Known for her quiet and subtle style, Sophia Dixon Dillo reduces elements into a simplified approach of repetition in order to explore the contrast between substance/insubstantiality and material/immateriality. She creates works that bring attentiveness to the present moment by celebrating the ephemerality of phenomena through the incorporation of light as a medium. Her works simultaneously reveal and conceal their components, often creating a sense of dissolution of the solidity of objects through the use of translucence, reflection, refraction, layering, and repetition. Dillo’s works are best appreciated over time due to the dynamism light brings to them. In a world fixated on permanence, her work defies stasis, and reminds us of the natural cycle of things as they come and go. Dillo’s minimal approach and attention to the subtleties of light have roots in her upbringing. From an early age she learned to observe the minute details of the world around her by watching her father Willard Dixon, an artist and Zen practitioner, work in his studio. Dillo now lives with her husband at a Zen Center in the mountains of Colorado. The peace and seclusion of her work place influences her art – quiet, spatial, sensorial, and participatory. Dillo exhibits and is collected throughout the U.S. and internationally. In 2015 she did an installation for the Calvin Klein Collection in New York City made from 83 miles of copper thread for their holiday window. ArtWeek.LA chose her solo exhibit, Emergence, as a “Pick of the Week”. Dillo was also recognized as a notable Colorado artist with an invitation to participate in Colorado Women in Abstraction at the Center for Visual Arts in Denver. '' Education2006-09MFA, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO2001Lacoste Ecole des Arts, Lacoste, France1996-2000BA in Philosophy, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO Selected Solo Exhibitions2018Alliterations, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA2017 Illumination, Winterowd Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM2015Light & Form, Galerie Fatiha Selam, Paris, FranceForming Light – Holiday Installation, Calvin Klein Collection onMadison Avenue, New York, NYLight & Shadow, Shumei International Institute, Crestone, COLight Space, The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO2014Emergence, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA2012Translucence, Space Gallery, Denver, COForming Light VI Installation and New Boxes, Winterowd Gallery, Santa Fe, NM2011Light and Line, Ice Cube Gallery, Denver, COLight and Line, Vertical Arts Gallery, Steamboat Springs, CO2010Light Works, Ice Cube Gallery, Denver, CO2008Small Works, Shumei International Institute, Crestone, COImplexities II, Bovine Theater Gallery, Denver, CO2007Forming Light II Installation, Morgan Library, CSU, Fort Collins, COForming Light Installation, Mini Gallery, CSU, Fort Collins, CO2006Side by Side, St. Luke’s Gallery, Fort Collins, CO Selected Group Exhibitions2020Rising Light, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CAWinter Group Show, Mai Wyn Fine Art, Denver, CO2019Colorado Abstract +10, Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, COEmergence, Mai Wyn Fine Art, Denver, CO2018Skies of Gold, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA2017Big Exhibition of Small Works, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CASmall Works, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CASo-, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CAPaper Works, Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, CO Illluminate, Sophia Dixon Dillo & Jane Guthridge, WAVE Festival - Light + Water + Sound, Breckenridge, CO Ethereal Paper - Ann Chuchvara, Sophia Dixon Dillo & Rebecca Hutchison, Cynthia Reeves Gallery, Walpole, NHSpectral Light & Color, Samara Gallery, Houston, TX2016of ifting/flowers in the gravel/at the end of the ice age, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, COExtended Dialogue: Part 1, Space Gallery, Denver, CO ColoradoWomen in Abstraction, Center for Visual Arts, Denver, COAbstraction, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CALucid Art Exhibition, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CASYNTHESIS – of all that went before, Averard Hotel with Galerie Fatiha Selam, London, UKRepetition & Reticulation, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI201410 Inches of Christmas, Space Gallery, Denver, COSurface, Space Gallery, Denver, CO10-Year Anniversary Exhibit, Winterowd Fine Art, Santa Fe, NMGrand Opening Exhibit, Space Gallery, Denver, COUnbound – Five Installations, Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, COBrave New World, Scott Richards Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CAWillard Dixon & Sophia Dixon Dillo – Stillness & Activity, a Father & Daughter Show, Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, CA2013Lines & Grids: Works on Paper, Space