Unfinished video installation--view visuals at: http://www.sebarrett.com/Video-work.html
Contact for further information and details: Sonia E Barrett, email: soniabarrett@hotmail.com
Sonia E Barrett Email: soniabarrett@hotmail.com Website: http://www.sebarrett.com/ Of German-Jamaican Parentage, brought up in England, China and Cyprus, Sonia Elizabeth Barrett has an international range of cultural influences. A graduate of St Andrews University where she studied Philosophy, Literature and International Relations, she has an unusual grounding in the concepts to which she offers her unique visual response. In 2012, she completed her MFA, Master of Fine Arts, at the Transart Institute Berlin/New York Selected Shows, Exhibitions Caribbean Art project and 4Hr Nap Collective WOMA 2012, Home & Away Grenada Manila, Phillipines Nothing to Declare group exhibition Nov 2011 NGBK, (Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst) Berlin Germany,2010 Residence Like the Spice Gallery Transart Institute,2011 LACDA Los Angeles Center for Digital Art,LA 2010 Rosenwald Wolf Gallery Philadelphia 2010 Art in the Open, Philadelphia 2010 City Hall, group exhibition Philadelphia 2010 Group Residency Dia Beacon New York 2010 Winter Residency Sideshow Gallery New York, Transart Institute 2010 Heinrich Böll Institute, Berlin Germany 2010. Open Space Projekt: Zwichenraum für Kunst & Migration, 2010 Summer Residency Tanzfabrik Berlin, Transart Institute 2009 Black Fine Arts Fair, 2008, 2009 New York The Kalahari Building, Harlem New York 2008 The International Black Art Expo 2007, 2008 Philadelphia Robert Miller Gallery, NY 2005 "postcards from the edge" Roots Bar Berlin 2004, "What went before" exhibition Expo 2000, “Three British Artists” Hannover Publications Work in International Review of African American Art innovation ed. 2011 vol.23 Work featured "Interkultur" Newspaper Berlin Jul/Aug 2010 Work featured "Black History 365" Journal, 2009. "Paint" Magazine Philidelphia, 2008 Awards and recognition Bursary to attend the Royal St. Catherine’s Conference of Commonwealth Arts Windsor England 1989 Scholarship for MFA Arts program at the Transart Institute Krems Austria 2009 Resume I am a self taught Artist.I have recently received funding to start a Master Programme in Visual Arts. Before working as a visual artist I worked with black opera companies, dance companies, and cinema festivals that time afforded me a deep and exciting view into urban cultural creation by ethnic minorities in London. I am now living and working in Germany. Education and Related Experience MFA, Master of Fine Arts, at the Transart Institute Berlin/New York Degree English Literature St Andrews University Scotland Dissertation Poetry and Art in Caribbean Culture
Unfinished video installation--view visuals at: http://www.sebarrett.com/Video-work.html
Contact for further information and details: Sonia E Barrett, email: soniabarrett@hotmail.com
Sonia E Barrett Email: soniabarrett@hotmail.com Website: http://www.sebarrett.com/ Of German-Jamaican Parentage, brought up in England, China and Cyprus, Sonia Elizabeth Barrett has an international range of cultural influences. A graduate of St Andrews University where she studied Philosophy, Literature and International Relations, she has an unusual grounding in the concepts to which she offers her unique visual response. In 2012, she completed her MFA, Master of Fine Arts, at the Transart Institute Berlin/New York Selected Shows, Exhibitions Caribbean Art project and 4Hr Nap Collective WOMA 2012, Home & Away Grenada Manila, Phillipines Nothing to Declare group exhibition Nov 2011 NGBK, (Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst) Berlin Germany,2010 Residence Like the Spice Gallery Transart Institute,2011 LACDA Los Angeles Center for Digital Art,LA 2010 Rosenwald Wolf Gallery Philadelphia 2010 Art in the Open, Philadelphia 2010 City Hall, group exhibition Philadelphia 2010 Group Residency Dia Beacon New York 2010 Winter Residency Sideshow Gallery New York, Transart Institute 2010 Heinrich Böll Institute, Berlin Germany 2010. Open Space Projekt: Zwichenraum für Kunst & Migration, 2010 Summer Residency Tanzfabrik Berlin, Transart Institute 2009 Black Fine Arts Fair, 2008, 2009 New York The Kalahari Building, Harlem New York 2008 The International Black Art Expo 2007, 2008 Philadelphia Robert Miller Gallery, NY 2005 "postcards from the edge" Roots Bar Berlin 2004, "What went before" exhibition Expo 2000, “Three British Artists” Hannover Publications Work in International Review of African American Art innovation ed. 2011 vol.23 Work featured "Interkultur" Newspaper Berlin Jul/Aug 2010 Work featured "Black History 365" Journal, 2009. "Paint" Magazine Philidelphia, 2008 Awards and recognition Bursary to attend the Royal St. Catherine’s Conference of Commonwealth Arts Windsor England 1989 Scholarship for MFA Arts program at the Transart Institute Krems Austria 2009 Resume I am a self taught Artist.I have recently received funding to start a Master Programme in Visual Arts. Before working as a visual artist I worked with black opera companies, dance companies, and cinema festivals that time afforded me a deep and exciting view into urban cultural creation by ethnic minorities in London. I am now living and working in Germany. Education and Related Experience MFA, Master of Fine Arts, at the Transart Institute Berlin/New York Degree English Literature St Andrews University Scotland Dissertation Poetry and Art in Caribbean Culture