SOPHIA DIXON DILLO
P.O. Box 130, Crestone, CO, 81131
Cell: 415.302.7659
sophiadillo@gmail.com, www.sophiadillo.com
38 years old
Education
2006-09
2001
1996-00
Galleries
Selected Exhibitions
Solo
MFA, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Lacoste Ecole des Arts, Lacoste, France
BA in Philosophy, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, CA
Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Scott Richards Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
Winfield Gallery, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Winterowd Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2015
2014
2012
Galerie Fatiha Selam, Paris
Light & Shadow, Shumei International Institute, Crestone, CO
Light Space, The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO
Emergence, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Translucence, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
Forming Light VI Installation and New Boxes, Winterowd Gallery, Santa
Fe, NM
2011
2010
2008
2007
2006
Group
2016
2014
Light and Line, Ice Cube Gallery, Denver, CO
Light and Line, Vertical Arts Gallery, Steamboat Springs, CO
Light Works, Ice Cube Gallery, Denver, CO
Small Works, Shumei International Institute, Crestone, CO
Small Paintings, Tortuga’s, Longmont, CO
Implexities II, Bovine Theater Gallery, Denver, CO
Forming Light II Installation, Morgan Library, CSU, Fort Collins, CO
Forming Light Installation, Mini Gallery, CSU, Fort Collins, CO
Implexities, Saxy’s, Boulder, CO
New Paintings, Music Gallery, CSU, Fort Collins, CO
Side by Side, St. Luke’s Gallery, Fort Collins, CO
Repetition – Reticulation Milwaukee Institute of Art & Deissgn
10 Inches of Christmas, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
Surface, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
10-Year Anniversary Exhibit, Winterowd Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Grand Opening Exhibit, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
Unbound – Five Installations, Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, CO
Brave New World, Scott Richards Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
Willard Dixon & Sophia Dixon Dillo – Stillness & Activity, a Father &
Daughter
2013
Show, Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, CA
Lines & Grids: Works on Paper, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
The Story of the Creative, Angel Orensanz Foundation, New York, NY
30 Squared, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
2nd Annual Love + Light, A Contemporary Art and Light Exhibition,
Loveland Feed
2012
2011
2010
acquaintances,
& Grain, Loveland, CO
Full Spectrum, Scott Richards Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
Retrospective – 11 Year Anniversary, Space Gallery, Denver, C)
Art Without Illusion, Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, CO
1:1, Ice Cube Gallery, Denver, CO
Art of the Real, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
(MA)chi(N)e(MADE): Organic Precision, Vertigo Art Space, Denver, CO
Friends and Family – an exhibition of Ice Cube artists and their
Ice Cube Gallery, Denver, CO
Begin Within - Three Person Exhibit, Old Firehouse Art Center, Longmont,
CO
2009
2008
2007
2005
2004
Ice Cube Group Exhibit, Ice Cube Gallery, Denver, CO
ASC Community Partnerships, Adams State College, Alamosa, CO
Master of Fine Arts Exhibit, Curfman Gallery, Fort Collins, CO
Art and Science, Curfman Gallery, Fort Collins, CO
WOW Show, The Core New Art Space, Denver, CO
Art and Science, Curfman Gallery, Fort Collins, CO
Art in the Attic, Lapis Gallery, Denver, CO
Nextmas Show, Next Gallery, Denver, CO
Emerging Artists Exhibit, Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO
Open Studio Exhibit, Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO
Master of Fine Arts Show, Curfman Gallery, Fort Collins, CO
Student Invitational, University of Xochimilco, Mexico
The Drawing Show, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
East of the Moon - Five Worlds, Lincoln Gallery, Boulder, CO
Selected Public Collections
Fox Rothschild, LLP, Denver, Colorado
State of New Mexico, Dept. of Cultural Affairs Santa Fe, New Mexico
Four Seasons Hotel & Residence Denver, Colorado
Crestone Charter School Crestone, Colorado
The Briar Rose Bed & Breakfast Boulder, Colorado
Colorado State University, Communications Dept. Fort Collins, Colorado
Selected Private Collections
Mr. & Mrs. Al Evans Los Angeles, Cailifornia
