Sophie Whettnall
Biography
Born in 1973, lives and works in Brussels (Belgium).
Sophie Whettnall is a multidisciplinary artist using video, performance, drawing and painting. Her works oscillate between elegance, sensuality and energy. Since the nineties, the work of Sophie Whettnall offers a reflection on the forces that define our relationship to the world around us, by materializing and documenting them.
Sophie Whettnall focuses on light and analyses its presence and zones of absence and passage. The aesthetic pieces of the artist prove simultaneously sensitive and powerful, resting on a dialectic tension and attempt to instigate a relation between contradicting concepts and perceptions: between softness and sensuousness, yin and yang, women and men. Her work also contributes to a form of autobiographical project.
Sophie Whettnall won the Young Belgian Painting prize in 1999. Her works has been exhibited at the 52th Venise Biennal (Italy) ; Utah Museum of Fine Arts (Salt Lake City) ; MAC'S, Site du Grand Hornu (Hornu) ; DOT. Project (London) ; Leal Rios Foundation (Barcelona) ; Centrale for Contemporary Art (Brussels) ; BOZAR (Brussels) ; Museu de Arte Moderna Aloisio Magalhães (Recife) ; CGAC (Santiago de Compostella) ; COAC (Barcelona) ; Vera Cortes Art Agency (Lisbon) ; Krinzinger Projekte (Vienna) ; L'Orangerie - Espace d'art contemporain (Bastogne) ; Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains (Tourcoing).
Selected works
Sophie Whettnall
Plaster Landscape , 2024
torn paper, wooden frame and anti-reflective glass
131,5 x 73 cm (51.57 x 28.74 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. WHET24384
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Sophie Whettnall
D'une rive, l'autre #2 , 2024
red aluminum-colored metal structure
250 x 625 x 250 cm (98.43 x 246.06 x 98.43 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. WHET24375
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Sophie Whettnall
D'une rive, l'autre #1 , 2024
bottle-green and aluminum-colored metal structure
250 x 750 x 250 cm (98.43 x 295.28 x 98.43 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. WHET24374
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Sophie Whettnall
Plaster Landscape , 2024
torn paper, wooden frame, anti-reflective glass
132 x 147,5 cm (51.97 x 57.87 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. WHET24373
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Sophie Whettnall
My Roman Lovers, Academia Belgica - Roma , 2023
red chinese ink on paper, wooden frame, anti UV glass
unique artwork
N° Inv. WHET23358
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Sophie Whettnall
My Roman Lovers, Academia Belgica - Roma , 2023
red chinese ink on paper, wooden frame, anti UV glass
unique artwork
N° Inv. WHET23355
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Sophie Whettnall
Chinese Landscape , 2023
red Indian ink on paper, wooden frame, glass
130 x 97 cm (51.18 x 38.19 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. WHET23348
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Sophie Whettnall
Rain drawing , 2023
red Indian ink on paper, wooden frame, glass
150 x 97 cm (59.06 x 38.19 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. WHET23344
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Sophie Whettnall
Lost Landscape , 2023
red Indian ink on paper, wooden frame, glass
135 x 203 cm (53.15 x 79.92 in)
unique artwork
Private collection, Paris, France
N° Inv. WHET23341
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Sophie Whettnall
Lost Landscape , 2022
bamboo point drawing, red Indian ink on paper, wooden frame, glass
unique artwork
N° Inv. WHET22335
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Sophie Whettnall
Projected Landscape #2 (tryptich) , 2021
perforated tracing paper and spray painting, wooden frame
130 x 189 x 3.5 cm (51.18 x 74.41 x 1.38 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. WHET21269
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Sophie Whettnall
Plaster Landscape #11 , 2021
torn paper, wooden frame and glass
160 x 114,5 cm (62.99 x 44.88 in)
unique artwork
Private collection, Paris, France
N° Inv. WHET21253
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Sophie Whettnall
White Landscape #1 , 2020
perforated paper, wooden frame, glass
29 x 41 cm (11.42 x 16.14 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. WHET21260
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Sophie Whettnall
Border Lines #50 , 2020
perforated tracing paper, spay painting, wooden frame, glass
29 x 41 cm (11.42 x 16.14 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. WHET21251
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Sophie Whettnall
Breakthrough #1 , 2020
eyelet on tarpaulin
144 x 194 cm (56.69 x 76.38 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. WHET20231
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Sophie Whettnall
La Forêt #7 (diptyque) , 2019
wood panel, holes
56,69 x 48,03 (x2) x 31,88
unique artwork
N° Inv. WHET19202
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Sophie Whettnall
Black Dust , 2018-ongoing
in situ installation: acrylic paint, pigment
variable dimensions
unique artwork
N° Inv. WHET18146
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Sophie Whettnall
Cotton Candy Landscape #14 , 2018
torn and perforated paper, collage, wooden frame
unique artwork
N° Inv. WHET18163
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Sophie Whettnall
Cotton Candy Landscape #12 , 2018
torn and perforated paper, collage
96 x 70 cm
unique artwork
N° Inv. WHET18158
