Sofia Stevi
turning forty winks into a decade

December 15, 2017–April 22, 2018
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, UK

Sofia Stevi (born Athens, 1982) makes paintings, sculpture and works on paper. Drawing inspiration from literature, philosophy and the everyday, her works bring together a wide range of references, from the writings of Victorian poet Christina Rossetti, to found images on Instagram.

Stevi’s sweeping lines and colours describe form with a sense of playfulness and animation. Her paintings capture fleshy fruits and soft body contours with a cartoon-like expressiveness. Made with Japanese ink on untreated cotton fabric, the works evoke the domestic but have a charged eroticism. Torsos and limbs dissolve into psychedelic patterns and washes of colour. Moving between the real and imaginary, Stevi’s works are often deeply personal, exploring the artist’s desires and dreams.

This first solo presentation of Stevi’s work at the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, brings together recent paintings and drawings alongside a body of new work made especially for the exhibition.

With support from The Breeder, Athens