Sophie Shalenberg

Branding for the 2017 Dance Camera West Film Festival in Los Angeles. The festival features a range of contemporary, classic and alternative dance films from all over the world. It took place over two weekends in April at UCLA's Royce Hall, the Fowler Museum, and the Santa Monica Pier. 

Photograph courtesy Dance Camera West.

Design of the exhibition wall text, object labels with illustrated diagrams, and invitation for Math Bass: Off the Clock at MoMA PS1. Organized by Mia Locks, Assistant Curator.

Photos courtesy of MoMA PS1 and Pablo Enriquez.

Branding for the 2016 Dance Camera West Film Festival in Los Angeles. The festival features a range of contemporary, classic and alternative dance films from all over the world. This year was the 15th Annual festival, which took place over two weekends in June at MOCA, UCLA's Royce Hall and the Fowler Museum. 

Design of the exhibition wall text and invitation for Jos de Gruyter and Harald Thys: Fine Arts at MoMA PS1. Organized by Peter Eleey, Curator and Associate Director of Exhibitions and Programs, and Margaret Aldredge, Curatorial Assistant.

Photos courtesy of MoMA PS1 and Pablo Enriquez.

Design of the logo and graphic identity for the 2014 Warm Up Series, a summer music festival that takes place every Saturday over 14 weeks in the MoMA PS1 courtyard. In addition to branding and promotional materials for the festival, I created weekly album art for Pitchfork / Warm Up Mixes, a weekly mix by a featured artist from the Warm Up lineup.

Photo courtesy of MoMA PS1.

Design of the exhibition wall text and accompanying graphics for Christoph Schlingensief at MoMA PS1.

The exhibition was organized by Klaus Biesenbach, Director, MoMA PS1 and Chief Curator-at-Large, The Museum of Modern Art, Anna-Catharina Gebbers, Independent Curator, and Susanne Pfeffer, Artistic Director at the Fridericianum, Kassel; in collaboration with Filmgalerie 451, Berlin.

Photos courtesy of MoMA PS1.

Design of the exhibition wall text and object labels for GCC: Achievements in Retrospective at MoMA PS1. Organized by Christopher Y. Lew, Assistant Curator, the exhibition showcases the work of the nine-member Gulf Cooperation Council in the format of a retrospective, with Arabic-English translations for each piece.

Photos courtesy of MoMA PS1 and Pablo Enriquez.

Design of a printed invitation for an exhibition opening at Kasher | Potamkin gallery in Chelsea, New York. Kasher | Potamkin is a collaboration between Steven Kasher and Andi Potamkin. The invitation design is a collage of individual pieces included in the exhibition, representing the overall tone of the show, titled Intangible Beauty: Beautiful Women and the Endless Void.

Design of all supporting print materials to accompany Sunday Sessions, MoMA PS1’s weekly performance art series.

Photos courtesy of MoMA PS1.

Collaboration with Klaus Biesenbach, Director of MoMA PS1 and Chief Curator at Large, MoMA, on the development of the logo and branding to represent Rockaway!, a free public-arts festival in Fort Tilden. Sponsored by the Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy (JBRPC), the festival celebrated the reopening of Fort Tilden and recognized the ongoing recovery of the Rockaway Peninsula. Rockaway! featured solo projects by Patti Smith, Adrian Villar Rojas, and Janet Cardiff as well as an international group show.

Design of a 22 page informational brochure, print advertisements featured in Artforum, Flash Art and Modern Painter, wayfinding banners and signage for the event, digital promotion for social media and web, and exhibition wall signage.

Photos courtesy of MoMA PS1 and Pablo Enriquez.

Design of the exhibition wall text, postcards and poster for Maria Lassnig at MoMA PS1. Organized by Peter Eleey, Curator and Associate Director of Exhibitions and Programs, and Jocelyn Miller, Curatorial Assistant. Organized in collaboration with the Neue Galerie Graz-Universalmuseum Joanneum.

Photos courtesy of MoMA PS1 and Pablo Enriquez.

Gouache painting inspired by sunlight. Edited to be a repeat pattern, this collection is designed for use on textiles or paper goods. 

Design of custom templates using Shutterstock’s Editor tool for digital platforms. Intended to help non-designers imagine and execute their own designs using Shutterstock imagery and typefaces.  

Design of branding proposal for Gray Area Foundation for the Arts. 

Gray Area is a non-profit media lab and art gallery that pairs artists with emerging technologies. The logo is designed to be flexible and function as a frame to contain video and imagery to support their ever-changing content.

Identity design for a magazine that explores both positive and negative perspectives on women in the entertainment industry. The love/hate tension is reflected in the design, as the story changes depending on orientation of the magazine.

64 page printed magazine, and design for mobile.

Design of a promotional book for photographer Pablo Enriquez. 

"Urban sprawls, roads long forgotten and a unique appreciation for nature blend together in Pablo Enriquez' work". In sequencing the imagery, the challenge was to tell a story of California's contrasting landscape. Responsible for image curation, design and screen printing the cover.

42 page book with 3 layer silkscreen cover. Edition of 10.

Editorial identity design of a travel magazine that introduces a different site in each issue. The format includes different papers and temporarily obscured imagery inspired by the experience of traveling to each place. The first issue, "Sacred Waters", focuses on the underwater tunnels of the Yucatan Peninsula. The second issue, "Jeweled Caverns", explores a forgotten mining town in California.

Final image: Limited edition 2 layer screen and photo-emulsion print, supplement to Issue 1: "Sacred Waters". 

An editorial collaboration with photographer Edward Cushenberry, As Close is a 40 page photo zine. Imagery is curated to tell a story of infatuation and the breaking of personal boundaries. Responsible for layout and poster design.