{"id":3067,"date":"2015-12-31T13:39:46","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T18:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/?p=3067"},"modified":"2019-12-24T16:41:52","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T21:41:52","slug":"sofya-mirvis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/sofya-mirvis","title":{"rendered":"Sofya Mirvis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3068\" src=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sofya-mirvis-dryad.jpg\" alt=\"sofya-mirvis-dryad\" width=\"537\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sofya-mirvis-dryad.jpg 537w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sofya-mirvis-dryad-230x300.jpg 230w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sofya-mirvis-dryad-210x273.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Dryad<\/em><br \/>\n16&#8243;x12&#8243;; collage, gouache, ink, graphite on rag paper; 2015<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sofya Mirvis<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>STATEMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sofya&#8217;s collages are intense, detailed layers of stained and tinted papers, cultural ephemera in the form of vintage magazines and found photographs, and painstakingly cut out, original naturalistic drawings. Sofya&#8217;s work explores the development of narrative and mood between the material and image.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BIO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sofya Mirvis (SOFYASPACE) is a mixed media artist living and working in Philadelphia.\u00a0 Her work combines surreal landscape with figurative elements and an urban aesthetic. Born in Russia, her images reflect themes of Eastern folklore, Western opulence and phenomenology of nature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ARTIST CONTACT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"mailto:sofyaspace@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click to email<\/a>]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sofyamirvis.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.sofyamirvis.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>IMAGES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3069\" src=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sofya-mirvis-soccer-kids.jpg\" alt=\"sofya-mirvis-soccer-kids\" width=\"506\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sofya-mirvis-soccer-kids.jpg 506w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sofya-mirvis-soccer-kids-216x300.jpg 216w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sofya-mirvis-soccer-kids-210x290.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Soccer Kids<\/em><br \/>\n7&#8243;x5&#8243;; collage, monoprint, ink drawing on rag paper; 2015<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3070\" src=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sofya-mirvis-solitaire.jpg\" alt=\"sofya-mirvis-solitaire\" width=\"490\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sofya-mirvis-solitaire.jpg 490w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sofya-mirvis-solitaire-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Solitaire<\/em><br \/>\n7&#8243;x5&#8243;; collage, graphite, various inks on rag paper; 2014<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3071\" src=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sofya-mirvis-someday.jpg\" alt=\"sofya-mirvis-someday\" width=\"501\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sofya-mirvis-someday.jpg 501w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sofya-mirvis-someday-214x300.jpg 214w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sofya-mirvis-someday-210x293.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Someday<\/em><br \/>\n7&#8243;x5&#8243;; collage, monoprint, ink drawing decoupage on rag paper; 2015<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3072\" src=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sofya-mirvis-baggage.jpg\" alt=\"sofya-mirvis-baggage\" width=\"508\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sofya-mirvis-baggage.jpg 508w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sofya-mirvis-baggage-217x300.jpg 217w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sofya-mirvis-baggage-210x289.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Baggage<\/em><br \/>\n7&#8243;x5&#8243;; collage, monoprint, ink drawing decoupage on rag paper; 2015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3068,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[8],"tags":[73],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/sofya-mirvis-dryad.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BNTD-Nt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3067"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}