ABOUT
ABOUT
Sonja Drake is a visual artist based in Tamaki Makaurau, Auckland. She completed her MFA at Whitecliffe College of Art in 2021 and BFA at Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland University.
Sonjas creative practice considers ideas around ecology, accretion and accumulation. She is interested in areas where land meets water, waterways and where water flows above and below the earth's surface. Through the exploration of sites linked to her settler heritage, her projects enquire into how we shape the world, in ways visible and invisible.
Foremost a painter, she works in watercolour and acrylic paint, pencils and graphite powder, added to with paints made with soil and sediment samples from the subject sites.
Sonja has had eight solo exhibitions and won several art awards including the Premier Award at the national 2024 Walker and Hall Art Award.
Sonja Drake is a visual artist based in Tamaki Makaurau, Auckland. She completed her MFA at Whitecliffe College of Art in 2021 and BFA at Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland University.
Sonjas creative practice considers ideas around ecology, accretion and accumulation. She is interested in areas where land meets water, waterways and where water flows above and below the earth's surface. Through the exploration of sites linked to her settler heritage, her projects enquire into how we shape the world, in ways visible and invisible.
Foremost a painter, she works in watercolour and acrylic paint, pencils and graphite powder, added to with paints made with soil and sediment samples from the subject sites.
Sonja has had eight solo exhibitions and won several art awards including the Premier Award at the national 2024 Walker and Hall Art Award.
MFA BLOG: sonjadrake.wordpress.com/