Magnus Sodamin and PLUSH

Magnus Sodamin
Magnus Sodamin employs lush surfaces to capture the subtle chaos of the Everglades. After completing recent residencies at the Deering Estate and the Artist in Residency in Everglades (AIRIE) program, Sodamin will respond to the architecture of the Immersive Gallery from both a painterly and installation-based perspective.

Sodamin attended the New World School of the Arts (BFA, 2012) as well as the Nansen Academy in Lillehammer, Norway. He has exhibited in Norway and the United States, showing work at the 2012 BFA Exhibition held at the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), and the 2010 Lotus House Women’s Shelter Fundraiser at the Margulies Collection. He has been in residence at the Deering Estate (2014), the Museums Quartier Residency, Vienna (2015), and the Summit AIR program in Eden, Utah. Sodamin lives and works in Miami, where he is represented by Primary Projects.

Plush
As an annual installation dedicated to Pleasurable, Lush, Utilitarian, Subjects of Humanity, PLUSH is a tactile mindscape. Textiles are inherently connected to the domestic environment. In the U.S., fiber art has often been mislabeled as craft or “women’s work,” however, in many countries, textile production is considered men’s labor. Some included works will explore traditional sewing and hand techniques, while others will navigate non-conventional sculptural methods. The artists included in the previous conversation explored anthropomorphism, body politics, class, morphing landscapes, multigenerational lineage, and popular culture.