Sophie Westerlind was born in Stockholm in 1985.

Education
2018	MA Fine Art, Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Venice, Italy
2013	MA Visual Communication, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2011	BA Graphic Design and Illustration, Central Saint Martins’ College of Art and Design, London, UK

Solo Shows
2023	Galerie Norbert Arns, ‘You danced on the carpet and waited for her’. Cologne, DE
2022	Casa Testori and Teatro deSidera, ‘Pensa a Knut’, curated by Luca Zuccala and Erica Roccella, Milan, IT
	Spazio NEUTRO, ‘Yes, I used to be a great dancer’, curated by NEUTRO, Reggio Emilia, IT
2019	Museo Diocesano di Belluno-Feltre, ‘L’ultima cena, Sophie Westerlind su Tintoretto’ curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis, Dolomiti Contemporanee. Feltre, IT
2015	Caos Gallery, ‘Intimità’, curated by Giancarlo Gallitano, Venice, IT

Awards and Scholarships
2021	Combat Prize 2021 12th edition, shortlisted. IT
2019	Den Tänkande Handen, Swedish National Scholarship for Drawing, winner. The Royal Castle and Royal Academy of Fine Art, Stockholm, SE
2012	Desmond Preston Prize for excellence in drawing, runner up, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2010	First Prize Havana Club Illustration Competition, Central Saint Martins’, London, UK
2006	Erasmus Scholarship, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, IT

Residencies and Workshops
2022	Cité Internationale des Arts/Konstakademien SE/FR
2021	Lido Contemporaneo, residency curated by Andrea Tinterri and Luca Zuccala, Fano, IT
2020	Fincantieri S.p.A., In-Edita, curated by Venice Galleries’ View and Forte Marghera, Venice, IT
2019	Dolomiti Contemporanee/Progettoborca, curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis. Borca di Cadore, IT
2013	BIOMAB, drawing during dissections at the University hospital of Ghent and Antwerp. Curated by Eleanor Crook, Royal College of Art. Ghent and Antwerp, UK/BEL
2012	BIOMAB, drawing during dissections at the University hospital of Antwerp. Curated by Eleanor Crook, Royal College of Art. UK/BEL
	London Zoo and Royal College of Art, ‘Zootopia’, workshop curated by Richard Wentworth, London, UK

Selected Collective Exhibitions
2023	(upcoming) Swedish Insitute in Rome, duo exhibition together with Giulio Squilacciotti. Curated by Ulf R. Hansson and Stefano Mudu.
2023	(upcoming) Venice Time Case, exhibition curated by Luca Massimo Barbero. Monitor, Rome, IT
2022	Galerie Ariane C-Y, ‘Orbe’, Pop-Up Show at Rue Froissart 7, Paris, FR
2022	Venice Time Case, exhibition curated by Luca Massimo Barbero. Galerie Italienne, Paris, FR
2021	Combat Prize 2021 12th edition. Museo Giovanni Fattori, Livorno, IT
2021	Lidocontemporaneo, exhibition ‘FORTUNA INSTABILE QUASI POSSIBILE’ curated by Andrea Tinterri and Luca Zuccala. Rocca Malatestiana -Fano, Casa Sponge - Pergola, Artcurial - Milano, IT
2021	School of curatorial studies, exhibition ‘Unlikely’, Palazzo Malpiero. Venice, IT
2021	State Of, exhibition ‘È sempre una lotta per capire dove devono stare questi corpi’, curated by Andrea Tinterri and Luca Zuccala. Aretè Showroom, Milan, IT
2021	Praevenus, exhibition for the benefit of breast cancer prevention and research. ‘Siamo come tronchi della neve’, curated by Andrea Tinterri and Luca Zuccala. Società Umanitaria, Milan, IT
2020	Galleria Michela Rizzo, exhibition ‘Assembramenti’, curated by Michela Rizzo. Venice, IT
2019	Liljevalchs, ‘Vårsalongen 2019’. Exhibtion curated by Mårten Castenfors. Stockholm. SE
2019	Den Tänkande Handen, exhibition curated by Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Gustav III’s Museum of Antiquities, Stockholm. SE
2018	Ritrovarsi, Festival d’Arte Contemporanea VI edizione, Sciacca (AG) Curated by Tiziana Papaleo. IT
2018	Gandy Gallery, ‘Migration of Energies’. Exhibition curated by Nadine Gandy. Bratislava, SL
2013	Royal College of Art Graduation Exhibition, Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London, UK
2013	Work in progress exhibition, Henry Moore Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2012	‘Illustration. Literature. Design’, exhibition, Henry Moore Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2012	‘Visual Editor- Interruption’, exhibition, Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2011	Central Saint Martins’ College of Art and Design degree show, Nicholls and Clarke, London, UK

