Sophia Wallace "Swan Series (Black Opal)" 1

Sophia Wallace "Swan Series (Black Opal)" 1 2022

Glazed Stoneware
Dimensions: 13.5 x 14.5 x 7
Open Edition, Less than 75 made in various colors , 15 Black Opal
Signed on recto, includes a certificate of authenticity 

Sophia Wallace is an interdisciplinary artist working at the intersection of bodies and ethics. She holds a BA in Government from Smith College and an MA in Studio Art from New York University & The International Center of Photography. Best known for her viral project CLITERACY, Wallace is interested in the ways that people assigned female at birth and trans women are denied self-determination through the weaponization of their genitals. Drawing upon diverse materials and approaches, including large text, sculpture, installation and performance, Wallace’s art seeks to establish the clitoris in visual representation; a vital part of our understanding of the body. Her work is shown widely in the US and internationally including Spain, Austria, Mexico, Italy, Nigeria, Australia and the UK. Exhibitions of Wallace's art have been held at Sotheby’s, Brooklyn Museum, Kunsthalle Wien Museum, Samek Art Museum, Leslie-Lohman Museum, Aperture Gallery, Taschen Gallery, Blueproject Foundation, and Newspace Center of Photography among others. Her works are in the permanent collections of Agnes Scott College, The Leslie-Lohman Museum and The Vescom Collection. Critical recognition of Wallace's work on gendered body knowledge includes The New York Times, The Atlantic, PBS, ARTE, The Guardian, Art in America, Teen Vogue, New Yorker, Time, VICE, and Wallpaper among others. Her TED featured talk, 'A Case For Cliteracy' has been viewed over 2 million times while her feature with the Huffington Post, ‘The Overdue, Under-told Story of the Clitoris’, received 3.5 million views and was translated in 3 languages. Wallace has been honored with the Griffin Museum’s Critic’s Pick Award, and PDN’s Curator Award. She was a 2012 recipient of the Van Lier Fellowship, and a 2019 "Artist On Our Radar" with Creative Capital. She was a 2019 Artist in Residence at the Project For Empty Space Feminist Incubator and an Artist in Residence at Vermont Studio Center. She is a 2020 inaugural grantee of the Crave Foundation. Most recently, she can be seen on BBC/Hulu’s “Planet Sex with Cara Delevingne”, and in “The Dilemma of Desire” by Maria Finitzo, available on most streaming platforms.

“Swan Series is an open edition of cast sculptures in glazed stoneware and bare terra-cotta. Scaled for displayed in relational groupings, the works posit a clitoridean power of multiplicity. Whereas the phallic obelisk operates as a singular pillar that rises above its surroundings, the clitoridean derives its force from the unity of many. The form is inspired by the natural world, specifically swans in motion, budding orchids, and emerging succulents.” - Sophia Wallace