Sidony O’Neal
Softmax Hard Hasp

September 14 - October 26, 2024

Special thanks to Stephanie Snyder, director and curator, The Cooley, Reed College for their support on this exhibition.

Sidony O’Neal is an artist and writer based in Portland, OR. Recent solo exhibitions include Lewis Center for the Arts (, The Pudding Butcher), Princeton University; Dracula’s Revenge (NOT TALKING UNTIL BAD COMPANY JOINS), NY; Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (Enchiridion: Aisle, Spline, Resort), Portland, OR; and Veronica (AuguRing), Seattle, WA. Group exhibitions include ICA at Maine College of Art and Design (ENTER:) and SculptureCenter (In Practice: Total Disbelief), NY. O’Neal has participated in residencies at Mass MoCA and Banff Centre, among others. O’Neal is the co-founder of INFANT design firm. Performances as a part of DT have been presented with Kunstverein Düsseldorf, Volksbühne Berlin, and Performance Space New York. O’Neal is the recipient of awards and fellowships including the Oregon Arts Commission's Joan Shipley Award and a Hodder Fellowship at the Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University. In 2023, O’Neal was awarded a Hallie Ford Fellowship through the Ford Family Foundation.