Sofia Elizabeth Bicego
CV
Education
2016-2022 College for Creative Studies
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Department of Art Practice
Minor in Ceramics, Crafts and Material Studies
Professional Experience
2023-present College for Creative Studies; Detroit, MI
Precollege and Continuing Education Instructor - Carving Class
2023-present Osman Khan; Detroit, MI
Studio Assistant
2023-present Macomb County Community Mental Health; Macomb, MI
Clinical Specialist - Art Instructor
2022-present Allana Clarke; Detroit, MI
Studio Assistant
2022 College for Creative Studies; Detroit, MI
Teaching Assistant
2019-2022 College for Creative Studies; Detroit, MI
Sculpture Technician
2019-2020 Wire-Car Auto Workers Association of Detroit; Detroit, MI
Artist/Mechanic, Facilitator
Curatorial Experience
2022 a delicate shade of pink, Socra Tea Detroit Tea Haus and Gallery; Detroit, MI
2021 Feel Crime, Socra Tea Detroit Tea Haus and Gallery; Detroit, MI
2020 Visions of Peace K-12 Art Exhibition, Swords into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery; Detroit, MI
2019 Visions of Peace K-12 Art Exhibition, Swords into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery; Detroit, MI
2018 Visions of Peace K-12 Art Exhibition, Swords into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery; Detroit, MI
2017 Visions of Peace K-12 Art Exhibition, Swords into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery; Detroit, MI
Solo Exhibitions
2023 And for all of it, I do feel taller now. - Huron Valley Council for the Arts; Highland, MI
Site-Specific Installations
2022 Untitled, Cataloging without Language - The Residency Project; Silverton, CO
2022 LIMEN - In collaboration with Maya Davis and Alex Knepley; Bulk Sanctuary, Bulk Space; Detroit, MI
2022 Since We Last Spoke - Herman Kiefer Medical Complex; Detroit, MI
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Transmitir - Vamonos; Detroit, MI
2023 Shoulder to Shoulder - U245 Student Gallery; Detroit, MI
2023 Regrowth - Swords into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery; Detroit, MI
2023 Wonderland - Field Temple; Detroit, MI
2023 Get Together - Reyes | Finn; Detroit, MI
2022 Where Two Oceans Meet - 333 Midland Annex Gallery; Detroit, MI
2021 I Touched It - U245 Student Gallery; Detroit, MI
2019 Print Show - Socra Tea Detroit Tea Haus and Gallery; Detroit, MI
2019 College for Creative Studies Student Exhibition - CCS; Detroit, MI
2018 Guns: Artists Respond - Women's Caucus for Art Michigan Chapter, Swords into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery; Detroit, MI
2018 College for Creative Studies Student Exhibition - CCS; Detroit, MI
2017 College for Creative Studies Student Exhibition - CCS; Detroit, MI
2017 Call and Response: Poets and Artists in Dialogue - GPCC Arts Ministry; Grosse Point, MI
2016 BBAC Regional High School Art Competition - BBAC; Birmingham, MI
2016 The Congressional Art Caucus Competition for High School Students; Warren, MI
Lectures/Workshops/Seminars
2023 Stone Carving Continuing Education Class - College for Creative Studies, Precollege and Continuing Studies; Detroit, MI
2o23 Youth Art Class: Self Expression Through Painting - Affirmations LGBTQ+ Community Center; Ferndale, MI
2023 "MCCMH Presents: Art Exploration" - Art Class, Macomb County Community Mental Health; Macomb, MI
2023 Stone Carving Precollege Workshop - College for Creative Studies, Precollege and Continuing Studies; Detroit, MI
2022 The Love of Putting Something Down - College for Creative Studies, TALK Series Panel Discussion; Detroit, MI
2022 Stone Carving Precollege Workshop - College for Creative Studies, Precollege and Continuing Studies; Detroit, MI
2019 Wire-Car Workshop and Presentation - Cuyahoga Falls High School, Wire-Car Auto Workers Association of Detroit; Cuyahoga Falls City, Ohio
2019 Maker Faire Detroit - Henry ford Museum, Wire-Car Auto Workers Association of Detroit; Detroit, MI
Awards/Grants/Residencies
2023 Tend Residency, Walkaway House; North Adams, MA
2023 The Residency Project @ 1303; The Residency Project, Silverton, CO
2022 Student Achievement Award Nominee: International Sculpture Center
2021 Student Achievement Award Nominee: International Sculpture Center
2021-2022 Benno Steinborn Memorial Endowed Scholarship; College for Creative Studies
2021-2022 Matilda Wilson Fine Art Scholarship; College for Creative Studies
2021-2022 McNamara Scholarship; College for Creative Studies
2021-2022 Nelson Foundation Scholarship; College for Creative Studies
2021 Student Achievement Award Nominee; International Sculpture Center
2019-2022 Clarence Banton Endowed Scholarship; College for Creative Studies
2018-2022 College for Creative Studies Scholarship
2018-2019 Joyce Mason Memorial Scholarship; Swords into Plowshares Annual ART Scholarship and Award Program
2018 Best Use of Media Award; Warren Consolidated Schools Festival of the Arts
2018 Honorable Mention Award for Excellence in Visual Arts; Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
2018 Two Silver Key Awards for Excellence in Visual Arts; Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
2017 Best of Show Award; Warren Consolidated Schools Festival of the Arts
2017 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards $300 Tuition Waver
2017 Silver Key Award for Excellence in Visual Arts; Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
2017 Three Honorable Mention Awards for Excellence in Visual Arts; Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
2016 Honorable Mention Award for Excellence in Visual Arts; Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
Selected Publications
2022 Art Plugged Emerging Artists. Sofia Bicego: The More I Look, The More I Find. Art Plugged Contemporary, August 16
2022 Art Plugged Art News. Maya Davis and Sofia Bicego Examines The Physical Body as a Currency of Devotion. Art Plugged Contemporary, July 4
2018 Parker, Margaret. Guns: Artists Respond. Women's Caucus for Art Michigan Chapter, Swords into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery, May 21
2017 Call and Response: Poets and Artists in Dialogue - GPCC Arts Ministry
Bio
Sofia Bicego is an interdisciplinary artist from Warren, Michigan and currently working in the Metro Detroit Area. She grew up in a house full of women, both caring for and being cared-for by her mother, one older sister, and one younger sister. Her focus is on investigating grief, trauma, and healing as they exist simultaneously within the body. She does this by using labor intensive and meditative methods of making, particularly through sculpture, site-specific installation, and drawing. Through these processes, Sofia creates codependency between object and author, balancing the taking from and caretaking of material. Sofia has shown work at Swords into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery (Detroit, MI), Socra Tea Detroit (Detroit, MI), U245 Gallery (Detroit, MI), 333 Midland Annex Gallery (Detroit, MI), Reyes | Finn (Detroit, MI), and Field Temple (Detroit, MI). Sofia also exhibited site-specific installations at the Herman Kiefer Medical Complex (Detroit, MI), and Bulk Sanctuary (Detroit, MI). Sofia is a recent graduate from the College for Creative Studies, receiving a BFA in Art Practice and a minor in Ceramics.
