George Sopwith
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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.
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https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9387777/
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Education
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2012-2015 Chelsea College of Art
BA Hons Fine Art, 1st Class Honours
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2014 Universität der Künste Berlin
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2011-2012 Central Saint Martins,
Foundation Diploma Fine Art
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Selected Exhibitions, Recent residencies
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02/2023 'Babele' Spazio Musa, Torino
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"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)
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05/2020 Sam’s Gallery (Online)
04/2017 ‘Apologia’ Group show
11/2016 ‘Soft borders’ Solo show
Sensi Gallery London
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