Ms. Dana Boldt-Garcetti Los Angeles, California
Ms. Moonhee Cho, PhD. Busan Korea
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kantner Pasadena, California
Mr. Michael Hayes Crestone, Colorado
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Clark Wilson, Wyoming
Mr. Vidan Gonthier Boulder, Colorado
Mrs. Grace Foster Pollard Zuni, New Mexico
Mr. Daniel Welch Santa Fe, New Mexico
Mr. Andres Siegel Mexico City, Mexico
Mr. Jason Kibbey and Mrs. Elizabeth Baker Berkeley, California
Ms. Katalin Domoszlay Aspen, Colorado
Ms. Nicole Dunas Boulder, Colorado
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Loeffler Boulder, Colorado
Mr. Matthew Zepelin Boulder, Colorado
Mr. Earl Sutherland Crestone, Colorado
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Schneider Northridge, California
Mr. Mark Bluestein and Ms. Anne Ross Crestone, Colorado
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Goldenberg West Hartford, Connecticut
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Buckner New York City, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Brady Crestone, Colorado
Mr. Frank Hielscher Dortmund, Germany
Mr. Richard Baker Crestone, Colorado
Mr. Martin Macaulay Crestone, Colorado
Ms. Ulrike Greenway Crestone, Colorado
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Peroutka Eugene, Oregon
Ms. Sue Pendell Fort Collins, Colorado
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Bernard Denver, Colorado
Mr. Steve Odom & Ms. Alexandra Smith Alamosa, Colorado
Mr. Michael Thaut Fort Collins, Colorado
Mr. Brian DeCamp Boulder, Colorado
Mr. and Mrs. Nick Olney Culver City, California
Mrs. Andrea Mackensen Kassel, Germany
Mrs. Beate Aldag Frankfurt, Germany
Mrs. Juditha Siebert Herrischried, Germany
Ms. Catherine Grimal-Vanstraceele Grenoble, France
Mr. & Mrs. Regis Pignal Lourmarin, France
Publications/
by
Bibliography
2014
2013
2012
2011
Huffington Post, “Richard Bruland and Sophia Dixon Dillo: Art Review,”
Peter Clothier
Artweek.L.A., “Pick of the Week – Sophia Dixon Dillo: Emergence”
Simayspace, “Current Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions – Doug
Simay’s Best Picks” by Doug Simay
Denver Westword, “Arvada Center’s Unbound: Five Installations moves,
sparkles and shines, by Michael Paglia
Denver Westword, “Best Show That Was Barely There” – Best of Awards
Denver Westword, “Pieces and Quiet,” by Robin Edwards
Journal North, “a trio of Tasty Dishes,” by Kate Mcgraw
Denver Westword, “Shine a Light,” by Michael Paglia
Denver Westword Blog, “Light, plane, and 25 miles of fishing line with
artist
Sophia Dixon Dillo,” by Jef Otte
Steamboat Pilot, "Contemporary light artist shows installation in
Steamboat,"
2010
by Nicole Inglis
Curate This! New Work, Publication selected by Helen Pheby,PhD.,
Curator, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK
Curate This! 2010 International Public Vote, The BECA Foundation
Publication
2004
2001
Denver Westword, “Two new solo offerings at Ice Cube Gallery show
member’s talent,” by Michael Paglia
The Crestone Eagle, “Sophia Dixon Dillo: Art that Emerges from
Spaciousness and Quiet,” by Gussie Fauntleroy
Longmont Times-Call, Review by Quentin Young
Shumei International Institute, Webnews
The Crestone Eagle, Article
Morgan Library News, Colorado State University Website
The Coloradoan, Two Articles
XEN Dharma und Sangha News, German Magazine, Featured Artist
Lacoste Vernissage, Catalogue Cover Featured Artist
Artist Residencies
2016
2015
2002
Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA
Lucid Art Foundation, Inverness, CA
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Professional
Engagements
2015
Artist Symposium, Shumei International Institute, Crestone CO
Artist Talk, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO
Guest Speaker, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO
Guest Juror, University of New Mexico Architecture Department,
2008
2007
2013
Albuquerque, NM
Honors and Awards
2010
2008
Slideluck Potshow, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
Artist Symposium, Shumei International Institute, Crestone CO
2010
2006-08
5th in Popular Vote, Curate This! 2010, BECA Foundation
Liberal Arts Scholarship, Margery Monfort Wilson Scholarship, Women’s
2002
2001
Scholarship, & Graduate Grant, Colorado State University
Printmaking Residency Grant, Vermont Studio Center
Scholarship, Lacoste School of the Arts
Association