Sophie Wahlquist

Sophie Wahlquist

BornNationalityBased In
1983N/ALos Angeles
Biography

As a German transplant to Los Angeles, Sophie Wahlquist’s work combines the dueling sensibilities of a historically rich European lineage of figuration in painting and California’s sun-drenched prism on the natural world. Wahlquist’s paintings depart from a state of mind rather than from a narrative. Playing with different genres of painting and medium, new gestures and perspectives reverse existing ideas. She likes to negotiate the level to which absence can be replaced by clarity of something intangible or how the depiction of something recognizable can become a trigger for imagination. The artist lives and works in Los Angeles. ...

Selected Artworks
Untitled
Sophie WahlquistUntitled, 2021
24 x 25 x 28cm
Last Night
Sophie WahlquistLast Night, 2021
23.5 x 29.8cm
And the Moon Under Her Feet
Perch or Fly
Sophie WahlquistPerch or Fly, 2021
157.5 x 165.1cm
Untitled
Sophie WahlquistUntitled, 2021
39 x 25 x 26cm
Forest
Sophie WahlquistForest, 2019
148.6 x 129.5cm
Canalicoli (Morning)
Sophie WahlquistCanalicoli (Morning), 2023
168 x 50.2 x 45.1cm
Canalicoli (Night)
Sophie WahlquistCanalicoli (Night), 2023
130 x 35 x 35cm
Canalicoli (Dawn)
Sophie WahlquistCanalicoli (Dawn), 2023
130 x 33 x 38cm
Canalicoli (Blue)
Sophie WahlquistCanalicoli (Blue), 2023
80 x 34 x 34cm
Canalicoli (Rainbow)
Caligo (Rock)
Sophie WahlquistCaligo (Rock), 2023
21 x 32 x 32cm
Caligo (Light blue)
Caligo (White)
Sophie WahlquistCaligo (White), 2023
26 x 34 x 34cm
Caligo (Turquoise)
Sophie WahlquistCaligo (Turquoise), 2023
22 x 34 x 34cm
In the garden
Sophie WahlquistIn the garden, 2022
151.5 x 188.5cm
Maja
Sophie WahlquistMaja, 2023
133 x 152cm
Rolling chairs
Hold my breath
Gallery Representation
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