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Artist Statement:
I create art to express the
way I see the world, how it is
and how it could be. I put
together the tangible and
intangible, bits of color and
texture, tesserae of meaning.
For me, mosaic is all about
essential structures and
skeletal elements. My art is
strongly related to a sense of
place and a connection to the
land, seeing terrain in terms
of its geology and topography.
I remain fascinated with an
altered view of the earth on
which we all live, landscapes
both familiar and unreal.
I work in natural materials
(marble, glass, smalti,
minerals, golds, found
objects, etc.) exploring the
texture and the spaces in
between. Perhaps these give a
clue to what lies below the
surface. As my work becomes
more map-like, I seem to be
finding my way without knowing
where I am going. At the
moment, the illusion and the
contradiction fascinate me. Is
this a slide under a
microscope or a view from
outer space? I want viewers
to look at the world around
them with different eyes after
seeing my work.
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Artist Exhibitions:
Selected Exhibitions
2008
Mosaic Arts International
Juried, Bakehouse Arts
Complex, Miami, FL
International Assoc. of
Contemporary Mosaicists,
Gaziantep, Turkey
Inspired By Invitational,
University of Mary Washington,
Fredricksburg, VA
Contemporary Mosaics
Invitational, West Dean
College, Chichester, UK
2007
Mosaic Arts International
Juried, Mesa Contemporary,
Mesa, Arizona
Sum of All Parts, Hillsboro,
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
Named Best Mosaicist, D Home
and Garden Best of
Everything, March, 2002
Featured Artist, The New
Mosaic, Danielle Truscott
Dawson, Lark Press, 1999
Feature Article, East
Dallas/Lakewood Advocate,
January, 2000
Featured Artist, Crazy Mosaic,
Tracy Gravier, Laurel Glen
Publishing, 2000
Featured Artist, Pieces de
résistance, Dallas Morning
News, ...
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Collections:
Professional Experience
Instructor in Mosaics:
Creative Arts Center of
Dallas, West Dean College,
Chichester, UK (also in
Australia, New Zealand,
France, Turkey)
Past-President and Founding
Member, Society of American
Mosaic Artists
Art represented in private,
public and corporate
collections
Speaker, British Assoc. for
Modern Mosaics, London; AIMC,
Brazil; Prix ...
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Commissions:
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Sonia King Biography:
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| Your Personal Biography |
Mosaic artist Sonia King creates one-of-a-kind, contemporary mosaics for gallery, architectural, community and home settings. Her mosaic art is exhibited nationally and internationally and represented in private, public and corporate collections. Sonia has been featured on HGTV’s popular show, “Modern Masters”, and in numerous books. She is currently creating a mosaic wall for the main lobby of Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, continuing her long relationship with the hospital. Her first four large mosaic walls were featured on the cover of Healthcare Design magazine and won an international Spectrum Award for the creative use of tile. Sonia is a founding member and past-President of the Society of American Mosaic Artists and a director of the Associazione Internazionale Mosaicisti Contemporanei. She teaches the art of mosaic at the Creative Arts Center of Dallas as well as advanced workshops around the world. Sonia is the author of the bestselling book 'Mosaic Techniques & Traditions' from Sterling Publishing. Sonia is currently co-authoring Mosaic Master Class: The Advanced Techniques. Visit her website at www.mosaicworks.com |
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