Sofia Mitsola works primarily with painting to examine the female body. By looking at figures in ancient Egyptian and Greek sculpture, Japanese animation, and pornography she composes her own mythological characters and places them in geometrical, stagelike compositions. These, are painted in vibrant colours and are layered with washes and impasto.
Her paintings often feature bare, larger than life characters who address the viewer with their direct gaze and invite them to look back. Through this act, Mitsola forms dynamic relationships between the painting and the viewer to establish new hierarchies and play with ideas of voyeurism, power, and control.
Villa Venus
2022
Oil on linen
260 x 230 cm / 102 3/8 x 90 1/2 in
© Sofia Mitsola
Shower girl (Danae)
2022
Oil on linen
60 x 90 cm / 23 5/8 x 35 3/8 in
© Sofia Mitsola
Waterlillies
2021
Oil on linen
220 x 180 cm / 86 5/8 x 70 7/8 in
© Sofia Mitsola
Dark BB, Blood Moon
2022
Oil on canvas
260 x 220 cm / 102 3/8 x 86 5/8 in
© Sofia Mitsola
Blue Faux Fur
2019
Oil on linen
29 x 25.5 cm / 11 3/8 x 10 in
© Sofia Mitsola
Fittings
2021
Oil on linen
220 x 190 cm / 86 5/8 x 74 3/4 in
© Sofia Mitsola
Constellations, Sisterly Affections
2021
Oil on linen
210 x 160 cm / 82 5/8 x 63 in
© Sofia Mitsola
Sisterly affections
2021
Pencil on paper
42 x 59 cm / 16 1/2 x 23 1/4 in
Helena Muraena
2021
Oil on linen
220 x 200 cm / 86 5/8 x 78 3/4 in
© Sofia Mitsola
Sirens
2019
Oil on canvas
190 x 210 cm / 74 3/4 x 82 5/8 in
© Sofia Mitsola
Crocodilian Tears (O.H. Golden Red Baroque)
2021
Oil on linen
220 x 190 cm / 86 5/8 x 74 3/4 in
© Sofia Mitsola
Chariot
2019
Oil on canvas
240 x 310 cm / 94 1/2 x 122 in
© Sofia Mitsola
