Re-acquaintances
Camille Rojas and Sofia Mesa
TPW is delighted to present new commissions from Camille Rojas and Sofia Mesa. The artist’s intimate works take on re-acquaintances through movement: for Camille with her own body’s possibilities and for Sofia with her connection to trees.
Camille Rojas’ short videos are contemplative in nature: her movements taking cues from her immediate surroundings, from grass and stairs and the way vines move in the late afternoon. Sofia Mesa’s videos present her lexicon for falling in love with trees. The works speak to each other through a shared, personal vocabulary that the artist’s use to reintroduce themselves to living forms and to their surroundings through movement.
Camille and Sofia’s videos will be posted daily on TPW’s Instagram from August 3 – 7, 2020.
Biographies
Camille Rojas (b. 1993 Toronto; lives and works in Toronto) is a multidisciplinary artist working with film, photography and dance. Her work uses movement as the primary vehicle to dissect ideas and emotions. She received her BFA in Photography Studies at Ryerson University (2017) and has recently exhibited her work at Gallery 44, Gallery TPW, Critical Distance Centre for Curators, Nuit Blanche and Erin Stump Projects.
Sofia Mesa (b.1995) is an artist working with film, making pictures and sculptures. She is excited by life inside and around her. She sees her art practice as a vessel for those expressions. She works with a variety of collaborators or on her own. Past exhibitions include 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 at The Loon, 𝘍𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 at Ma Ma, 𝘎𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 at Allan Gardens conservatory for Contact Photography and 304 Albany at 304 Albany.
