Sonia Levesque

Award Winning Visual Artist / Thinker / Realtime Filmmaker (Unreal Engine)
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:: ART PRACTICE M.O ::
Forever in pursuit of truth, freedom & play
(fuelled by coffee, sarcasm and creative rebellion)
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:: PHILOSOPHY ::

Artists have always been an endangered species, but recently, more aggressively so (funding/education cuts)... it's probably because art has the power to change the world. I feel privileged to make, play, experiment, self-express and communicate with others in what feels like my mother tongue. I want the next generation of artists to be able to do the same... in some ways, art is the most sincere form of historical record-keeping that humanity has access to.

I strive to create artworks which inspire others to commit their own acts of creative rebellion, to self-express and to use art as a lens to think critically about their world.

Currently, I'm working on a stage show adaptation of A WALK IN THE PARK - my animated film featuring a winged faceless woman, a fragile heart and a posthuman fine dining restaurant.

Career highlights include: ArtBasel Miami, Affordable Art Fair, Aesthetica Art Prize (longlisted), DYCP recipient, BJP Edition365 Award, OpenAI featured artist, Flatpack Festival, Fringe Arts Bath Festival.

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:: SOME PROJECTS THAT EPITOMISE MY PRACTICE ::

//A Walk In The Park: An experimental moving image artwork which features a winged faceless woman, a posthuman fine dining establishment, and a piano playing heart. (VERVE Poetry Festival, Flatpack Festival, LCB Depot, Ostranenie Theatre)

//Hybrid Art Journal: (experimental art zine which lived across digital, physical and virtual realms for three months in 2022) I invited 10 artists, designers and thinkers to come together and co-create a hybrid, left-field living journal.

//UDOU: 3D Metallic sculptures question the illusion of freedom and control. (ArtBasel Miami)

//The Masses: Successfully incorporated elements of poetry, mass participation, audiovisual, physical installation, and virtual installation. (BJP Edition365 Award)

//AI&I: A virtual installation which chronicles my experience with artificial intelligence.

(Longlisted: Aesthetica Art Prize)

IG/TW/YT: @hello_levesque
Location: West Midlands
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#badgecollection!

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2017

. GROUP SHOW .
YOU ARE A PERISHABLE ITEM
Boundary Road Gallery
Triptych, Mixed Media -
B&W Photography + Text Spray Paint

2018

. PERSONAL PROJECT .
CEMENT PARTY
Sculpture Series (2017-18)
Cement, Spray Paint

2019

. WRITTEN WORK .
17.
Poetry Collection
Book Publication

NEON :: YASHODA LATKAR
VITA :: JORDIE HENNIGAR
SUITS :: MASONS
FASHION BUGS :: MALORIE SHYMR
Foto Femme United
Fashion Photography Writer

2020

. WRITTEN WORK .
SURREALLY HILDE :: HILDE VAN MAS
HEARTS :: ANNE-MARIE MICHEL
EMBROIDERY :: OLIVIA NAVARRETE
CAMPBELL’S ARCHIVE :: ANNA HUIX
PIGMENT :: ANDREA ZVADOVA
BAFTA BREAKTHROUGH BRITS :: FELICITY MCCABE
Foto Femme United
Fashion Photography Writer

. RESIDENCIES .
CAUTION: May Pop Off @ Injustice
THE LINE Contemporary Art Space, London

. GROUP SHOWS .
The Masses [Skin]
THE LINE Contemporary Art Space, London
Art On Quarantine [Live Visual Installation]
THE NAVE
Art Against Coronavirus [Live Painting Jam]
ArtHouse LDN
Moody Donut [Postcards From Great Britain]
Shutterhub, Haarlem, Netherlands

2021

. ART FAIRS .
UDOU [3D Sculptures]
ArtBasel Miami Beach (ArtSect Gallery + OVR)
Flowers For Moody People [Photography]
Affordable Art Fair Battersea (Summer Edition)

. AWARDS .
The Masses [audio-visual film]
British Journal of Photography // Edition365