Talks and Teaching Appointments
2023	Boston University, Visting Lecturer, curated by Luca de Gaetano. Venice, IT
2023	Università Ca’Foscari, ‘Fincantieri’, curated by Matteo Legrenzi, Poltitical Science. Venice, IT
2022	Università degli Studi di Padova, ‘Altre rappresentanze: il lavoro nell’arte e il lavoro di communicare l’arte’, curated by Paolo Graziano. Padua, IT
2021	Artist Roundtable Project, curated by Pia Biasi
2020	Galleria Michela Rizzo, 'Meet me half-way', in dialogue with Tommaso Speretta. Venice, IT
2013	Royal College of Art, RCA Drawing studio, Visiting Lecturer with Anna Suwalowska. ‘Under Attack: exploring narrative and scenes of madness when drawing from life’ London, UKs

Selected Press
2021	C – Print, ’Meeting Sophie Westerlind’, ed. by Eleonora Savorelli. 12/05/2021 https://www.c-print.se/post/meeting-sophie-westerlind
2022	Exibart, ’Il fascino indiscreto del ritratto: Sophie Westerlind al Teatro Oscar di Milano’ ed. by Red. 23/03/2022 https://www.exibart.com/mostre/pensa-a-knut-ritratto-sophie-westerlind-al-teatro-oscar-di-milano/
2022	Exibart, ’Sophie Westerlind, Yes I used to be a great dancer – NEUTRO’ ed. by Ilaria Zampieri, 04/03/2022 https://www.exibart.com/arte-contemporanea/sophie-westrlind-yes-i-used-to-be-a-great-dancer-neutro/
2022	Artslife | Caterina Angelucci | L’intimità del pastello. Lo sguardo sulla carta di Sophie Westerlind a Reggio Emilia. ed. by Caterina Angelucci, 26/01/22 https://artslife.com/2022/01/26/mostra-sguardo-di-sophie-westerlind-a-reggio-emilia/
2021	CAMERAE, Sophie Westerlind, A spontaneous life, ed. by Francesca Iovene https://www.camerae.it/en/interviews/sophie-westerlind/
2021	ArtsLife, L’intuizione della pittura a olio. Conversazione con Sophie Westerlind, ed.by Domenico Russo https://artslife.com/2021/02/14/pittura-intervista-sophie-westerlind/
2020	ArtsLife, Arte balsamo della psiche. La quarantena degli artisti, Sophie Westerlind, ed. by Luca Zuccala https://artslife.com/2020/04/10/arte-balsamo-della-psiche-la-quarantena-degli-artisti-sophie-westerlind/

Selected Publications
2022	’NEUTRO – Sophie Westerlind’, publication for the exhibition ’Yes I used to be a great dancer’, with text by Isabel Young. Ed.by NEUTRO, Venice
2021	’Venice Time Case’, exhibition catalogue ed. by Luca Massimo Barbero, Marsilio Editori. Venice
2021	’Fortuna instabile quasi possibile’, exhibition catalogue, ed. by Lido Contemporaneo, Fano
2019	’Liljevalchs Vårsalong 2019’, exhibition catalogue, ed. by Liljevalchs, Stockholm
2018	’Migration of Energies’, exhibition catalogue ed. by Gandy Gallery, Bratislava