sophia
de jesus-sabella
Sophia De Jesus-Sabella (b. 1997) is an artist, weaver, and educator based in Hartford, Connecticut. Influenced by her blue collar upbringing, her woven and sculptural works interrogate class, gender, queerness, and utility by combining traditional handweaving with found construction materials. She teaches weaving at Hartford Artisans Weaving Center and workshops out of her studio.
sophiadejesussabella[at]gmail[dot]com
Education
2019 Massachusetts College of Art and Design
BFA with Departmental Honors in Fibers
Residencies & Awards
2023 Public Art Learning Fund Grant - New England Foundation for the Arts, Boston MA
Lakkos Project - Heraklion Crete
2022 Betty Smith Weaving Scholarship - John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown NC
Marshfield School of Weaving Study Collection Scholarship - Marshfield VT
ACRE - Steuben WI
Summer Artist in Residence - Hartford Artisans Weaving Center, Hartford CT
2021 Open Studio Residency - Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle ME
2020 Penland School of Crafts - Work-Study Scholarship, Penland NC
2019 Departmental Honors in Fibers - Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA
Summer Conference Scholarship - Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle ME
Windgate Fellowship Nominee - The Center for Craft, Asheville NC
2018 Barbara L. Kuhlman Scholarship - Barbara L. Kuhlman Foundation, Turnersville NJ
Stephen D. Paine Scholarship - The Boston Foundation, Boston MA
2017 Pat Doran Fellowship - Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle ME
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2023 baby blue collar, Shoe Bones, Salem MA (upcoming)
2022 Pipe Dreams with Victoria Schenck, Howard’s Bookstore, Torrington CT
Group Exhibitions
2023 Provenance, Visitor Center, Newburgh NY (upcoming)
Through The Eye of The Needle, Hudson Valley MOCA, Peekskill NY
Tenuous Threads, Atlantic Gallery, New York NY
2022 Tactile Sublime, dodomu gallery, Virtual Exhibition
Five Points Juried Exhibition, Five Points Annex, Torrington CT
Verso, Field Projects, Virtual Exhibition
MassArt Auction, MassArt Art Museum, Boston MA
2019 LUX, Student Life Gallery, Boston MA
2019. Fibers + Jewelry and Metals All School Show, Doran Gallery, Boston MA
2019 Artward Bound Mentor Show, Student Life Gallery, Boston MA
2019 The Stephen D. Paine Scholarship Recipients, Distillery Gallery, Boston MA
2018 Fibers + Printmaking All School Show, Godine Gallery, Boston MA
2017 material -isms, Gallery@ArtBlock, Boston MA
2017 Dark Matter, Student life Gallery, Boston MA
2017 Underlying/Inner Lining, Student Life Gallery, Boston MA
2016 Fibers + Art History All School Show, Francis Euphemia Thompson Gallery, Boston MA
2016 “Congratulations! You have a new match”, North Crackatorium, Boston MA
2016 Tongue Tied, Student Life Gallery, Boston MA
warp + weft magazine interview
