about
Sonya Philip studied art and printmaking in high school with every intention of going to art school. Life intervened, as did other areas of fascination, eventually leading to an MFA in Creative Writing.
Sonya came to knitting in her 20s and immersed herself in the craft, by teaching classes and designing patterns, occasionally flirting with areas where art and craft slip. Knitting led to working with wool in both needle and wet felting techniques.
An object that is hand knit or felted contains incredible tension - it is evidence of a conscious choice to make by hand what is so readily available through mechanized means.
As a largely self-taught artist, Sonya enjoys the freedom of exploring and stretching mediums, creating areas of intersection between fiber, paper, wax and clay.
selected group exhibitions
2010
Single Fare, Brooklyn
Group Show - City Art, San Francisco
Mission Open Studios
Green Show - City Art, San Francisco
Textiles in 3D - Rock Paper Scissors Collective, Oakland
Folk You - de Young Museum, San Francisco
Metamorphic Fibers - Textile Center, Minneapolis
2009
San Francisco Open Studios
Plush You - Schmancy, Seattle
AltCraft at The American Craft Council Show - Fort Mason, San Francisco
Wide Open - Sebastopol Center for the Arts
The Fiber Show - The Spare Room Project, San Francisco
Hypnagogia - Climate Theater, San Francisco
Mission Open Studios
2008
San Francisco Open Studios
