SOUVENIR 154
El trampolín
Sofía del Mar Collins
Exhibited at MECA Art Fair, Dominican Republic (2024)
BIO
Sofía del Mar Collins (b.1995, San Juan, Puerto Rico) creates projects across painting, drawing, soft sculpture, installation, video, and performance. To turn into rain and fall again is her most recent solo exhibition at Rachel Uffner Gallery (New York, NY, 2024) following Nadie in casa her first solo show (Souvenir 154, San Juan, PR, 2023) after completing her MFA in Studio Art at Hunter College (2021). Recent exhibitions include participations in MECAnismos (Souvenir 154, Santo Domingo, D.R, 2024), Cortar, Coser, Quebrar, Cuidar, Quemar (Souvenir 154 satellite exhibition in Casa Aboy, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2024), Tamo Aquí/We here (Embajada, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2022), En busca del paisaje perdido (El Nuevo Hidrante, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2022), Extra Terrestrial (Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY, 2022), Paadmaan Video Event Edition #2, curated by Foad Alijani and Greg Leshé (Sharif Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2021), Reclamar el Suelo, Declamar la Tierra, curated by Arte-Suelo-Ser, (Hidrante, San Juan, PR, 2021), Common Ground, (Children Museum of the Arts, New York, NY, 2019-2020), and Endless Editions Biennial: Optimism curated by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo (EFA Project Space, New York, NY, 2018). Sofia graduated with the Geraldine Putnam Prize for Visual Arts (2017) from Sarah Lawrence College, where she concentrated BA studies in Sociology and Visual Arts. Sofía currently lives and works in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Sofía del Mar Collins
Residency @ SJ721, Santurce, Puerto Rico*
TO TURN INTO RAIN AND FALL AGAIN, 2024
watercolor and gouache on hand dyed silk and cotton thread embroidery
30 x 38 in
*Later exhibited at Rachel Uffner Gallery, NYC (Solo Show 2024)
Sofía del Mar Collins
Install View _ Residency @ SJ721, Santurce, Puerto Rico (2024)
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Sofía del Mar Collins
Residency @ SJ721, Santurce, Puerto Rico*
A SWAMP TEAR OF CLOUDS, 2024
watercolor and gouache on hand dyed silk stretched with cotton thread embroidery
26 x 22 in
*Later exhibited at Rachel Uffner Gallery, NYC (Solo Show 2024)
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Sofía del Mar Collins
Residency @ SJ721, Santurce, Puerto Rico*
Stream between last night and today, 2024
watercolor and gouache on hand dyed silk stretched with cotton thread embroidery
26 x 22 in
*Later exhibited at Rachel Uffner Gallery, NYC (Solo Show 2024)
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Sofía del Mar Collins
Residency @ SJ721, Santurce, Puerto Rico*
MUD OF FATE, 2024
watercolor and gouache on hand dyed silk stretched with cotton thread embroidery
26 x 22 in
*Later exhibited at Rachel Uffner Gallery, NYC (Solo Show 2024)
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Sofía del Mar Collins
Residency @ SJ721, Santurce, Puerto Rico*
A lean into the inmortal pond, 2024
watercolor and gouache on hand dyed silk stretched with cotton thread embroidery
30 x 38 in
*Later exhibited at Rachel Uffner Gallery, NYC (Solo Show 2024)
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Sofía del Mar Collins
Residency @ SJ721, Santurce, Puerto Rico
Hyperbalada #2
watercolor and gouache on hand dyed silk stretched with cotton thread embroidery
54 x 22 in
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Sofía del Mar Collins
Residency @ SJ721, Santurce, Puerto Rico
Hyperbalada #1
watercolor and gouache on hand dyed silk stretched with cotton thread embroidery
54 x 22 in
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Sofía del Mar Collins
Residency @ SJ721, Santurce, Puerto Rico*
Seaskirt, 2024
ink on hand-dyed silk and muslin, bamboo dowel
19 x 39 x 4 1/2 in
*Later exhibited at Rachel Uffner Gallery, NYC (Solo Show 2024)
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Sofía del Mar Collins
Residency @ SJ721, Santurce, Puerto Rico*
*Later exhibited at Rachel Uffner Gallery, NYC (Solo Show 2024)
A POND OF HER OWN, 2024
watercolor and gouache on hand dyed silk stretched with cotton thread embroidery
26 x 22 in
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Cortar, Coser, Quebrar, Cuidar, Quemar (2024)
Sofía del Mar Collins
Collective Show at Casa Aboy
Tubulaciones I (2023) y Tubulaciones II (2023)
25” x 60”
I. Tintas, hilo de algodón, alambre sobre seda teñida con
aguacate, palos de bambú.
II. Tintas, hilo de algodón y alambre sobre seda teñida con
caléndula, palos de bambú
Las esculturas suaves de Sofía del Mar Collins, a las que también denomina“vestidos para el aire”, están elaboradas con sedas teñidas y pintadas con pigmentos botánicos modificados de pH, intervenidas con hilo. Como parte de una investigación pictórica de las formas elementales, Collins crea una obra que articula puntos de encuentro entre la geometría y la vida en el cuerpo.
