ABOUT
ME
"My practice examines liminal states of human experience through intuitive painting and drawing processes that explore tension between control, surrender, and ego dissolution."
My Practice
My practice explores the possibilities that unfold when the boundaries of the self begin to dissolve. Working primarily across painting and drawing, I investigate how the unravelling of fixed constructs and the human ego can foster greater harmony with one another, the natural world, and the unknown.
Process is central to my methodology. I begin with intuitive, subconscious mark-making, allowing forms, figures, and atmospheric spaces to emerge organically. As a queer artist, this open, unfixed approach reflects the ongoing tension between surrender and control that underpins human experience, mirroring a refusal to impose rigid, normative frameworks onto shifting realities.
Throughout my work, figures occupy threshold conditions where certainty gives way to ambiguity. They exist in states of transition: between light and dark, falling and suspension, absorption and displacement. These liminal states generate a quiet friction between agency and vulnerability. By treating identity not as a fixed category but as an unstable, continually evolving state, my practice frames queer identity as a space of fluidity, emergence, and continual becoming.
Experience
Born in 1988, Sophie is a fine artist and creative director based in Hove and London. She completed a Foundation Diploma and BA (Hons) at Central Saint Martins, London, and is currently pursuing an MA in Fine Art at the University of Brighton.
Her fine art practice encompasses abstract surreal painting and drawing, with a recent group exhibition at the Chelsea Arts Club in London. Alongside her studio work, she has delivered high-level art direction for major cultural activations, including the inaugural Art Basel Awards 2025. Her current projects focus on portraiture, liminality, and unmasking.
