George Sopwith
George is a visual artist and graphic designer based in Beirut, Lebanon. His practice is predominantly photographic and video based, employing these tools to investigate and explore found narratives.
He has shown the short film ‘Raqqa to Beirut’ at the Raw Film Festival, as part of 'refugee week' and has had photos published in New Lines Magazine and Courier International. He works as a graphic designer for film and TV and has worked on projects with HBO, Disney, Sky, Channel 4, BBC and ITV.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9387777/
Education
2012-2015 Chelsea College of Art
BA Hons Fine Art, 1st Class Honours
2014 Universität der Künste Berlin
2011-2012 Central Saint Martins,
Foundation Diploma Fine Art
Selected Exhibitions, Recent residencies
02/2023 'Babele' Spazio Musa, Torino
"sometimes a wildebeest on the tundra remembers a former life": The Quandaries, Vagaries, Riddles, and torment of Archives
Rasha Salti -Chapter 2 Home workspace Program, Ashkal Alwan 03-04/2021
06/2020 Euro Arts Open Studios 2020 (Online)
05/2020 Sam’s Gallery (Online)
04/2017 ‘Apologia’ Group show
11/2016 ‘Soft borders’ Solo show
Sensi Gallery London