The Awards Collective was created to feature the works of artist who have received a Juror’s Award or Director’s Award in ASG’s Online exhibitions.  Sophie Pimpinella’s  image “Burst“ received the Juror’s Award in the “portal” exhibition juried by Crista Dix.  Sophie’s exhibition “So Bright, It Got Dark” was featured from February 1 to February 28, 2025 and is discussed in our GalleryTalk with Sophie.

Artist Statement

Through an intersection of light and softness, ‘So Bright, It Got Dark’ explores the atmospherics and abstract conditions of memory, recollection, and perception. These photographs reveal glimpses of the ephemeral moments between dreaming and waking that seem to have no footing in reality. The obscured is perhaps closer to the emotional or poetic truth. A persistent mundanity overwhelms a great deal of life, yet that becomes blurred as our memory reorders and reinterprets. The images expose this and the fragmented conceptualization we all have of our time on this planet. Considering life to be a more circular expression of time, the project has led me to analyze my understanding and personal experiences with death, loss, loneliness, and existentialism. Persisting thematic imagery surrounding nature, softness, water, and the body can be noticed, representative of the nuanced deepness of human existence and its inherent impermanence.

Sophie Pimpinella
January, 2025

Bio

Sophie Pimpinella (b. 1999) is an artist and educator from Richmond, Virginia. She graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with Photography and Art Education BFAs in 2023. Her work is rooted in experimentation, with a focus on blending perceived realities through the physical properties of analogue film. Persistent themes throughout her work include the body, nature, water, softness, memory, and existentialism.

website: sophiepimpinella.com
instagram: @spimpinell.a

link to online exhibiton