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 Byrdcliffe Communal Artist Residency - Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock NY
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
Lakkos Project - Heraklion Crete
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
2023 baby blue collar, Shoe Bones, Salem MA (upcoming)
2022 Pipe Dreams with Victoria Schenck, Howard’s Bookstore, Torrington CT
Group Exhibitions
2023 Embodied Knowledge, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven CT (upcoming)
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
warp + weft magazine interview