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Sofía del Mar Collins
Group Exhibit at Casa Aboy
+ Meca Art Fair, RD
Cauce (2023)
14” x 12”
Acuarelas del suelo, gouache, tinta y hilo sobre seda teñida a mano con flor de jamaica y cúrcuma
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Install View _ Residency @ SJ721, Santurce, Puerto Rico (2024)
Sofía del Mar Collins
Residency @ SJ721, Santurce, Puerto Rico*
A SWAMP TEAR OF CLOUDS, 2024
watercolor and gouache on hand dyed silk stretched with cotton thread embroidery
26 x 22 in
*Later exhibited at Rachel Uffner Gallery, NYC (Solo Show 2024)
Sofía del Mar Collins
Residency @ SJ721, Santurce, Puerto Rico*
Stream between last night and today, 2024
watercolor and gouache on hand dyed silk stretched with cotton thread embroidery
26 x 22 in
*Later exhibited at Rachel Uffner Gallery, NYC (Solo Show 2024)
Sofía del Mar Collins
Residency @ SJ721, Santurce, Puerto Rico*
MUD OF FATE, 2024
watercolor and gouache on hand dyed silk stretched with cotton thread embroidery
26 x 22 in
*Later exhibited at Rachel Uffner Gallery, NYC (Solo Show 2024)
Sofía del Mar Collins
Residency @ SJ721, Santurce, Puerto Rico*
A lean into the inmortal pond, 2024
watercolor and gouache on hand dyed silk stretched with cotton thread embroidery
30 x 38 in
*Later exhibited at Rachel Uffner Gallery, NYC (Solo Show 2024)
Sofía del Mar Collins
Residency @ SJ721, Santurce, Puerto Rico
Hyperbalada #2
watercolor and gouache on hand dyed silk stretched with cotton thread embroidery
54 x 22 in
Sofía del Mar Collins
Residency @ SJ721, Santurce, Puerto Rico
Hyperbalada #1
watercolor and gouache on hand dyed silk stretched with cotton thread embroidery
54 x 22 in
Sofía del Mar Collins
Residency @ SJ721, Santurce, Puerto Rico*
Seaskirt, 2024
ink on hand-dyed silk and muslin, bamboo dowel
19 x 39 x 4 1/2 in
*Later exhibited at Rachel Uffner Gallery, NYC (Solo Show 2024)
Sofía del Mar Collins
Residency @ SJ721, Santurce, Puerto Rico*
*Later exhibited at Rachel Uffner Gallery, NYC (Solo Show 2024)
A POND OF HER OWN, 2024
watercolor and gouache on hand dyed silk stretched with cotton thread embroidery
26 x 22 in
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Cortar, Coser, Quebrar, Cuidar, Quemar (2024)Sofía del Mar Collins
Collective Show at Casa Aboy
Tubulaciones I (2023) y Tubulaciones II (2023)
25” x 60”
I. Tintas, hilo de algodón, alambre sobre seda teñida con
aguacate, palos de bambú.
II. Tintas, hilo de algodón y alambre sobre seda teñida con
caléndula, palos de bambú
Las esculturas suaves de Sofía del Mar Collins, a las que también denomina“vestidos para el aire”, están elaboradas con sedas teñidas y pintadas con pigmentos botánicos modificados de pH, intervenidas con hilo. Como parte de una investigación pictórica de las formas elementales, Collins crea una obra que articula puntos de encuentro entre la geometría y la vida en el cuerpo.
Sofía del Mar Collins
Group Exhibit at Casa Aboy
+ Meca Art Fair, RD
Cauce (2023)
14” x 12”
Acuarelas del suelo, gouache, tinta y hilo sobre seda teñida a mano con flor de jamaica y cúrcuma
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NADIE EN CASA (2023)
Solo Show at Souvenir 154
Sofía del Mar Collins
Nadie en casa reúne la alquimia simbólica que se cocina entre el interior de un apartamento y el paisaje que busco sentir fuera del mismo. A través de juegos de capas y luz, revelo relaciones latentes entre varias superficies como papeles, telas, y plásticos de segunda mano que se entrecruzan vía varias líneas de trabajo. Dibujos, pinturas colgantes, y esculturas suaves a base de materiales encontrados son algunos de los distintos contactos hacia el entorno que habito y me habita.
Solo Show at Souvenir 154
Sofía del Mar Collins
Nadie en casa reúne la alquimia simbólica que se cocina entre el interior de un apartamento y el paisaje que busco sentir fuera del mismo. A través de juegos de capas y luz, revelo relaciones latentes entre varias superficies como papeles, telas, y plásticos de segunda mano que se entrecruzan vía varias líneas de trabajo. Dibujos, pinturas colgantes, y esculturas suaves a base de materiales encontrados son algunos de los distintos contactos hacia el entorno que habito y me habita.
Sofía del Mar Collins
Series: All rooms are (Todas las habitaciones son),
coloring pencils, pen, and sewing thread on paper and vellum,
17” x 20”, 2024
