Synchronicity (Sheridan at computer, two triangles with heads inside)

Inscriptions

Dated and signed, in graphite, lower right: 1987-88 Sonia Sheridan; inscribed, in graphite, on reverse lower left: "Synchronicity"; signed, in graphite, on reverse lower center: Sonia Sheridan; dated, in graphite, on reverse lower right: 1987-1988

Label

Sonia Landy Sheridan’s Synchronicity and Sonia in Time explore the relationship between the artist and emerging digital technology. As an artist-in-residence at 3M, Sheridan worked with early imaging and computer graphic systems to create these groundbreaking works. In Synchronicity, two triangles, each containing Sheridan’s own image, seem to emerge from the screen, pulling her into digital space and suggesting a fusion between the artist and the technology. The repetition of her image reflects a looping, recursive connection between her and the machine. In Sonia in Time, Sheridan’s image is fragmented across multiple computer screens, each displaying a version of herself, creating a sense of multiplicity and dislocation. Both works address the ways in which technology mediates self-representation, raising questions about identity, the artist’s role in creating art through machines, and the implications of existing and creating in a digital world.

From the 2025 exhibition A Space for Dialogue 127, Separation Perfected, curated by Dominic Folkes ’25, Mellon Special Project Intern

Exhibition History

A Space for Dialogue 127, Separation Perfected, Dominic Folkes ’25, Mellon Special Project Intern, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 8, 2025 - January 4, 2026

Provenance

The artist, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 2004.

Catalogue Raisonne

Sonia Landy Sheridan - Diane Kirkpatrick Hood Inventory List #619: "Synchronicity #1" series (Sheridan at computer "drawing" on tablet, 2 triangles with heads inside), 1987-88, Lumena 8 software (John Dunn), IBM 280, special graphics card from Time Arts (

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