Bio
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| Currently Sonja is preparing for a two woman exhibition at the Reykjavik Museum of Photography in Iceland. Sonja Thomsen is an artist based in Milwaukee WI. She received an MFA in photography from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2004 and a BA in Biology & Studio Art from Kenyon College in 2000. Thomsen's photographs have been featured in group & solo exhibitions throughout the United States. Her photographs are in the permanent collection of the Milwaukee Art Museum. Thomsen’s work has recently been exhibited in: New Mexico Museum of Art, Sante Fe; Silverstein Photography, New York City; Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison; David Weinberg Gallery, Chicago; Silvereye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh; Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee. Thomsen was a Hermitage Fellow in 2008, a nominee for the Santa Fe Prize in 2009, as well as a recipient of the Greater Milwaukee Mary L. Nohl Suitcase Export Fund in 2006, 2009 & 2011. “More than memoir and more than renderings of things, Thomsen's images are acts of devotion. They are evidence of a humane artist developing a new visual vocabulary. Charged with quiet metaphor, they betray a set of treasured beliefs about youth and sensuality, about nature and wonder, about aging and loss.” Mary Louise Schumacher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel April 23, 2009 |
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