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 is the winner of the Belgian Art Prize in 1999 her work has been shown at the 52nd Venice Biennale MAC'S Grand-Hornu BOZAR and La Centrale (Brussels) the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (Salt Lake City) the Uffizi Gallery (Florence) CGAC (Santiago de Compostela) Museu de Arte Moderna Aloísio Magalhães (Brazil) COAC (Barcelona) Krinzinger Projekte (Vienna) STUK (Leuven) Chiostri di San Pietro and Fondazione Palazzo Magnani (Reggio Emilia) as well as TANK (Shanghai, Wiels selection).
Her works are part of numerous public and private collections in Belgium and internationally.
Selected works
Sophie Whettnall
Ratrack Project , 2025
videos installation dyptic, colour, sound
3,03' - 7,4' - 6,05'
Edition of 3 + 1 EA
N° Inv. WHET25443
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Sophie Whettnall
Shifting Landscape G , 2025
acrylic on satin silk, wooden frame
65,5 x 53 cm (25.59 x 20.87 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. WHET25424
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Sophie Whettnall
Shifting Landscape D , 2025
acrylic on satin silk, wooden frame
65,5 x 53 cm (25.59 x 20.87 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. WHET25421
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Sophie Whettnall
Plaster landscape A , 2025
torn paper, wooden frame, anti UV glass , anti reflective
92 x 72,5 cm (36.22 x 28.35 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. WHET25414
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Sophie Whettnall
Invisible landscape K , 2025
perforated silk, copper frame, anti-UV and anti-reflective glass
35 x 50 cm (13.78 x 19.69 in)
unique artwork
Private collection, Paris, France
N° Inv. WHET25411
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Sophie Whettnall
Invisible landscape J , 2025
perforated silk, copper frame, anti-UV and anti-reflective glass
43,5 x 32 cm (16.93 x 12.6 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. WHET25410
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Sophie Whettnall
Invisible landscape I , 2025
perforated silk, copper frame, anti-UV and anti-reflective glass
36 x 51 cm (14.17 x 20.08 in)
unique artwork
Private collection, Alba, Italy
N° Inv. WHET25409
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Sophie Whettnall
Invisible landscape H , 2025
perforated silk, copper frame, anti-UV and anti-reflective glass
44 x 33 cm (17.32 x 12.99 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. WHET25408
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Sophie Whettnall
Faille , 2024
torn paper, wooden frame, anti UV glass , anti reflective
52 x 66 cm (20.47 x 25.98 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. WHET24390
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Faille , 2024
torn paper, wooden frame, anti UV glass, anti reflective
50 x 70 cm (19.69 x 27.56 in)
unique artwork
N° Inv. WHET24388
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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 #3 , 2024
bottle-green and aluminum-colored metal structure
unique artwork
N° Inv. WHET24376
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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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D'une rive, l'autre #1 , 2024
bottle-green colored metal structure and aluminum
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
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
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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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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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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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
Gaasbeek Castle, Lennik
Gaasbeek Castle, Lennik
Gaasbeek Castle, Lennik
Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France
Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France
Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France
Verbier, Switzerland
Verbier, Switzerland
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Ghost trees, Gaasbeek Castle, Lennik, 2024
Ghost trees, Gaasbeek Castle, Lennik, 2024
Ghost trees, Gaasbeek Castle, Lennik, 2024
D'une rive, l'autre, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France, 2024
D'une rive, l'autre, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France, 2024
D'une rive, l'autre, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France, 2024
Ratrack Project, Verbier 3-D Foundation, Verbier, Switzerland, 2024
Ratrack Project, Verbier 3-D Foundation, Verbier, Switzerland, 2024
Ratrack Project, Verbier 3-D Foundation, 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
ARTEFACT 2024: At the still point of the turning world, STUK, Leuven, Belgium, 2024
Land in / Land out (cur. MODO asbl & Francesca Sborgi), Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence, Italia, 2024
Land in / Land out (cur. MODO asbl & Francesca Sborgi), Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence, Italia, 2024
Family Matters, (cur. Louma Salomé), Boghossian Foundation, Brussels, Belgium, 2023
Family Matters, (cur. Louma Salomé), Boghossian Foundation, Brussels, Belgium, 2023
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
Gare de Liège Guillemins, Recording the light, Europalia trains & tracks, Liège, 2022
Gare de Liège Guillemins, Recording the light, Europalia trains & tracks, Liège, 2022
Gare de Liège Guillemins, Recording the light, Europalia trains & tracks, Liège, 2022
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
Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Traces de l'invisible (cur. Carine Fol), Brussels, Belgium, 2021
Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Traces de l'invisible (cur. Carine Fol), Brussels, Belgium, 2021
Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Traces de l'invisible (cur. Carine Fol), 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
Into the Mind, project Art & Well-Being, Bozar, Brussels, Belgium, 2021
Convex/Concave, cur. Dirk Snauwaert & Charlotte Frilling, Belgian Contemporary Art by WIELS, TANK, Shanghai, China, 2020
Convex/Concave, cur. Dirk Snauwaert & Charlotte Frilling, Belgian Contemporary Art by WIELS, TANK, Shanghai, 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
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
PERFORMANCE
Performance / Ghost Trees, Gaasbeek Castle, Lennik, 2024
EXHIBITION
Performance, Into the Mind, project Art & Well-Being, Bozar, Brussels, Belgium, 2021
INTERVIEW
At Tank Museum, Shanghai
EXHIBITION
Sophie Whettnall's exhibition "Monuments Interieurs", Michel Rein, Paris, 2021
Press
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
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