Sophia Wallace

Background

Wallace was born in Seattle, Washington.

Education

In 2000, Wallace graduated from Smith College with a Bachelor of Arts in Government / Political Science.

Career

She is best known for her exhibit "CLITERACY." During college, in 1998, Wallace did coursework in a study abroad program in Political Theory at the University of Ghana. Then in 2005, Wallace received a Master of Arts in Photography from New York University and the International Center of Photography. Conceptual framework Wallace incorporates the use of images, video, and mixed media in her work in an effort to explore alterity, the study of otherness and the focus on dismantling the concept of sameness.

Wallace’s focus is to deconstruct how this concept of the other is represented within a visual framework.

She examines how the visual has an impact on gender and sexuality. The focus is on the idea of what she calls the "racialized body." Wallace is trying to explore in her work the relinquishment of gender norms and stereotypes -- through images she examines and moves these issue to the forefront looking at the norms of gender.

= Modern Dandy In 2011, Wallace worked in the mediums of photography and portraiture in order to examine assumptions about gender, race, and heteronormativity. She photographed professional male models who were what she called "living representations of idealized masculinity" and examine the male models in a comparative way that women are traditionally photographed.

lieutenant is an examination of what is typically viewed as a passive view of women through a photographic view.

Exploring the origin of the concept of dany from the 18th century thinkers Oscar Wilde and Charles Baudelaire, the works call into question gender norms. = Cliteracy: 100 Natural Laws In 2012, Wallace has received international critical acclaim and viral exposure for CLITERACY, 100 NATURAL LAWS, "a project addressing citizenship and body sovereignty using the medium of text-based objects, unauthorized street installation, performance and sculptural forms." The project aims to "dismantle the taboos associated with female and feminized genitals." Exhibitions Wallace has presented her work in exhibitions in the United States. and abroad, including Kunsthalle Wien Museum, Art Basel Miami, Scope New York, Taschen Gallery and Aperture Gallery among others Wallace lives in Brooklyn, New New York

Achievements

• Wallace was awarded PDN"s Curator Award, Critic"s Pick by the Griffin Museum, American Photography Associated Press-25 and ArtSlant"s Showcase Award. 2012: Van Lier Fellowship 2014: TEDx Salford.