Sofia Mitsola

Sofia Mitsola is working primarily with paintings in which she investigates the female form. Her invented characters are informed by ancient Greek and Egyptian sculptures, usually depictions of goddesses or mythical creatures. These are set in simple geometric backgrounds with intensely bright and almost flat colours and are depicted naked and larger than human scale. Through them, she is playing with ideas about voyeurism, confrontation, and power. 

Sofia Mitsola (b. 1992) currently lives and works in London. She received an MFA from Slade School of Fine Art, UCL in 2018, and holds a BA from the School of Visual and Applied Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Recent solo exhibitions include: Villa Venus: The Garden, Pilar Corrias, London, UK (2024); Villa Venus: An Organized Dream, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zürich, Switzerland (2023); Sofia Mitsola: House of Aquamarina, The Harley Gallery, Portland Collection Museum, Worksop (2022); Aquamarina: Crocodilian tears, Pilar Corrias, London (2021); Darladiladada, Pilar Corrias, London (2020); Banistiri, Pilar Corrias, London (2019); Jerwood Solo Presentations 2019, Jerwood Space, London (2019). Her recent group exhibitions include The lnfinite Woman, Fondation Carmignac, Porquerolles Island (2024); Siren Song, Sixi Museum, Nanjing (2024); A Year With The Jerwood Collection, The Harley Gallery, Nottingham (2021); and dreamtigers, 125 Charing Cross, London (2019). Mitsola was awarded the Tiffany & Co x outset Studiomakers Prize (2018) and the British Institution Student Award by the Royal Academy of Arts, London (2018).