SOPHIE DUBOSC

Dates of residency:  May till June 2018 
Born: 1974
Nationality: French
Lives and works: Rouen, France
Education: 
2002 Diplôme de l’École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts
1998 Diplôme d'’Études Approfondies d'histoire de l'art (DEA), Université Paris IV-Sorbonne
1997 Maîtrise d'histoire de l'art, Université Paris IV-Sorbonne
Selected shows:
2019 The Third Space, CreArt European Exhibition, Traveling Exhibition 
2019 Some of Us, Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf
2019 La Bonne Education, Musée national de l'Education, Rouen
2019 La Ronde, Musée des antiquités, Rouen

THE ARTIST
Sophie Dubosc's work explores the commonplace dealing with human vulnerability, precariousness, and memory, whose essential instability is reflected in the physical condition of the materials used. She graduated in Art History from the Université Paris IV-Sorbonne and of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, and has since exhibited her work at the Palais de Tokyo and the Quai Malaquais, among others. Dubosc has recently participated in the Biennale of Thessaloniki, Imagined Homes (Greece). Previous residencies include the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation (Connecticut, USA), the Departmental Hospital of Mental Health (Fleury-les-Aubrais, France), and RIAA (Argentine).

THE RESIDENCY
Dubosc presented several projects at BAR’s Open Studios. Her starting collection, Wastelands, brought together plants from various locations in Beirut. After being pressed, the plants are organized directly on the wall in pairs by species. The arrangement of the plants in pairs refers to the reproduction of plants by cross-pollination and Noah’s Arc. This mural herbarium invites us to reflect on urban vegetation that is usually left neglected. She also began four other projects investigating oppression, economic issues, mass violence and freedom.