Sophie Westerlind is currently based between Paris and Sweden.

Education:

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

Solo and Duo Exhibitions:

• POV contemporary, 'The Lives We Live, Cologne (2025)
• Renata Fabbri, Sotto project room. Duo exhibition with Chris Rocchegiani. ‘Il mio telaio, la tua Laura’. Milan (2024)
• Swedish Institute in Rome, ‘She affects us, indeed’, with Giulio Squillacciotti and a critical support by Stefano Mudu. Rome (2023)
• Galerie Norbert Arns, ‘You danced on the carpet and waited for her’. Cologne (2023)
• Casa Testori and Teatro deSidera, ‘Pensa a Knut’, curated by Luca Zuccala and Erica Roccella, Milan (2022)
• Spazio NEUTRO, ‘Yes, I used to be a great dancer’, curated by NEUTRO, Reggio Emilia, IT (2022)
• Museo Diocesano di Belluno-Feltre, ‘L’ultima cena, Sophie Westerlind su Tintoretto’ curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis, Dolomiti Contemporanee. Feltre, IT (2019)
• Caos Gallery, ‘Intimità’, curated by Giancarlo Gallitano, Venice (2015)

Scholarships

• Forssius Foundation, project grant, SE (2025)
• Den Tänkande Handen, Swedish National Scholarship for Drawing. The Royal Academy of Fine Art and the Royal Castle, Stockholm, SE (2019)
• Residency grant for Paris and Cité internationale des arts, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, SE (2020)
• Erasmus Scholarship, Stockholm University and Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, IT (2006)

Selected Residencies and Workshops

Docks Dora, residency curated by Max Tomasinelli in collaboration with Marta Cereda, Turin (2026)

• The Mirror Institution, residency curated by Joanna Sandell, Jämjö, SE (2025)
• Cité internationale des arts, residency, Paris, FR (2022)
• Artists’ Roundtable, project curated by Pia Biasi, Venice, IT (2021)
• Lido Contemporaneo, residency curated by Andrea Tinterri and Luca Zuccala, Fano, IT (2021)
• Fincantieri S.p.A., In-Edita, residency in collaboration with Venice Galleries’ View and Comune di Venezia, Venice,(2020)
• Dolomiti Contemporanee/Progettoborca, residency curated by Gianluca D’Incà Levis. Borca di Cadore, IT (2019)
• London Zoo and Royal College of Art, ‘Zootopia’, workshop curated by Richard Wentworth, London (2013)
• BIOMAB, drawing workshop during dissections at the University hospital of Ghent and Antwerp. Curated by Eleanor Crook, Royal College of Art. Ghent and Antwerp, UK/BEL (2013)
• Camden Arts Center, drawing workshop during artist Helle Bjarregaard’s performance. Curated by Helle Bjarregaard. London (2012)
• Complicite, drawing workshop during actors’ workshop in preparation for the play ‘Lion Boy’. Curated by Annabel Arden and Rosalind Parker. Islington Town Hall, London (2012)
• BIOMAB, drawing workshop during dissections at the University hospital of Antwerp. Curated by Eleanor Crook, Royal College of Art. UK/BL (2012)

Selected Collective Exhibitions and Art Fairs

Upcoming 2026: Barbati Gallery, 'Table Manners', curated by Pia Ottes, Venice
Upcoming 2026: Konstakademien, Jubileumsutställning Den Tänkande Handen, Stockholm