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Sophie Whettnall
Border Lines #44 , 2017
tracing paper and spray painting, wooden frame, glass
100 x 70 cm / 39,37 x 27,56 in
unique artwork
N° Inv. WHET18126
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Sophie Whettnall
Mental Mountains #3 , 2017
spray painting on paper
100 x 70 cm / 39.3 x 27.5 in
unique artwork
N° Inv. WHET17113
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Sophie Whettnall
Drilling for light #11 , 2016
ink, perforation on paper, wooden frame, glass
50 x 65 cm / 19.68 x 25.59 in
unique artwork
N° Inv. WHET16090
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Sophie Whettnall
Sans titre #1 , 2016
spray painting on paper, charcoal
245 x 150 cm / 96.4 / 59 cm
unique artwork
N° Inv. WHET16072
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Sophie Whettnall
Drilling for light #8 , 2016
wood, brass
100 x 55 x 55 cm / 39.4 x 21.6 x 21.6 in
unique artwork
N° Inv. WHET16069
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Sophie Whettnall
Sans titre - Paysage , 2007
bic on paper
24,9 x 18,5 cm/ 9,80 x 7,28 in
unique artwork
N° Inv. WHET18132
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Gallery exhibitions
Museum exhibitions
Boghossian Foundation, Brussels, Belgium
Boghossian Foundation, Brussels, Belgium
Verbier, Switzerland
Verbier, Switzerland
STUK, Leuven, Belgium
STUK, Leuven, Belgium
Musée du Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France
Musée du Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France
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Family Matters, (cur. Louma Salomé), Boghossian Foundation, Brussels, Belgium, 2023
Family Matters, (cur. Louma Salomé), Boghossian Foundation, Brussels, Belgium, 2023
RATRACK, Verbier, Switzerland, 2024
RATRACK, Verbier, Switzerland, 2024
ARTEFACT 2024: At the still point of the turning world, STUK, Leuven, Belgium, 2024
ARTEFACT 2024: At the still point of the turning world, STUK, Leuven, Belgium, 2024
Les étoiles ne dorment jamais, Musée du Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, 2022 - ph. Labo photo Ville d'Aix en Provence
Les étoiles ne dorment jamais, Musée du Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, 2022 - ph. Labo photo Ville d'Aix en Provence
Les étoiles ne dorment jamais, Musée du Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, 2022 - ph. Labo photo Ville d'Aix en Provence
Les étoiles ne dorment jamais, Musée du Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, 2022 - ph. Labo photo Ville d'Aix en Provence
Universo Dentro - Sophie Whettnall, Chiostri di San Pietro, Fondazione Palazzo Magnani, Reggio Emilia, Italy, 2021
Universo Dentro - Sophie Whettnall, Chiostri di San Pietro, Fondazione Palazzo Magnani, Reggio Emilia, Italy, 2021
Universo Dentro - Sophie Whettnall, Chiostri di San Pietro, Fondazione Palazzo Magnani, Reggio Emilia, Italy, 2021
Into the Mind, project Art & Well-Being, Bozar, Brussels, Belgium, 2021
Into the Mind, project Art & Well-Being, Bozar, Brussels, Belgium, 2021
Into the Mind, project Art & Well-Being, Bozar, Brussels, Belgium, 2021
Convex/Concave, cur. Dirk Snauwaert & Charlotte Frilling, Belgian Contemporary Art by WIELS, TANK, Shangai, China, 2020
Convex/Concave, cur. Dirk Snauwaert & Charlotte Frilling, Belgian Contemporary Art by WIELS, TANK, Shangai, China, 2020
Convex/Concave, cur. Dirk Snauwaert & Charlotte Frilling, Belgian Contemporary Art by WIELS, TANK, Shangai, China, 2020
La Banquise, la fôret et les étoiles, w/ Ethel Adnan, La Centrale, Brussels, Belgium, 2019, ph. Philippe De Gobert
La Banquise, la fôret et les étoiles, w/ Ethel Adnan, La Centrale, Brussels, Belgium, 2019, ph. Philippe De Gobert
La Banquise, la fôret et les étoiles, w/ Ethel Adnan, La Centrale, Brussels, Belgium, 2019, ph. Philippe De Gobert
La Banquise, la fôret et les étoiles, w/ Ethel Adnan, La Centrale, Brussels, Belgium, 2019, ph. Philippe De Gobert
Black Dust, Sculpture Project, Art Brussels, Belgium, 2019
Out of Africa, Ateliers de Conservation-Restauration d'Art, Brussels, Belgium, 2016
Comme si de rien n'était, Musée & Jardins Van Buuren, Brussels, Belgium, 2016
Non figuratif : un regain d intérêt ?, CAC - Centre d'art contemporain, Meymac, France, 2016, ph. Marc Domage
Brainstorming, MAMAM, Recife, Brasil, 2014
Brainstorming, MAMAM, Recife, Brasil, 2014
Brainstorming, MAMAM, Recife, Brasil, 2014
Viages, nuevas perigrinaciones, CGAC, Santiago de Compostelle, Spain, 2007
Viages, nuevas perigrinaciones, CGAC, Santiago de Compostelle, Spain, 2007
Viages, Nuevas perigrinaciones, CGAC, Santiago de Compostella, Spain, 2007
Red Snow, Casa de Velazquez, Madrid, Spain, 2006
Red Snow, Casa de Velazquez, Madrid, Spain, 2006
Red Snow, Casa de Velazquez, Madrid, Spain, 2006
Tancat per obres, Plaça dels Països Catalans, Barcelona, Spain, 2002
Tancat per obres, Plaça dels Països Catalans, Barcelona, Spain, 2002
Tancat per obres, Plaça dels Països Catalans, Barcelona, Spain, 2002
Videos
INTERVIEW
At Tank Museum, Shanghai
EXHIBITION
Sophie Whettnall's exhibition "Monuments Interieurs", Michel Rein, Paris, 2021
Press
La Libre Belgique
Sophie Whettnall, le choc des contraires
2004
De Morgen
Speeltuin voor volwassen
2004
INDE
Whettnall o com gravar la llum
2002
La Libre Belgique
Triomphe de l'image à la Jeune Peinture
1999
Art & Culture
Sophie Whettnall, Sédentaire s'abstenir
1999
Saint Nazaire. Le centre d'art contemporain lance sa nouvelle exposition
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Publications
Sophie Whettnall (at) Work
Publisher: Mercatorfonds
2019
À l'avant de l'image
Publisher:
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