SOPHIA RIZVI Born: May 3rd, 1973 Education: 1991-92 Kingston University, foundation year 1992-93 Painting and printmaking independently 1993-96 Byam Shaw School of Art Exhibitions: 1993 New English Art Club Open Exhibition 1994 Working trip to Reykjavik & South East Iceland 1995 National Print Exhibition Working trip to Reykjavik & South Central Iceland 1996 "A Northern Journey" - Joint exhibition with Jacqueline Rizvi, New Academy Gallery, London. One-person exhibition, Art Next The Marketing Centre, Capper Street Working trip to Greenland, Reykjavik & West Iceland Assistant mural painter, Medical School, St.Mary's Hospital, Paddington. 1997 "A Northern Journey" Part II with Jacqueline Rizvi, New Academy Gallery, London New English Art Club Open Exhibition Whittington Fine Art "20th Century Artists" The Apthorp Fund for Young Artists 1998 The Hunting Art Exhibition, Royal College of Art Working trip to Reykjavik, South East Iceland and East Iceland New English Art Club Open Exhibition, Mall Galleries The Apthorp Fund for Young Artists, Old Bull Centre 1999 The Hunting Art Exhibition, Royal College of Art Solo exhibition, Curwen Gallery, London 2000 Art 2000, Business Design Centre, Islington 2001 Solo exhibition, Curwen Gallery, London Islington Art 2001 2002 London Group Show as part of Hampstead and Highgate festival "Fra Bretlandi til Islands" Galleri Fold, Reykjavik, Iceland 2003 "Sambond" Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjorour, Iceland "From Iceland to Britain" Curwen Gallery, London "Earth Songs" A.T.Kearney Offices, London The Affordable Art Fair, New York, (Enid Lawson Gallery) The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London Whittington Fine Art, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire Awards: 1997 The Apthorp Fund for Young Artists: Major Purchase Prize Nominated for Villiers David Prize by Curwen Gallery 1998 The Apthorp Fund for Young Artists: Major Purchase Prize 1999 Runner-up, Young Artist of the Year, The Hunting Art Prize Nominated for Villiers David Prize by Curwen Gallery 2000 The Apthorp Fund for Young Artists: Major Purchase Prize |
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