Workshop from july 7 to 11, 2024
"Space is an endless construction from countless moments, the artistic process is endless. One moment leads to another. I can't stop painting."
Sophia Rodionov (b. Estonia, Tallin) is an artist based in Israel, working mainly in watercolor and mixed media.
Sophia's paintings are inspired by experiences and impressions from her own life through the concept of pause from Japanese culture or, in terms of quantum science, antimatter from the interpretation of the universe. Sophia's deep interest in and love of nature has an impact on her choice of subjects and her artistic language, using organic forms on the borderline between reality and abstraction.
Sophia believes that art is a reflection of other realms of human reality both visible and invisible, while art is also the language that allows us to think and create new essences.
Since 2019, Sophia has been a co-representative of the Israeli team of the IWS (International Watercolor Society), participating in and hosting watercolor events in Israel, online and internationally.
Her watercolors have been widely exhibited around the world, in Europe, the United States and Japan.
AWARDS
ABU RAWASH PRIZE
2019, Appreciation Award, International Watercolor Contest
JACKSON’S ART PRIZE
2018, First Place in Summer Seascapes and Landscape Watercolor Competition
JURY AWARD
2017, Watercolor Competition by Artists Magazine, United States
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023, Fabriano in Aquarello, International Watercolor Festival, Italy, Israel representative group member
2022, Fabriano in Aquarello, International Watercolor Festival, Italy, Israel representative group member
2021, International Watercolor Show IWS, India, Israel representative group member
2020, International Biennale of Watercolor, Your Identity Through Watercolor, Poland
2020, International Watercolor Exhibition IWS, Albi, France
2020 , JIWI - Japan International Watercolor Institute Invited Watercolor Master, Exhibition of Excellent Painting, Japan.
2020, International Traveling Exhibition IWS, Poland and Ukraine.
2020, Annual Watercolor Exhibition of IWS Israel, Kfar-Saba Municipal Gallery, Israel
2019, Fabriano in Aquarello, International Watercolor Festival, Italy, Israel representative group member
2019, Varna International Watercolor Triannale, Bulgaria
2019, “Dance of Flowers” Exhibition, Sare Gallery, Moscow, Russia 2017, Annual Exhibition of NWS (National Watercolor Society), Pittsburgh PA, United States
2016, Group Exhibition of Western Artists, Monoco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2008, Afula Contemporary Art Gallery, Israel
2008, “Trees”, Gallerina Art Gallery, Bat-Shlomo Israel
2006, Exhibition of BFA projects, “The Red”, Haifa University, Israel
