, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & PUBLISHED WORK
2019
Mrinalini Mukherjee at the Met Breuer, Frieze (Issue #205)
Kawita Vatanajyankur at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Artforum
Chim↑Pom at Art in General, Artforum
Corita Kent at Andrew Kreps Gallery with kaufmann repetto, Brooklyn Rail
Eric N. Mack at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn Rail
Amir Guberstein at Fierman, Artforum
2018
Arash Fewzee at Rubber Factory, Artforum
Klara Lidén at Reena Spaulings Fine Art, Artforum
Chrysanne Stathacos at Situations, Artforum
Steve Locke at yours mine & ours, Artforum
Kazuo Kadonaga at Nonaka-Hill, Artforum
Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs at Kindl – Centre for Contemporary Art, Artforum
Journal for Art Criticism, Journalism or Romanticism?
2017
Ratrock Magazine, Columbia University, interview
Echoes Magazine, Columbia University, Picturing
Journal for Art Criticism, Interior Service Only
Ratrock Magazine, Columbia University, artist profile
“Cross my heart” (Translation of Chris Marker’s “Croix de bois et chemin de fer,” Esprit, Jan. 1951)
“It was a strange thing” (Translation of Chris Marker’s text from the French edition booklet of La Jetée – Sans Soleil)
AWARDS, GRANTS & RESIDENCIES
Trestle Projects, Studio Residency, Brooklyn, NY (2018-2019)
CJC Fund, Barnard College, Studio
Barnard Visual Art Department Grant, Studio
Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory (MI-LAB) Residency, Fuji-Kawaguchiko-cho, Japan
Weatherhead East Asian Institute Undergraduate Training Grant, Columbia University
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Editorial Assistant at BOMB Magazine, Brooklyn, NY June 2019-Present
Freelance critic at Artforum, The Brooklyn Rail, Frieze, and other publications, 2018-Present
EDUCATION
Barnard College, Columbia University, B.A. (with Honors & Distinction)