Sophie Varin
Born in 1993 in Saint Doulchard, France
Lives and works in Bruxelles.
Sophie Varin got her BA from the National Fine Art School of Paris, then studied at Hunter College School of Fine Art in New York and graduated from her MFA at the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam. She now lives and works in Brussels. Sophie Varin’s miniature paintings focus on our relation to reality and curiosity, and how it often means a negotiation between what you would like to see, and what you would like to hide. Depicting seemingly banal situations, her works create ambiguous scenarios where apparent familiarity shows a twisted face. Her works give a great importance to the gaze of the observer, the witness, the public. Especially how curiosity, desire or fantasy have the ability to modulate what is seen. She has had recent solo exhibitions at Sultana (Paris), Mou Projects (Hong Kong), Fortnight Institute (New York City), 12.26 West (Los Angeles), Brooke Benington (London) and with feeelings in Brussels. She recently published “The Peregrine” with The Steidz (Paris).