CURICULUM VITAE
Education
2009 MFA, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
2001 Lacoste Ecole des Arts, Lacoste, France
2000 BA, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018
Alliterations, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2017
Illumination, Winterowd Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2015
Light & Form, Galerie Fatiha Selam, Paris, France
Holiday Installation, Calvin Klein Collection at Madison Avenue, New York, New York
Light & Shadow, Shumei International Institute, Crestone, Colorado
Light Space, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, Colorado
2014
Emergence, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2012
Translucence, Space Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Forming Light Installation and New Boxes, Winterowd Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2011
Light and Line, Ice Cube Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Light and Line, Vertical Arts Gallery, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
2010
Light Works, Ice Cube Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2008
Small Works, Shumei International Institute, Crestone, Colorado
Implexities II, Bovine Theater Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2007
Forming Light II Installation, Morgan Library, CSU, Fort Collins, Colorado
Forming Light Installation, Mini Gallery, CSU, Fort Collins, Colorado
2006
Side by Side, St. Luke’s Gallery, Fort Collins, Colorado
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Aspire, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, California
2022
Deck the Walls, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, California
2021
Kaleidoscope, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, California
2020
Rising Light, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, California
Winter Group Show, Mai Wyn Fine Art, Denver, Colorado
2019
Colorado Abstract +10: A Survey, Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, Colorado
Emergence, Mai Wyn Fine Art, Denver, Colorado
2018
Skies of Gold, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, California
2017
Big Exhibition of Small Works, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, California
Small Works Group Show, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Paper Works, Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, Colorado
Illluminate, Sophia Dixon Dillo & Jane Guthridge, WAVE Festival - Light + Water + Sound, Breckenridge, Colorado
Ethereal Paper - Ann Chuchvara, Sophia Dixon Dillo & Rebecca Hutchison, Cynthia Reeves Gallery, Walpole, New Hampshire
Spectral Light & Color, Samara Gallery, Houston, Texas
2016
of sifting/flowers in the gravels/at the end of the ice age, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
Extended Dialogue, Part 1, Space Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Colorado Women in Abstraction, Center for Visual Arts, Denver, Colorado
Abstraction, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Lucid Art Foundation Artist-in-Residence Exhibit, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, California
SYNTHESIS - of all that went before, Averard Hotel with Galerie Fatiha Selam, London, UK
Repetition & Reticulation, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2014
12 Inches of Christmas, Space Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Surface, Space Gallery, Denver, Colorado
10-Year Anniversary Exhibit, Winterowd Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Unbound - Five Installations, Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, Colorado
Grand Opening Exhibit, Space Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Brave New World - Contemporary Abstraction, Scott Richards Contemporary Art, San Francisco, California
Willard Dixon & Sophia Dixon Dillo - Stillness & Activity, Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, California
2013
Lines & Grids - Works on Paper, Space Gallery, Denver, Colorado
30 Squared, Space Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2nd Annual Love + Light, A Contemporary Art & Light Exhibition, Loveland Feed & Grain, Loveland, Colorado
2012
Full Spectrum, Scott Richards Contemporary Art, San Francisco, California
Retrospective - 11 Year Anniversary, Space Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Art Without Illusion, Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, Colorado
2011
1:1, Ice Cube Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Art of the Real, Space Gallery, Denver, Colorado
(MA)chi(N)e(MADE): Organic Precision, Vertigo Art Space, Denver, Colorado
2010
Friends and Family - an exhibition of Ice Cube artists and their acquaintances, Ice Cube Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Begin Within - Three Person Exhibit, Old Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, Colorado
Ice Cube Gallery Group Exhibit, Ice Cube Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2009
Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibit, Curfman Gallery, Fort Collins, Colorado
Art and Science, Curfman Gallery, Fort Collins, Colorado
WOW Show, Core New Art Space, Denver, Colorado
2008
Art and Science, Curfman Gallery, Fort Collins, Colorado
Art in the Attic, Lapis Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2007
Emerging Artists Exhibit, Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, Colorado
Open Studio Exhibit, Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, Colorado
Master of Fine Arts Juried Show, Curfman Gallery, Fort Collins, Colorado
Second Annual Women’s Show, CU Boulder, Colorado
2005
Student Invitational, University of Xochimilco, Mexico
The Drawing Show, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, Colorado
2004
East of the Moon - Five Worlds, Three Person Show, Lincoln Gallery, Boulder, Colorado
Eat Your Words- International Book Festival & Tea, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, Colorado
2001
