Sof Artist
Sophie Voigt-Chadeyron

I find it difficult to explain to them the reason for this variety.
I'm not looking for myself, but I hate repetition. There are good days and hopeless days, fruitful coincidences, a big, angry stroke that is sometimes brilliant.
It's a form of addiction to always wish to create something new!

My workplace resembles a minefield in which I move between three large easels, the floor only loosely protected by huge cardboard boxes, which in turn are covered with other, smaller artworks still in progress. Tubes of paints, pigments, varnishes, sprays, brushes, rollers and palette knives are scattered around the centre or submerged in large buckets of water.

I am a happy and multitasking artist. Unable to stay in one place, I always work in parallel on several pieces, often in completely different styles.

When looking through my creations, I myself find it difficult to categorise my art. Impressionism, expressionism, modern art, pop art, abstraction ... the definitions and boundaries are sometimes fluid!
And how should I categorise or define my ‘reversible’ canvases?

I like bold colours on large formats where I feel free and anxious at the same time, seeing things within things and finding it hard to stop myself from seeing too much!
I also like to work on small formats, crouching down and letting liquid white or black acrylic paint flow onto canvases with a coloured background or onto old music scores.I also enjoy collages, painting on wood or putting pieces of colourful palettes together.

In addition to painting, I have immersed myself in the fascinating world of upcycling.This involves transforming forgotten treasures into artworks.The materials and ideas are almost endless. Their creation is often complicated and similar to a tetrix.For example, old, often damaged historical mannequins are combined with historical bicycles, rusty tools steeped in history, pieces of wood, damaged furniture and chairs, broken aeroplane parts, fabrics steeped in history, old lamps or power cables with mysterious connections... all combined.

I like to laugh, have a sense of humour and am happy when I throw away my wet paintbrush or hammer and cheer: ‘Fini!’.

It's wonderful to know that you never stop learning and discovering!

Whether it's painting or upcycling, it's always difficult to characterise my work as a whole. What's constantly surprising is its versatility. For me, creating is a game, which at times I'd like to be more childlike, an ongoing surprise, a sometimes painful or frustrating process and the generation of serendipity. 
I love mixing techniques, styles and colour harmony, seeing where there's nothing to see or forcing myself to see nothing.  
Impossible to repress, my way of working has become a kind of Sof label. I call it ‘en tous sens’. 
This can be understood in a purely physical way, an artwork that can be read from several angles, perceptual and emotional, bringing several of our senses into play, but it's also a description of my personal way of juggling and combining techniques and subjects.

born in Talence, France

Business studies with a degree in business management, Paris Dauphine.
Painting and drawing with Prof. R. Leprince, ESAG Penninghen, Paris.
Active guest student at the “Académie des Beaux Arts”, Paris

Study literature and history / Lycée Henri IV und Paris Sorbonne

Moves to Germany and founds a studio

Birth of my four children

Lives and works in Krefeld, Germany

Opening of the over 400 square meter
Sof Studio Gallery in Krefeld

   Upcycling Art Prize, Berlin

A major exhibition at Saarbrücken's Sparkasse enabled me to finally realize my dream by agreeing to finance my new art studio in Krefeld Hüls.
they also finance my latest catalog “Sof... Tout court”

      Grant Upcycling 1, MKW, NRW
                 

     Grant Upcycling 2, MKW, NRW


        Upcycling Art Prize "Zirkuläre Kunst" Berlin 

Upcycling Kunstpreis, Berlin

Sparkasse Saarbrücken : Financing of the catalog “Sof... Tout court”
and the Atelier - Galerie Sof in Krefeld
Gallery Heidefeld, Krefeld
KVNO, Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Nordrhein

Hessing Foundation, Augsburg
Cologne Cultural Association 30
Askitis, Düsseldorf
Allcura Insurance, Munich and Hamburg
Wunschanwalt, Düsseldorf

Galerie D000, Krefeld
Hessing Stiftung, Augsburg
Il Sorriso, Krefeld
BC GmbH, Willich
Rehazentrum Come Back, Willich

Die Brille, Krefeld
Brillenlager, Willich
BC GmbH, Willich
Kulturcamp e.v, Kampf-Lintfort

VKU Forum, Berlin
Winner of the Upcycling Art Prize Circular Art 2022 - exhibition in Berlin and residency in Lübz September 2022 and October 2023

M&A Active, Düsseldorf
Wunschanwalt, Düsseldorf
Allcura Versicherung, München und Hamburg
Villa Medici, Krefeld
Leolux, Krefeld
Rehazentrum Come Back, Willich
Praxis Dr. Dieler, Krefeld

 

 

 

 

Painting catalog "Tête-à-tête en têtes", Cabinet Bizouard, Frankreich

Sammlung MPK / MPK Collection Volume II

"International Contemporary Artists" Vol VIII, ICA Publishing, New-York
„100 Künstler -100 Kacheln", Aachen 

Katalog „Sof... Tout court!, Sparkasse Saarbrücken

Art exibition

Music events: Jazz, Harp and french Chanson

Live Events : „Transphere“ Live painting, vijing and improvisation on the piano