SOFIA SEFRAOUI
CV
EDUCATION
2014-2016: Glasgow School of Art, Master of Fine Arts
2009-2014: École Nationale Supérieure d’Art de Bourges
2014: Diplôme National d’Expression Plastique – (Master of Fine Arts)
2012: Diplôme National d’Art Plastique avec Mention – (BA with honours)
2008-2009: Lycée Pablo Picasso, Fontenay-sous-Bois - France, Art foundation course
2007: Lycée Molière, French School, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Baccalaureate in Liberal Arts – graduated with Honours
WORK EXPERIENCE
2019: Support Committee Member at Transmission Gallery (01/19 to 04/19)
2012-2014: Cultural production assistant, Bourges city’s Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage - (01/2012 to 05/2014) 2012-2014
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019: Cord, Comb, Coil. Cut. Crownpoint Studios, Glasgow.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019: Heavy-Duty, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
2018: Bring back the Mountains, South Block, Glasgow
2017: Let the dust settle, Celine Gallery, Glasgow
2016: MFA Degree Show, The Glue Factory, Glasgow
2015: Look aboot ye, Stirling Castle, Stirling
2014: Sunday Salon, Glasgow Open House Festival, Glasgow
MFA interim show, Reid Gallery, Glasgow
Urbane, Tent Gallery, Edinburgh
A Perfect Day, Kinlochard Village Hall, Kinlochard
2013: Palèmètrèbo #3, Bourges
2012: Palèmètrèbo #2, Palais Jacques Cœur, Bourges
Les Corps, La Bannale de Bour ges, Le Living, Bourges
RESIDENCIES
2016: Beta-Beta Residency, Braemar, Écosse.
2017: Hospitalfield Graduate Residency
OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCES
2019: Transmission Gallery Support Committee Member:
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Organising Transmission's Workshop and Archive room
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Designing events
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Liaising with artists and collectives Transmission works with, such as Unbuntu Shelter and Unity. They respectively support homeless women and migrants risking deportation.
Creative Support Volunteer - Shared Space Project, Tramway:
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Setting up workshops
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Liaising with artists
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Assist visiting artists in running the workshops
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Welcoming and befriending participants
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Social media support
2017-2018: Volunteer at Kinning Park Complex:
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Assist the artist in residence in running workshops for children and sewing classes for adults.
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Work with P7 students from Lorne Street Primary School to create recyclable fashionwear.
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Supervise and support the workshops' audiences.
Creating Arts and Craft children workshops for the East Pollokshields Quad Garden:
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Conceive and animate workshops, handle and monitor children, make sure the materials available are safe.
Communication and production assistant, Doual’art Contemporary Art Centre and gallery, Douala, Cameroon (Internships; 01/2013 to 02/2013):
2014: Communication and production assistant, Doual’art Contemporary Art Centre and gallery, Douala, Cameroon (Internships; 01/2013 to 02/2013):
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Organizing artists’ portfolios
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Setting up art projects and exhibitions
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Presenting public art projects to the people living in the neighbourhoods where they would take place.
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Volunteer at the Orphanage Roots4kids, Buea, Cameroon - (03/2013 to 04/2013).
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Conception and animation of art workshops for children.