sophia
dejesus-sabella
Sophia DeJesus-Sabella (b. 1997) is an artist, weaver, and educator based in Hartford, Connecticut. Her woven and sculptural works interrogate class, gender, queerness, and utility by combining traditional craft with found construction materials.
sophiadejesussabella[at]gmail[dot]com
Education
2019 Massachusetts College of Art and Design
BFA with Departmental Honors in Fibers
Residencies & Awards
2024 Emergency Grant - Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York NY
2023 Pilot Art Fund - Pilot Art List, Montreal Quebec
Lakkos Project - Heraklion Crete
Byrdcliffe Communal Artist Residency - Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock NY
Torrington Microgrant for the Arts - NWCT Arts Council, Torrington CT
Connecticut Capacity-Building Grant - MASS MoCA's Assets for Artists Program, North Adams MA
Public Art Learning Fund Grant - New England Foundation for the Arts, Boston MA
2022 ACRE - Steuben WI
Marshfield School of Weaving Study Collection Scholarship - Marshfield VT
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
2024 Again and Again, Heirloom Brooklyn, Brooklyn NY
refracted futures (in black and white) with Phoebe Vlassis, NIKKI at Mehle, New Orleans LA (upcoming)
Nip Slip, The Arts Industry, West Hartford CT (upcoming)
2023 Hoping Machine with Hannah Rust, Distillery Gallery, Boston MA
baby blue collar, Shoe Bones, Salem MA
2022 Pipe Dreams with Victoria Schenck, Howard’s Bookstore, Torrington CT
Group Exhibitions
2023 We Find Ourselves In This Place, Widener Gallery, Trinity College, Hartford CT
Yesterday Happens Today, Tomorrow's Already Here, Jewett Art Gallery, Wellesley College, Wellesley MA
Embodied Knowledge, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven CT
Provenance, Visitor Center, Newburgh NY
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
Fibers + Jewelry and Metals All School Show, Doran Gallery, Boston MA
Artward Bound Mentor Show, Student Life Gallery, Boston MA
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
Dark Matter, Student life Gallery, Boston MA
Underlying/Inner Lining, Student Life Gallery, Boston MA
2016 Fibers + Art History All School Show, Francis Euphemia Thompson Gallery, Boston MA
“Congratulations! You have a new match”, North Crackatorium, Boston MA
Tongue Tied, Student Life Gallery, Boston MA
Workshops + Teaching
Upcoming Visible Mending workshops:
2/28 - Trinity College *
3/12 - Woodbridge Public Library *
3/16 - Portland Public Library *
3/30 - Preston Public Library *
4/7 - Heirloom Brooklyn
4/13 - Catskill Weaving School
4/20 - Essex Public Library *
4/21 - Simsbury Public Library *
4/27 - On Earth Hartford *
* Free workshop
2024 Visible Mending - Guest Instructor, Catskill Weaving School, Catskill NY
Visible Mending - Visiting Artist, The Harvey School, Katonah NY
Visible Mending - Guest Instructor, Lyme Library, Lyme CT
2023 Visible Mending - Guest Instructor, Free Hart Closet, Hartford CT
Contemporary Weaving - Visiting Artist, Burns Latino Studies Academy, Hartford CT
Visible Mending - Guest Instructor, Catskill Weaving School, Catskill NY
Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced Weaving - Instructor, Hartford Artisans Weaving Center, Hartford CT
Community Tapestry - Guest Instructor, Park Art at Real Art Ways, Hartford CT
Tapestry Weaving on Rigid Heddle - Instructor, Hartford Artisans Weaving Center, Hartford CT
Visible Mending - Guest Instructor, Old Lyme Library, Old Lyme CT
2022 Beginning Weaving - Instructor, Hartford Artisans Weaving Center, Hartford CT
Advanced Weaving - TA for Fran Curran, Hartford Artisans Weaving Center, Hartford CT
Visible Mending - Handweavers Guild of Connecticut, Glastonbury CT
Visible Mending - Five Points Center for the Visual Arts, Torrington CT
Introduction to Tapestry Weaving - Five Points Center for the Visual Arts, Torrington CT
warp + weft magazine interview
