Contemporary portrait painter Ilene Sova will address her work to raise awareness of sexual violence through art as SUNY Geneseo’s next All-College Hour speaker Feb. 4 at 2:30 p.m. in the Doty Recital Hall. Her work also will be on display in the MacVittie College Union. Both her address and exhibit are free and open to the public.
Sova is a conceptual painter who creates paintings that reference anti-oppression feminist themes. Her work has been shown in extensive solo and group exhibitions in Canada and abroad, most notably at the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art, and at Guadi’s Casa Batlo for the prestigious Barcelona Showcase. Sova’s work has been featured in a variety of television, web and print media including Al Gore’s television program The Current, Canada AM, The Toronto Star, CBC Radio and the Toronto Standard. It also have been featured in the Journal of Psychology and Counseling, the Nigerian Arts Journal Tabula and the Italian feminist journal WOMENOCLOCK.
Sova has a master of fine arts degree in painting from the University of Windsor. She was chosen to speak at Toronto’s first TEDx Women in December 2013.
The All-College Hour Speaker series is sponsored by Student and Campus Life and Residence Life.