Sophia (b.1996, Seoul) lives and works in London,
and is the current artist resident at Standpoint.
EDUCATION
2023-24 City & Guilds London Art School, Distinction, MA Fine Art
2016-19 Falmouth School of Art, First Class, BA (Hons) Fine Art
2017 The Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, Erasmus+, Painting: Atelier F
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025/26 Solo Show, The Blyth Gallery Award, Imperial College, London (TBC)
2025 Solo Show, Standpoint Gallery, London 20/02 - 08/03
2019 Vessel Fragments, solo exhibit, Woodlane Windows, Cornwall
2018 Where is, Motherland?, solo performance, Tate St Ives
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Contemporary British Painting Prize, Yorkshire Artspace, Sheffield
2024 Contemporary British Painting Prize, Thames-Side Studios Gallery, London
2024 Contemporary British Painting Prize, BayArt Gallery, Cardiff
2024 The Koppel Project Open Studio (Lambeth), London
2024 MA Show, City & Guilds of London Art School
2024 Art Lark, Group Show, Electro Studios Project Space, St Leonards on Sea
2024 Sprung 24, Site Festival, Prema Arts Centre, South St, Uley, Dursley
2024 The Entranced Essence, RuptureXIBIT (+Studio), London
2024 MA Interim Show, City & Guilds of London Art School, London
2023 Crypt Collective Group Show, St Luke's Church, Earl's Court, London
2023 Bow Arts Open Studio, Vauxhall, London
2023 Residency Artist Talk & Presentation, The Museum of Loss and Renewal, Italy
2022 Bow Arts Open Studio, Vauxhall, London
2021 Earthly Bodies, The Cornish Bank, Cornwall
2019 Falmouth Fine Art London Showcase selected by Sacha Craddock, Jesse Leroy-Smith
2019 Degree Show, Falmouth University
2018 Porthmeor Studios and CAST 2018 Residencies Retrospective, Falmouth University
2018 6/5, Porthmeor Studios Artist Residency, St Ives
2018 The Poly Show, The Poly, Cornwall
2018 Open Studio, The Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, Italy
PRESS
Corridor 8 - The Contemporary British Painting Prize 2024 by Jessica Piette
Contemporary British Painting Prize 2024 Catalogue & Essay
Artsin Square Platform featured under 'Selected Artists'
Limited Edition of Garden Chairs featured in Elephant Magazine Issue #48
Tate St Ives Instagram
St. Ives Times & Echo
Borlase Smart John Wells Trust Newsletter
Falmouth School of Art Newsletter
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2024 The Judith Tucker Memorial Award
Standpoint Artist Residency Prize
2023 Prendendo Tempo, Residency, The Museum of Loss and Renewal, Italy
2020 Midas Award, Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange: 'Palace of Culture' (postponed)
2018 Porthmeor Studios Residency, St Ives, Cornwall
2017 Erasmus Grant for International Studies, The Academy of Fine Arts in Venice
EXPERIENCE
2025 Materials Workshop in partnership with The Fine Art Collective (TBC)
2024 MA Fine Art Interim Show Curator, City & Guilds of London Art School
2022-23 Artist, Studio Caretaker & Steering Group Member, Bow Arts Trust
2022 Artist Talk, Falmouth University
2020-22 Production Coordinator, Elephant Magazine
Adobe Illustrator and InDesign Course, Morley College London (employer funded)
Product Photography Intensive, with Mikael Eliasson at PCL (employer funded)
2019-20 Gallery Assistant, Studio Voltaire
2018-19 Tate Producer, U-Studio Festival, Tate St Ives:
2018-19 Wemade, group performance by A Long Distance Collective, Tate St Ives
2018-19 Constellation to Appease, group performance by Otobong Nkanga, Tate St Ives
2018-19 Migration and the Spaces In-Between, choreography by Sofie Hub, Tate St Ives
2018-19 Why wouldn't we be angry?, film collaboration with Isabel Lima, Tate St Ives
2018 Volunteer Invigilator for Groundwork, Cornubian Arts & Science Trust, Helston
2016 Film Photography and Dark Room Short Course, Central Saint Martins