The Lacoste Vernissage, Lacoste School of the Arts, France
Selected Public Collections
Fox Rothschild, LLP, Denver, Colorado
State of New Mexico, Department of Cultural Affairs, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Crestone Charter School, Crestone, Colorado
Four Seasons Hotel & Residences, Denver, Colorado
The Briar Rose Bed and Breakfast, Boulder, Colorado
Colorado State University, Communications Department, Fort Collins, Colorado
Selected Private Collections
Ms. Debbie Doyle, San Francisco, California
Mr. Emory Smith, Nederland, Colorado
Mr. Kris Stanley, New York, New York
Mr. German Deza Ruiz, New York, New York
Mr. Charles Riger, Houston, Texas
Mr. Tom Geier, New York, New York
Ms. Maryanne Lataif, Malibu, California
Mr. Lito Tejada-Flores & Mrs. Linde Waidhofer, Crestone, Colorado
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, Carbondale, Colorado
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Clark, Wilson, Wyoming
Mr. Vidan Gonthier, Boulder, Colorado
Mrs. Grace Pollard, Zuni, New Mexico
Mr. Daniel Welch, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Mr. Andres Siegel, Mexico City, Mexico
Ms. Elizabeth Baker, Berkeley, California
Ms. Katalin Domoszlay, Aspen, Colorado
Ms. Nicole Dunas, Boulder, Colorado
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Loeffler, Boulder, Colorado
Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Zepelin, Boulder, Colorado
Mr. Bill Sutherland, Crestone, Colorado
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Schneider, Northridge, California
Mr. & Mrs. Craig Hase, Ashland, Oregon
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Brady, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Mr. Frank Hielscher, Dortmund, Germany
Mr. Richard Baker, Crestone, Colorado
Mr. Martin Macaulay, Crestone, Colorado
Mr. Rainer Schumacher & Ms. Ulrike Greenway, Germany
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Peroutka, Portland, Oregon
Ms. Sue Pendell, Fort Collins, Colorado
Mr. Steve Odom and Ms. Alexandra Smith, Alamosa, Colorado
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Bernard, Denver, Colorado
Mr. Michael Thaut, Fort Collins, Colorado
Mr. Brian DeCamp, Boulder, Colorado
Mr. and Mrs. Nick Olney, San Rafael, California
Ms. Andrea Mackensen, Kassel, Germany
Mr. and Mrs. Nikolai Aldag, Frankfurt, Germany
Mrs. Juditha Siebert, Herrischried, Germany
Ms. Catherine Grimal-Vanstraceele, Grenoble, France
Mr. & Mrs. Regis Pignal, Lourmarin, France
Selected Bibliography
2019
Voyage Denver, "Meet Sophia Dixon Dillo" (link)
2017
Visual Art Source, "Sophia Dixon Dillo," by Kelly Skeen (link)
The Santa Fe Reporter, "SFR Picks: Light Worker - Get bent, light," by Maria Egolf-Romero (link)
2015
The Aspen Times, "Minimalism goes West at Anderson Ranch exhibition in Snowmass Village," by Andrew Travers (link)
The Denver Post, "'Colorado Women in Abstraction' cuts across history," by Ray Mark Rinaldi. (link)
ArtScene, "Abstraction" (link)
Le Journal des Arts, "Monographie: Sophia Dixon Dillo accroche la lumiere," by Henri-Francois Debailleux
Point Contemporain, "Light & Form, Sophia Dixon Dillo, Galerie Fatiha Selam" (link)
SwO Magazine, "Forming Light by Sophia Dixon Dillo," (link)
2014
Simayspace, Current Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions - Doug Simay's Best Picks (link)
Artweek.LA - Pick of the Week, "Sophia Dixon Dillo: Emergence" (link)
Huffington Post, "Richard Bruland and Sophia Dixon Dillo: Art Review" by Peter Clothier (link)
Denver Westword, "Review: The Arvada Center's Unbound: Five Installations moves, sparkles and shines" (link)
2013
Denver Westword, "Best Show That Was Barely There", Best of Award (link)
2012
Journal North, "A trio of tasty dishes - three ArtFeast gallery shows open today, in blend of artwork, food, and funding for school arts," featured artist, by Kate Mcgraw
Denver Westword, "Pieces & Quiet," by Robin Edwards (link)
2011
Luxe Magazine Colorado, "Line Dance, Sophia Dixon Dillo," Style Maker Profile
Denver Westword, "Light, plane, and 25 miles of fishing line with artist Sophia Dixon Dillo," by Jef Otte (link)
Denver Westword, "Shine a Light" by Michael Paglia (link)
Steamboat Pilot, "Contemporary light artist shows installation in Steamboat" by Nicole Inglis (link)
Curate This! New Work, Publication selected by Helen Pheby, PhD., Curator, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK
Curate This! 2010 International Public Vote, publication by the BECA Foundation
Denver Westword,"Two new solo offerings at Ice Cube Gallery show member's talent" by Michael Paglia (link)
The Crestone Eagle, "Quietude - Sophia Dixon Dillo: Art that emerges from spaciousness and quiet" by Gussie Fauntleroy
The Longmont Times-Call, Exhibit Review Article
2004
XEN - Dharma und Sangha News, German Magazine, Featured Artist
2001
Lacoste Vernissage, Catalogue Cover, Featured Artist
Awards and Honors
2010 5th Place in Popular Vote, Curate This! 2010, BECA Foundation
2008 Liberal Arts Scholarship, Colorado State University
2007-08 Margery Monfort Wilson Scholarship, Colorado State University
2007-08 Women’s Association Scholarship, Colorado State University
2006-07 Graduate Grant, Colorado State University
2002 Printmaking Residency Grant, Vermont Studio Center
2001 Scholarship, Lacoste School of the Arts
Professional Engagements
2015
Artist Symposium, Shumei International Institute, Crestone, Colorado
Artist Talk, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, Colorado
2013
Guest Speaker, Metropolitan State University of Denver - Drawing Department, Denver, Colorado
Guest Juror, University of New Mexico - Architecture Department, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2010
Slideluck Potshow, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, Colorado
2008
Lecture, Shumei International Institute, Crestone, Colorado
Artist Residencies
2015 Lucid Art Foundation, Inverness, California
2002 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont