ABOUT
Sofia Alarcon is an artist, illustrator and cartoonist originally from Guatemala and now based in Kjipuktuk (Halifax, NS). She is interested in using her drawings, comics and visual storytelling to explore themes of feminism, capitalism, climate change and pop culture.
EDUCATION
2019 Bachelor of Environmental Design, Dalhousie University
2011 Bachelor of Fine Art, NSCAD University
PRESS
Jade Nauss, “Visual arts review: Hopelessly Devoted To You examines the apocalypse and Olivia Newton-John,” The Coast, August 15, 2019.
Nancy Tousley, “Artists Working in Hitchcock’s Shadow,” Calgary Herald, September 17, 2009.
CONTACT
For Illustration requests, commissions, or anything else email me directly at: sofia.alarcon.Illustration@gmail.com
EXHIBITIONS/FAIRS
2023 - Expozine, Arcmtl, Montreal, QC
2023 - Halifax Anarchist Bookfair, Halifax, NS
2023 - Dartmouth Comic Arts Festival, Dartmouth, NS
2023 - Toronto Comic Arts Festival, Toronto, ON
2021 - Expozine, Arcmtl, Montreal, QC
2020 - Object Histories, Eyelevel Artist Run Centre, Halifax, NS
2020 - Social Media Takeover, Centre for Art Tapes, Halifax, NS
2019 - Halifax Zine Fair, Anchor Archive Zine Library, Halifax, NS
2019 - Hopelessly Devoted To You, Khyber Centre for the Arts, Halifax, NS
2016 - Illustrational Art, Swoon Fine Art/NovelTea, Truro, NS
2015 - Our Bodies Our Blood, Plan B, Halifax, NS
2011 - Graduation Exhibit, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
2009 - Frenzy (charity silent auction), Bird Dog Video, Calgary, AB
AWARDS/GRANTS
2023 - Concept to Realization Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2022 - Doug Wright Award - The Pigskin Peters nominee for Endsickness #1
2022 - Doug Wright Award - The Nipper nominee for Endsickness #1
2021 - Broken Pencil Zine Award - Best Comic Zine nominee for Endsickness #1
2021 - Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
PUBLICATIONS
2023 - Endsickness #2, self-published, edition of 100 printed by Colour Code
2021 - Endsickness #1, self-published, 175 printed copies distributed by Zineomatic
2019 - Everlasting, self-published, edition of 25
2015 - FLO, self-published, edition of 5