. MISC ..
Abstract Botanical Installation [Photography]
Quite Room @ Camden Ambulance Station
LCN Network [Artist Development]
Four Corners
Paras Publication Competition [Judge (1 of 4)]
Paras.id ($NEAR)
AOP's f22 IG Takeover [Instagram]
Association of Photographers
Primrose Hill Art Trail [Outdoor Event]
Primrose Hill Community Association
PULP @ Belsize Lane [Public Intervention Install]
Pop Up Library Project, London
Stay-at-Home! Literature Festival
Live Poetry Reading + Short Film
SAHLF
POETRY [Group Photography Publication]
OPEN 20/21 [Group Photography Publication]
Shutterhub

. RESIDENCIES .
The PULP (Pop Up Library Project)
The Bookshop @ 225-229 Seven Sisters Rd

.GROUP SHOWS .
UDOU[Ident (3DOF VR)]
NAC: Corsica Studios' Schemata
NOVA [#YouMeUsWe, Physical Sculpture]
SKT Spaces @ The Halley, London

Rogers & Rosewater Fundraiser [NFT (3DOF VR)]
FamJam at Cryptovoxels

. CURATION . VIRTUAL 3D INSTALLATION .
ROAR [3DOF]
(Dys)utopia [Solo Show (3DOF)]
New Art City

2022

. AWARDS .
DYCP Award Recipient [Grant]
Arts Council England

. MISC ..
DALL·E Outpainting [Beta + Featured Artist]
OpenAI
PATH-AI Residency Programme [Longlisted]
Somerset House Studios
Learning for Tomorrow [EMEA Initiative]
INCAS + EPIC Games (Unreal Engine)
CREATE Programme [Artist Development]
STEAMhouse

. GROUP SHOWS .
Your Body Belongs To You [Photography]
Shutterhub :: St Gilles Croix de Vie, France
New Art City Festival: Terms of Service: Architectures of Abundance [3DOF VR]
New Art City

. CURATION .
HYBR1D ART J0URNAL [Experimental Art Zine]
Virtual | Digital | Physical

2023

. AWARDS .
AI&I [Longlisted]
Aesthetica Art Prize
Sphere 20secs [2nd place prize]
INCAS

. MISC .
Future Now Anthology [Publication]
Aesthetica
Hi3 Conference [Featured Artist]
Screen South
AOP AI Working Group [Single Session]
Association of Photographers

. CDP .
EPIC Animation Bootcamp
EPIC Games, UT-HUB, INCAS
BFI Network Shorts School
Film Hub Midlands
STEM-Up [Design Thinking]
Birmingham City University
BFI New Directors Series [Short Films]
Film Hub Midlands

. GROUP SHOWS .
Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition
York Art Gallery
New Art City Festival: Memory Card
New Art City

. CURATION .
AI&I Gatecrashin' : IWD23
[Alpha Testing Public Intervention + Virtual Instal]
OpenAI DALL·E Research Preview Model
READY
[VR360 + 2D Visualiser + Virtual Instal]
Kala Chng

2024

. FESTIVALS .
A Walk In The Park [Film Screening]
-Flatpack Festival :: Made in the Midlands
@ Mockingbird Cinema
-Fringe Arts Bath Festival :: Girls + Guts
@ 44AD artspace

A Walk In The Park {BWS05} [Film Screening]
Verve Poetry Festival @ Birmingham Hippodrome

. HACKATHONS .
The Space I Call Home [AI Filmmaking]
MIT Filmmakers Association

. RESIDENCIES .
Artist Studio [One Month Group Residency]
STEAMhouse, Birmingham

. CDP .
Climate Literacy for Sustainable
Futures [Bootcamp]
Birmingham City University
Midlands Producer Series [Short Films]
BFI NETWORK Midlands
The Optimists [Producing]
China Plate

. MEMBERSHIP .
EOP [Artist Development] Eastside Projects
STEAMhouse [Member] Eastside/BCU
A-N [Arts Organiser] Artists Information Co.

. GROUP SHOWS .
CONFIT POTATOES [Film Screening]
Ostranenie Theatre @ The Talleyrand,
Manchester
The Masses [2024] [Film Screening]
Friendly Neighbourhood Cinema and Multistory present Paper Cuts :: Black Country Short Film Night @ Newhampton Arts Centre
COUNTERMAND[Film Screening]
Keep It Under Your Hat @ BiddleBros
East London

Based in Birmingham, UK

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I'm always on the look out for exciting projects...

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