Born in 1998 in Lipetsk, Russia, Sonia Andrews is a multidisciplinary artist primarily working with installation and ceramics. A graduate of the British Higher School of Art and Design in 2020 and the Joseph Bakshtein Institute of Contemporary Art in Moscow in 2022, she moved to France in 2023.
Her artistic practice navigates the intersection of nature and culture, exploring the dynamics between human experiences and the environment. The artist observes the mutual transformations through sculptural objects and installations, using a combination of organic and industrial materials: wood, polystyrene, ceramics, textiles, plant parts, and light.
EDUCATION:
2025 Climate Crisis and the Struggle for Social Equality and Human Rights,
Smolny Beyond Borders, online
2020-2022 New Art Strategies, ICA Moscow, Russia
2017-2020 BA (Hons) Fine Art, British Higher School of Art and Design, Moscow, Russia
2016-2017 Foundation in Art and Design, British Higher School of Art and Design, Moscow
2016 Street Fashion, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
2025 Climate Crisis and the Struggle for Social Equality and Human Rights,
Smolny Beyond Borders, online
2020-2022 New Art Strategies, ICA Moscow, Russia
2017-2020 BA (Hons) Fine Art, British Higher School of Art and Design, Moscow, Russia
2016-2017 Foundation in Art and Design, British Higher School of Art and Design, Moscow
2016 Street Fashion, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2025 ‘Open Call’ Ausstellung, Kulturraum Waldenburg, Switzerland
2025 ‘Les Briques du Temps’, Usine de l’Alliance, Pont-Salomon, France
2025 ‘Traces’, Sonia Andrews and Aleksey Shchigalev, Kulturraum Waldenburg, Switzerland
2024 ‘Pince-moi’, Le Tzara, Paris, France
2024 ‘Terrain instable’, La Forge, Souillac, France
2024 ‘Cellule’, exhibition in Centre Pompidou cloakroom lockers, Paris, France
2023 ‘Innerspace‘, La Maison Bruneau, Paris, France
2023 ‘Between Hercules and a Butterfly’, Catacombs of Paris, France
2023 ‘Rituels’, POUSH, Aubervilliers, France
2023 ‘Dépassement’, Atelier des artistes en exil, Paris, France
2022 «Окей, я подумаю над этим», Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
2022 «Возвращение Колобка и еще несколько странных аттракторов», CCI Fabrika, Moscow, Russia
2021 ‘Time of Things’ (as part of Winzavod.Open project), Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
2021 ‘Alterglobalism’, Belyayevo Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2021 ‘Здравствуй, Феникс’, Rovesnik bar, Moscow, Russia
2020 'British Higher School of Art and Design Degree show', Artplay, Moscow, Russia
2019 'The Rooms', Moscow, Russia
2019 'Truth and Lies', Moscow, Russia
2018 ‘PUBLICPRIVATE2018’, Moscow, Russia
2017 'British Higher School of Art and Design Pre-Degree show', Foundation in Art and Design, Artplay, Moscow, Russia
2025 ‘Open Call’ Ausstellung, Kulturraum Waldenburg, Switzerland
2025 ‘Les Briques du Temps’, Usine de l’Alliance, Pont-Salomon, France
2025 ‘Traces’, Sonia Andrews and Aleksey Shchigalev, Kulturraum Waldenburg, Switzerland
2024 ‘Pince-moi’, Le Tzara, Paris, France
2024 ‘Terrain instable’, La Forge, Souillac, France
2024 ‘Cellule’, exhibition in Centre Pompidou cloakroom lockers, Paris, France
2023 ‘Innerspace‘, La Maison Bruneau, Paris, France
2023 ‘Between Hercules and a Butterfly’, Catacombs of Paris, France
2023 ‘Rituels’, POUSH, Aubervilliers, France
2023 ‘Dépassement’, Atelier des artistes en exil, Paris, France
2022 «Окей, я подумаю над этим», Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
2022 «Возвращение Колобка и еще несколько странных аттракторов», CCI Fabrika, Moscow, Russia
2021 ‘Time of Things’ (as part of Winzavod.Open project), Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
2021 ‘Alterglobalism’, Belyayevo Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2021 ‘Здравствуй, Феникс’, Rovesnik bar, Moscow, Russia
2020 'British Higher School of Art and Design Degree show', Artplay, Moscow, Russia
2019 'The Rooms', Moscow, Russia
2019 'Truth and Lies', Moscow, Russia
2018 ‘PUBLICPRIVATE2018’, Moscow, Russia
2017 'British Higher School of Art and Design Pre-Degree show', Foundation in Art and Design, Artplay, Moscow, Russia