Gallery, Denver, COThe Story of the Creative, Angel Orensanz Foundation, New York, NY30 Squared, Space Gallery, Denver, CO2nd Annual Love + Light, A Contemporary Art and Light Exhibition, Loveland Feed & Grain, Loveland, CO2012Full Spectrum, Scott Richards Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CARetrospective – 11 Year Anniversary, Space Gallery, Denver, C)Art Without Illusion, Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, CO20111:1, Ice Cube Gallery, Denver, COArt of the Real, Space Gallery, Denver, CO(MA)chi(N)e(MADE): Organic Precision, Vertigo Art Space, Denver, CO2010Friends and Family – an exhibition of Ice Cube artists and theiracquaintances, Ice Cube Gallery, Denver, COBegin Within - Three Person Exhibit, Old Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, COIce Cube Group Exhibit, Ice Cube Gallery, Denver, COASC Community Partnerships, Adams State College, Alamosa, CO2009Master of Fine Arts Exhibit, Curfman Gallery, Fort Collins, COArt and Science, Curfman Gallery, Fort Collins, CO2008Art and Science, Curfman Gallery, Fort Collins, COArt in the Attic, Lapis Gallery, Denver, CO2007Nextmas Show, Next Gallery, Denver, COEmerging Artists Exhibit, Museum of Contemporary Art, Ft Collins, COOpen Studio Exhibit, Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, COMaster of Fine Arts Show, Curfman Gallery, Fort Collins, CO2005Student Invitational, University of Xochimilco, MexicoThe Drawing Show, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO2004East of the Moon - Five Worlds, Lincoln Gallery, Boulder, CO Selected Public CollectionsFox Rothschild, LLP Denver, ColoradoState of New Mexico, Dept. of Cultural Affairs Santa Fe, New Mexico Four Seasons Hotel & Residence Denver, ColoradoCrestone Charter School Crestone, ColoradoThe Briar Rose Bed & Breakfast Boulder, ColoradoColorado State University, Communications Dept. Fort Collins, Colorado Publications2019Voyage Denver, “Meet Sophia Dixon Dillo” Bibliography2017Visual Art Source, “Sophia Dixon Dillo” by Kelly SkeenThe Santa Fe Reporter, “SFR Picks: Light Worker – Get bent, light” byMaria Egolf-Romero2016The Aspen Times, “Minimalism goes West at Anderson Ranch exhibitionin Snowmass Village” by Andrew TraversThe Denver Post, “’Colorado Women in Abstraction’ cuts across history”By Ray Mark RinaldArtScene, “Abstraction” Group Exhibit ReviewLe Journal des Arts, “Monographie: Sophia Dixon Dillo accroche la lumiere” by Henri-Francois Debailleux2015Point Contemporain, “Light & Form, Sophia Dixon Dillo, Galerie Fatiha Selam”2014Huffington Post, “Richard Bruland and Sophia Dixon Dillo: Art Review,” by Peter ClothierArtweek.L.A., “Pick of the Week – Sophia Dixon Dillo: Emergence”Simayspace, “Current Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions – DougSimay’s Best Picks” by Doug SimaDenver Westword, “Arvada Center’s Unbound: Five Installations moves, sparkles and shines, by Michael Paglia2013Denver Westword, “Best Show That Was Barely There” – Best of Awards2012Denver Westword, “Pieces and Quiet,” by Robin EdwardsJournal North, “a trio of Tasty Dishes,” by Kate Mcgraw2011Denver Westword, “Shine a Light,” by Michael PagliaDenver Westword Blog, “Light, plane, and 25 miles of fishing line with artist Sophia Dixon Dillo,” by Jef OtteSteamboat Pilot, "Contemporary light artist shows installation in Steamboat," by Nicole Inglis2010Curate This! New Work, Publication selected by Helen Pheby,PhD.,Curator, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UKCurate This! 2010 International Public Vote, The BECA Foundation PublicationDenver Westword, “Two new solo offerings at Ice Cube Gallery showmember’s talent,” by Michael PagliaThe Crestone Eagle, “Sophia Dixon Dillo: Art that Emerges fromSpaciousness and Quiet,” by Gussie FauntleroyLongmont Times-Call, Review by Quentin Young2008Shumei International Institute, WebnewsThe Crestone Eagle, Article2007Morgan Library News, Colorado State University WebsiteThe Coloradoan, Two Articles2004XEN Dharma und Sangha News, German Magazine, Featured Artist2001Lacoste Vernissage, Catalogue Cover Featured Artist Artist Residencies2015Lucid Art Foundation, Inverness, CA2002Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT Professional Engagements2015Artist Symposium, Shumei International Institute, Crestone COArtist Talk, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO2013Guest Speaker, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, COGuest Juror, University of New Mexico Architecture Department, Albuquerque, NM2010Slideluck Potshow, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO2008Artist Symposium, Shumei International Institute, Crestone CO Honors and Awards20105th in Popular Vote, Curate This! 2010, BECA Foundation2006-08Liberal Arts Scholarship, Margery Monfort Wilson Scholarship, Women’s Association Scholarship, & Graduate Grant, Colorado StateUniversity2002Printmaking Residency Grant, Vermont Studio Center2001Scholarship, Lacoste School of the Arts