Sofia Fresia

Hello, my name is Sofia Fresia and I am an emerging oil painter based in northern Italy.

My artistic practice stems from the desire to observe and critically re-elaborate the contemporary world, above all the new difficulties and responsibilities that involves being part of a rapidly and constantly changing society, characterized by precarious geopolitical balances and constantly threatened by new climate upheavals.
In my most recent works in which I combine visual references relating to my experience as a swimmer and hiker, I am interested in issues that concern individuals - like increasingly performative social and working standards - and the whole community such as climate change. The constant references to swimming are not limited to autobiography, but also reference the concept of social liquidity introduced by Z. Bauman and the key role of water for life on Earth.
In my shop you will find also some landscape paintings and studies of old masters that I realized during my art studies.

Enjoy!

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.

2026, Ghiaccio, Casa di Tutti i Colori, Pino Torinese (To), curated by Carina Leal
2025, Corpi in transito, Febo e Dafne art gallery, Turin, curated by Carina Leal
2025, Contrasti. In equilibrio instabile, Malaspina Tower, Fosdinovo (Ms), curated by Giada Gasparotti
2025, Sofia Fresia Opere 2020-2024, Ikonica Art gallery, Milano, curated by Elena Radovix
2025, Giovanarte Art Prize, Ricci Oddi Palace, Piacenza, curated by Chiara Canali
2024, Da mare a mare, Forte S. Giovanni Museum, Finale Ligure, curated by Arianna Vallarino, Direzione regionale Musei Liguria and WWF.
2024, Acqua in scatola, Acquario Studios, Torino, curated by Elena Radovix
2024, IX Michele Cea Art Prize, Ex Fornace Gola, Milano, curated by Michele Cea Foundation
2024, II Luigi Candiani Prize, Spazio Arte Contemporanea, Robecchetto con Induno (Mi), curated by SAC
2024, Il Belpaese, Michele Ruzittu Museum, Arzachena (OT), curated by MAGMMA
2024, IV Whatsart, La Fonderia art gallery, Florence, curated by Fondente Arte
2023, Arteam Cup, Priamar, Savona, curated by Livia Savorelli and Matteo Galbiati
2023, Arum Pictum, Tornielli Museum, Ameno (No), curated by Lorenza Boisi
2023, Surreal landscapes, Contempo art gallery, Pergine Valsugana (Tn), Italy
2023, Rifugio men...