Sophie Dickinson

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Artist Bio

Investigating the historical, allegorical, and personal use of objects and spaces, my practice explores humanity’s complex relationship to materiality and symbolism. Our interaction with material things – both in their use and collection – is a subliminal offering, providing a sense of control, understanding, and permanence in our ephemeral existence. Salvaged domestic objects, archaeological finds, natural matter and the subjects of obsessive symbolic collecting are hybridised with sculptural elements crafted from wood, stone, ceramic and metal. By combining semi-recognisable found and created objects, my work materialises the liminal. Sculptural assemblages act as spatial poetry, infused with personal and universal symbolism created from object reductions. These exist as esoteric manifestations of in-betweenness, interwoven with personal narratives of pain and perseverance.

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Artwork

Name: Rest after Weariness

Rest after Weariness documents around 400 birth and death dates from local cemeteries. Reduced to anonymous entries, they blur into a timeless sequence. The work reflects on the desire to preserve against loss, evoking the sombreness of confronting a thousand histories in a quiet, empty field.

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