Artist Profile
About Sophia Löwe
“I am a Saturn who dreams of being a Mercury, and everything I write reflects these two impulses.” -Italo Calvino
Performative Installation Artist and Reality Researcher & Collector
The here presented collection of selves is a diverse and dynamic multi-layered “society” of beings, the unity of which is called Sophia Löwe.
Sophia means "wisdom" in Greek. Sophia (wisdom), Sophia (Gnosticism)
Sophia may also refer to: Sophia (given name), a given name (including lists of people with the name)
Toponymy Niulakita or Sophia, an island of Tuvalu and Sophia, West Virginia
Letters Sophia (journal), a periodical about religious and theological philosophy and Sophia (novel) by Charlotte Lennox (1762)
Music Sophia (British band) and Sophia (Japanese band) and Sophia (singer) or Sophia Abrahão, pop singer from Brazil and Sophia (The Crüxshadows EP) and Sophia (Sophia EP) and "Sophia" (Nerina Pallot song) and "Sophia" (Laura Marling song) and "Sophia", a song by Good Shoes from Think Before You Speak and "Sophia", a song by Laura Nyro from Mother's Spiritual and "Sophia", a song by Six Organs of Admittance from Dust and Chimes
Other Sophia (robot), a humanoid robot and Saudi Arabian citizen developed in Hong Kong (2017) and 251 Sophia, a main belt asteroid (1885) and Operation Sophia or EU Navfor Med, a European Union Naval Force operation in the Mediterranean (2015) and name of a vehicle in Blaster Master (1988)
SOPHIA Society for the Promotion of Himalayan Indigenous Activities (SOPHIA), nongovernmental organization based in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India (1996) and
SOPHIA (European Foundation for the Advancement of Doing Philosophy with Children), a cooperative educational organization
Löwe or Loewe (German for "lion") may refer to:
Business Loewe (electronics), a German television sets and other electronics maker and LOEWE (fashion brand), a Spanish luxury clothing and accessories brand and Löwe Automobil, a German automotive parts manufacturer
Military Panzer VII Löwe, a WW2 German tank project and HNoMS Gyller (1938), a Norwegian warship captured by Nazi Germany and renamed Löwe
Other Nordische Löwe, a ship owned by the Danish East India Company and Der Löwe (1944–1973), a racehorse and stud stallion
As becomes visible here, the interests and influences of Sophia Löwe’s vary wildly. They are fascinated by the overlap of perspectives and the unique experience of each. The iddy-biddy glimpse into the inside of a seashell. They make use of colors and shapes of their immediate surrounding trying to form(ulate) new narratives.
-Beware of the Ocopoctalypse-
Education
2012-2016
Bachelor in Psychology (University of Groningen)
2014- 2018
Bachelor in Fine Arts (Academie Minerva, Groningen)
September 2016- January 2017
UDEM Monterrey (Artes)
2017- 2020
Research Master in Religion and Culture (University of Groningen)
(Group) Exhibitions
November 2016: Group Exhibition "Espacios Temporales"
(UDEM, Galeria 2)
Monterrey, Mexico
May 2017: Group Exhibition "LooppooL"
(Sign Galerie)
Groningen, Netherlands
February 2018:
Group exhibition
"Tell me Y"
(Y2 Gallery)
Groningen, Netherlands
April 2018:
"24h Residency"
together with Jannes Buerkner as artist collaborative team "Zürich"
(Kunsthuis SYB)
Beesterzwaag, Netherlands
April 2018:
"Two Peas in A Pot"
shown at group exhibition "El día después de San Valentín"
(Malteada la Vida)
Monterrey, Mexico
July 2018:
“Headliners” Minerva Endexpositie
(Oude Zuikerunie)
Groningen, Netherlands
September-October 2018:
“Midseason”
Artist Residency @ het resort
(oude Bim Station)
Groningen, Netherlands
25.October, 2018:
"Mothernode4- Multisensory Frequencies"
open performance with Hendrik Hantschel
(NP3 Gallerie)
Groningen, Netherlands
16.December,2018:
"Creative Sunday"
Live Painting Session with live music by HALA
(Atelier 'Il Sole in Cantina)
Groningen Netherlands
16.January,2019:
"Time is Money"
Group Performance
(Parnassos Community Centre @Utrecht University)
Utrecht, Netherlands
March, 2019:
Opening speech at Exhibition "Lamu- Enchanted
Island" by Michel Ptasinski,
Paderborn, Germany
8. June,2019:
exhibiting 3 paintings from the series "Staying with the Trouble"
Nacht van Kunst en Wetenschap
Travis Alabanza @ Praedinius Singel,
Academia Minerva, Groningen, NL
15.June,2019:
"Okay, Brunch Forever" by Carolina Burandt (carolinaburandt.com)
performer
Bierumer School
Bierum, NL
18. January- 19. February:
EISPRONG 2020
Group Exhibition Filler IV
SIGN Projectspace
Groningen, NL
May 2020:
HOMESCREEN #2 (House)
online exhibition
7th May:
Performative Oracle Reading
Stichting Artisbook, Groningen
Instagram Live
Academic Speaking Engagements:
February 2019:
‘Designing the body. Agency and embodiment in researching African-Dutch women’s
lives.’ with Dr. Brenda Bartelink,
Talking and Walking; Exploring Intersections of Embodiment and Agency in
Religious-secular Formations.
Noster/CRCG thematic seminar,
Groningen, NL
May 2019:
"Medusa as 'sensational form' in Yugen Blarok's Gorgon Madonna"
Masterclass with Birgit Meyer: Religion and the Image Question
Koninklijk Instituut Rome,
Italy
June 2019:
"Dare to be an Octopus, Dare to be Creative"
Counterpoint Event: Bio-Diversity and Hegemonic Power
Groningen, NL
"Sa-Roc: The Goddess MC- Where Religious Imagery meets Hip Hop Feminism"
OPEN SESSION: Literature and modern Western Esotericism: continuities and changes
17th Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR):
Religion- Continuations and Disruptions
Tartu, Estonia
"Situating oneself towards Discourse, Meaning and Matter in the Study of Religion"
OPEN SESSION: Discursive Study of Religion
17th Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR):
Religion- Continuations and Disruptions
Tartu, Estonia
Publications:
Brenda Bartelink, Gabriela Bustamante, Lerina Kwamba, Sophia Löwe "Embodied stories: African-Dutch
women narrate (in-)visibility and agency in the city of The Hague" LOVA Journal for Gender Studies and Feminist Anthropology 41, December 2020.