
APOLONIA SOKOL
Born in 1988 in Paris. Lives and works in Paris.
SOLO SHOWS
2022
You Better Paint Me*, THE PILL, Istanbul
2021
Future Fair, Chelsea’s Starrett-Lehigh Building, New York, USA
La Nave dei Folli (The ship of Fools), ARCO E-EXHIBITIONS, The Digital Space of the Community
2018
The Pill Pop Up, Brussels, Belgium
I Had Trouble Sleeping, But She Said She Loved Me..., The Pill, Istanbul, Turkey
2016
Heartbreak Hotel, Dutko Gallery, Paris, France
Sabbath, Andersen's Contemporary, Copenhagen, Danemark
Walker Evans / Apolonia Sokol, Attic, Sebastien Ricou, Brussels, Belgium
Process Is Desire, curated by Isabelle Le Normand, whitcherprojects, Los Angeles, USA
GROUP SHOWS
2022
Viva Villa, Yvon Lambert Fondation, Avignon, FR
Entre tes yeux et les images que j’y vois, Fondation Pernod Ricard, Paris
Women Painting Women, The Modern, Texas, USA
ARKEN Museum for Modern Art, Copenhagen
AS IF IT COULDN’T - 6th Year Anniversary Group Show, THE PILL, Istanbul
2021
She - Classicità, Polana Institute, Warsaw, Poland
Conversation Piece | Part VII Towards Narragonia, Fondazione Memmo, Rome, Italy
ECCO, Villa Médicis, Rome, Italy
2020
Conversation Piece, Part VII, Towards Narragonia, Fondazione Memmo, Rome, Italy
Possessed, Mo.Co., Montpellier, France
Arco (The Pill), duo Show with Soufiane Ababri, Madrid, Spain
2019
Material Art Fair (The Pill), duo Show with Soufiane Ababri, Mexico
Tainted Love II, curated by Yann Chevalier, Villa Arson, Nice, France
Mais pas du tout, c’est platement figuratif ! Toi tu es spirituelle mon amour, curated by Anael Pigeat & Sophie Vigourous, Galerie Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France
2018
Mademoiselle, curated by Tara Londi, CRAC, Sète, France
Salle de Pas-Perdus, curated by Michel François & Richard Venlet, Le Doc, Paris, France
One Long Changing Body, Carlier-Gebauer, Berlin, Germany
I Am What I Am, curated by Julie Crenn, Ici.gallery, Paris, France
J’aime, curated by Marion Bataillard, Galerie Henri Chartier, Lyon, France
Tainted Love, curated by Yann Chevallier, Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France
2017
En Forme de Vertige, curated by Gaël Charbau, Révélation Emerige Prize, Villa Emerige, Paris, France
Surreal House, The Pill, Istanbul, Turkey
Peindre dit-elle #2, curated by Julie Crenn, Anabelle Teneze and Amélie Lavin, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dole, France Quatrième Sexe, curated by Marie Maertens, Galerie Le Coeur, Paris, France
2016
Toute Première Fois, curated by Francesca Napolie & Armelle Leturcq, 22 Visconti, Paris, France
Matin Midi Soir, Honoré Visconti, Paris, France
Berlin Est, GAD Paris- Belleville, Paris, France
Ravi, curated by Xavier Mary, Liège, Belgium
2015
Collection Type # 3, GAD Grand Local, Paris, France
Yes to All, Treize, Paris, France
Life Ain’t Fair #2, Galerie Arnaud Deschin, Paris, France
Life Ain’t Fair, Galerie Arnaud Deschin, Tourtour, France
Selective Memories, Griffin Gallery, London, England
AWARDS & GRANTS
2020—2021
Academy of Rome, Villa Medici Grantee
EDUCATION
2015
MFA École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, France
ArtPress 458_Richard Leydier – Introducing Apolonia Sokol
Based Istanbul_Yağmur Koç – The Female Body Is More Than What’s Portrayed: Apolonia Sokol
Sokol, peindre l'intime et la tribu
Manifesto XXI - La Femme Transcendante. Entretien avec Apolonia Sokol.
Numéro - Rencontre avec Apolonia Sokol
Beaux Arts - Comment les écoféministes régénèrent le monde ?
Discovering Emerging and Undersung Players - The New York Times
La peintre Apolonia Sokol ouvre grand ses toiles au théâtre de l’intimité - Le Monde