Sofia Fresia

I am a visual artist living and working in Turin. In my practice I usually take visual references from the universe of swimming to create artworks that deal with contemporaneity and the new problems involved in being part of it, with particular regard for the environment and young people’s difficulties in finding their way for the future. In my main painting series Pools (2017 - ongoing), I use recurring elements in my own life experience, modifying and recombining them in order to create paintings that can provide an active reflection on today's critical issues.

Over the last years and within a context of eco-sustainable practice, I've started a study project on recycled materials, in order to find alternative supports to the canvas and question the hierarchy between the various components of the artwork.

In my shop you will find also some landscape paintings and studies of old masters that I realized during my art studies.

2018 - 2021 MFA, Academy of Fine Arts of Turin, Italy.
2019 Erasmus+ at ESAD Grenoble, France.
2015 - 2018 BFA , Academy of Fine Arts of Turin, Italy.

2023, Surreal landscapes, Contempo art gallery, Pergine Valsugana (Tn), Italy
2023, Rifugio mentale, Febo e Dafne art gallery, Torino, Italy
2023, Whatsart, La Fonderia art gallery, Firenze, Italy
2023, Luigi Candiani Prize, SAC, Robecchetto con Induno, Italy
2023, Arte Laguna Prize, Venezia, Italy
2022, Habitat, Banca Generali, Savona, Italy
2022, Pleasure Seed, ARS Avanti, Leipzig, Germany
2022, A chance for change, ARTiglieria, Torino, Italy
2022, XIII Combat Prize, Livorno, Italy
2022, 3,2,1 StArt!, Centro Culturale A.S. Gaetano, Padova, Italy
2022, StArt Padova, Euromedical srl, Padova, Italy
2021, The Upcoming Art part_4, Torino, Italy.
2021, Premio Mestre di Pittura, Venezia Mestre, Italy
2021, Artkeys Prize 03, Agropoli, Italy
2021, Per Grazia Ricevuta, Belluno, Italy
2021, Marchionni Art Prize, Villacidro, Italy
2020, Reviviscenti Art, Torino, Italy
2020, Arteam Cup, Forlì, Italy
2020, Artkeys Prize 02, Agropoli, Italy
2020, Malamegi Lab.15 Art Prize, virtual exhibition
2019, Arte Laguna Prize, North Arsenal, Venice, Italy
2019, Marchionni Art Prize, Villacidro, Italy
2019, Verba volant, scripta Manet, Olbia, Italy ...