Sonya S
Member since July 2019
Sonya is a curator at Lux Magna, a festival created by women and non-binary folks, POPMontreal and Suoni Per Il Popolo. She is also a co-founder of La Lumière Collective [micro-cinema] and Ibrida*Pluri [expanded image festival] hosting independent makers within various platforms and events. Her work has been exhibited at Musee D’Art Contemporain de Montreal, MUTEK (CA), Festival Oodaaq (FR), Bucharest International Film Festival (RO), Musee de beaux-arts de Rennes (FR), Danslab (Netherlands), Lab 111 (Amsterdam), Air Canada En Route Film Festival and many others. For over twenty years, Sonya has also been a professional dancer performing with various companies such as Animals of Distinction, Estelle Clareton, Toronto Dance Theatre, Jean-Pierre Perreault, Montreal Danse, Nate Yaffe, Paul-Andre Fortier and many others, continuing to combine her media works with her dance practice.
In December 2018 she completed a five-week Visual Arts Banff Residency and presently, collaborating with Joni Void [Constellation Records], performing visuals for band Fly Pan Am and prepping for a tour with band Group A and choreographer Dana Gingras.