• Pov Contemporary, 'Salon', Düsseldorf, (2025)
• Maybaum Gallery, 'Summer Selection', San Francisco (2025)
• Archivio di Stato di Napoli, 'Venice Time Case', curated by Luca Massimo Barbero. Naples (2025)
• Spazio Berlendis, Marignana Arte, 'Aldilà sarà', curated by Matilde Cadenti e Emanuela Fadalti. Venice (2025)
• Art Paris, Grand Palais Éphémère, 26th EditIion, with Galerie Ariane C-Y. Paris (2024)
• Liljevalchs Konsthall, Spring Salon. Curated by Ashik Zaman, Tawanda Appiah, Peder Fredricson and Joanna Sandell Wright. Stockholm (2024)
• Monitor Gallery, ‘Venice Time Case’, curated by Luca Massimo Barbero. Rome (2023)
• Galerie Ariane C-Y, ‘Orbe’, Pop-Up Show at Rue Froissart 7, Paris (2022)
• Galerie Italienne Venice Time Case, exhibition curated by Luca Massimo Barbero. Paris (2022)
• Tommaso Calabro Galleria d’Arte Venice Time Case, exhibition curated by Luca Massimo Barbero. Milano (2021)
• Museo Giovanni Fattori, Combat Prize 2021 12th edition. Livorno, IT (2021)
• Center for Recent Drawing, Dialogues 01, exhibition curated by Joshua Armitage and Phil Goss. , London (2021)
• Artcurial, ‘Fortuna instabile quasi impossibile’ curated by Andrea Tinterri and Luca Zuccala, Lidocontemporaneo. Milan,(2021)
• State Of, ‘È sempre una lotta per capire dove devono stare questi corpi’, curated by Andrea Tinterri and Luca Zuccala. Aretè Showroom, Milan (2021)
• Società Umanitaria, Praevenus, exhibition for the benefit of breast cancer prevention and research. ‘Siamo come tronchi della neve’, curated by Andrea Tinterri and Luca Zuccala. Milan (2021)
• Galleria Michela Rizzo, ‘Assembramenti’, Venice (2020)
• Forte di Monte Ricco, ‘Altri Dardi’ curated by Gianluca d’Incà Levis, Dolomiti Contemporanee. Pieve di Cadore, IT (2019)
• Gustav III’s Museum of Antiquities, 'Den Tänkande Handen', curated by Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm. SE
• Liljevalchs Konsthall, Spring Salon, curated by Mårten Castenfors, Helene Billgren, Susanne Vollmer och Lasse Åberg. Stockholm (2019)
• Gandy Gallery, ‘Migration of Energies’. Bratislava, SL (2018)
• Royal College of Art Graduation Exhibition, Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London, UK (2013)
• Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, ‘Visual Editor- Interruption’, London (2012)
• Central Saint Martins’ College of Art and Design degree show, Nicholls and Clarke, London, UK (2011)

Selected Talks

• Boston University, Visiting Lecturer, curated by Luca de Gaetano. Venice (2023)
• Università Ca’Foscari, ‘Fincantieri’, curated by Professor Matteo Legrenzi, Political Science. Venice (2023)
• Università degli Studi di Padova, ‘Altre rappresentanze: il lavoro nell’arte e il lavoro di communicare l’arte’, curated by Professor Paolo Graziano. Padua, IT (2022)
• School of Curatorial Studies, Venice (2022)
• 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 (2013)

Selected Press

• Schnitt Magazine, 'The Lives We Live', ed.by Caroline Steffen. 20/05/2025 DE

• BeauxArts, ‘Que voir à la foire Art Paris au Grand Palais éphémère ? 8 stands qui valent le détour’, ed. by Inès Boittiaux. 04/04/2024 FR.

• C-Print, 'Pre-takeoff and inside Vårsalongen', ed. by Ashik Zaman, 12/01/2024

• C-Print, ’Meeting Sophie Westerlind’, ed. by Eleonora Savorelli, 12/05/2021

• Exibart, 'Il fascino indiscreto del ritratto: Sophie Westerlind al Teatro Oscar di Milano’ ed. by Red. 23/03/2022

• Exibart, 'Sophie Westerlind, Yes I used to be a great dancer – NEUTRO’ ed. by Ilaria Zampieri, 04/03/2022

• Artslife, 'L’intimità del pastello. Lo sguardo sulla carta di Sophie Westerlind a Reggio Emilia', ed. by Caterina Angelucci, 26/01/22

• Cameræ, 'Interview and Studio Visit #18, Sophie Westerlind, a spontaneous life' ed. by Francesca Iovene and Jessica Soffiati, 05/02/21

Selected Publications

• 'Liljevalchs Vårsalong 2024', exhibition catalogue, ed. by Liljevalchs, Stockholm (2024)
• 'L'Altra Individualità. La pittura figurativa in Italia oggi', exhibition catalogue, ed. by Domenico Russo. Silvana Editoriale, Milano (2023)
• ’NEUTRO – Sophie Westerlind’, publication for the exhibition ’Yes I used to be a great dancer’, with a 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, IT (2021)
• ’Liljevalchs Vårsalong 2019’, exhibition catalogue, ed. by Liljevalchs, Stockholm (2019)
• ’Migration of Energies’, exhibition catalogue ed. by Gandy Gallery, Bratislava (2018)

Photo by Valeria Necchio, 2024