I believe thoughtfully crafted words have the ability to console the present, while positively shaping the future. As a visual artist (with a background in photography) who writes and a creative technologist who dreams, I often find myself oscillating between realms, circles and polygons. Attempting to be somewhat useful by sharing thoughts, feelings and experiences with fellow artists, researchers, at cross industry conferences and inside boardrooms. However, it's one thing to tell someone a thing, and quite another to invite them to live it, or potential futures of it... therein lives the beauty of the short - the willingness to traverse 'just a few pages' (or a few mins!) opens up the opportunity to connect with another on a visceral level, leading them into some deep hidden corner of your mind. It's concentrated imagination. The most recent outputs from my practice has been micro animation films, utilising realtime filmmaking methods via a games engine (Unreal Engine).

For me, short stories are magical and effectual, like snapshots which can be recalled in an instant, like fragrance in the air - the audience isn't required to recall a multitude of characters, environments, sub-plot and sub-sub plot points. The short is a fragrance, and scents have a way of popping up, out of the blue, during the living of day-to-day lives... it stays with you, without requiring you to burn through your GPU.

In 2019 I self published a book of poetry (17) and was the Fashion Photo Writer for Foto Femme United. In 2020 a poem I wrote called The Masses turned into a mass participation project and resulted in 5 separate audio tracks which was installed and exhibited at Line London Contemporary Art Space. The project successfully incorporated elements of poetry, mass participation, physical installation and later reprised as a virtual installation. The centrepiece film for this project won a British Journal of Photography Edition365 Award (2021).

Other highlights include having art showcased in ArtBasel Miami (2021) and the Affordable Art Fair (Battersea), being a Arts Council England DYCP recipient (2022), having a virtual installation longlisted for the Aesthetica Art Prize 2023 and most recently completing the EPIC (Unreal Engine) Animation Bootcamp.

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Award Winning Digital Artist +
Abstract Botanical Photographer +
Chief Mischief Maker at NiaXR + Flowers For Moody People (.F.F.M.P.)

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• AI&I // Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition // York Art Gallery // March - June 2023
• AI&I // Future Now 2023 Anthology // Publication // March 2023
• AI&I // Longlisted for the 2023 Aesthetica Art Prize.
• INCAS Unreal Circle Member
• Hi3 Network Member
• CREATE Member at STEAMhouse

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Past highlights include:

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• Arts Council England DYCP Award Recipient
• INCAS Unreal Circle Member
• Learning for Tomorrow - EMEA Initiative 2022 Certificate (Incas + Unreal Engine)
• INCAS Unreal Circle Member
• Hi3 Network Member
• CREATE Member at STEAMhouse (Powered by BCU)
• Featured artist + artist assistance program (1st cohort) // OpenAI // DALL·E
• Longlisted for PATH-AI residency programme at Somerset House Studios
• YOUR BODY BELONGS TO YOU // Shutterhub (France) // Photography: Apr-Sep22
• Hybrid Art Journal // ISSUE ONE: Spring 2022 // Experimental Art Zine: Mar-Jun22
• New Art City Festival // Terms of Service: Architectures of Abundance // Virtual Art Experience: Mar-Apr22

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Art Basel Miami Beach // ArtSect Gallery + OVR / 3D Sculptures
Edition365 // British Journal of Photography
ROAR // New Art City // Virtual 3D Installation
POETRY // Shutterhub, Publication // Photography Book
YEARBOOK 2021 // Shutterhub, Online // Photography
OPEN 20/21 // Shutterhub, London // Photography
Paras Publication Competition // Paras.id ($NEAR) // Judge (1 of 4)
Ident // NAC: Corsica Studios' Schemata // Virtual 3D Installation
Rogers & Rosewater Fundraiser // FamJam at Cryptovoxels // NFT
(Dys)utopia // New Art City // Solo Virtual 3D Installation
Affordable Art Fair Battersea (Summer Edition) // Photography
Stay-at-Home! Literature Festival // Live Poetry Reading
Creativity Stories - Thoughts On Creativity // Short Film

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SKIN // THE LINE, London // Audio-Visual Installation
CAUTION: May Pop Off @ Injustice // LINE, London // *Residency
Art On Quarantine // THE NAVE // Live Visual Installation
Art Against Coronavirus // ArtHouse LDN// Live Painting Jam
Art Against Coronavirus // ArtHouse LDN// Photography
Postcards From GB// Shutterhub, Haarlem (NE) // Photography
Articles // Foto Femme United, Publication //Fashion Photo Writer

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Articles // Foto Femme United, Publication //Fashion Photo Writer
17. // Book Publication // Poetry Collection
Cement Party // Personal Project // Sculpture Series

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Cement Party // Personal Project // Sculpture Series

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Cement Party // Personal Project // Sculpture Series
You Are A Perishable Item // Boundary Road Gallery // Photography

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Untitled 10 // City of Westminster College // Photography

VIRTUAL REALITY EXHIBITION :: https://newart.city/show/art

VIRTUAL REALITY EXHIBITION :: https://newart.city/show/ffmp

FOTO FEMME UNITED ARTICLES :: https://fotofemmeunited.com/fashion

INTERVIEW :: https://www.itsliquid.com/interview-sonialevesque.html