CV

Selected Exhibitions

Harley Gallery, Welbeck Abbey, Identity & Dress, solo exhibition, Worksop 2016
Catto Gallery, duo-show, London 2016
Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018
Manchester Art Gallery, Artists in the Frame: Self Portraits by Van Dyck and Others, 2015
BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London 2013, 2014
Pastel Society, Mall Galleries, London 2012, 2014, 2015
Royal West of England Academy of Art RWA, Bristol 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
Royal Institute of Oil Painters ROI, Mall Galleries, London 2011, 2015
Society of Women Artists SWA, Mall Galleries London 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists RBSA, Portrait Prize Exhibition, 2013, 2017
Royal Society of Miniature Painters, 2017
Bath Portrait Prize, 2012
Bath Society of Artists, 2017, 2018, 2020
Blackheath Gallery, London, 2016
Lime Tree Gallery, Bristol, 2014-2015, 2019
Haynes Galleries, Nashville/Thomaston, USA, 2013 – 2016
Principle Gallery Alexandria, USA, 2014

Selected Publications

Ten Steps to Painting Flowers in Pastel, The Artist Magazine, November 2023, pp. 22-25.
The Lace Painter; Lace Painting in Oils, The Artist Magazine, February 2023
A Guide to Soft Pastels, Jackson’s Art Blog, August 2019.
Oil Myths Busted: Toxicity, Artists & Illustrators Magazine,  September 2018, pp. 52-53.
Oil Myths Busted: Brushes, Artists & Illustrators Magazine, August 2018, pp. 56-57.
Oil Myths Busted: Medium, Artists & Illustrators Magazine,  Summer 2018, pp. 66-67.
Oil Painting Myths Busted: Supports, Artists & Illustrators Magazine, July 2018, pp. 66-67.
Pastel Papers, Artists & Illustrators Magazine, June 2018, pp. 58-59
The 17th-Century Golden Age of Dutch Paintings: Dogs are Everywhere, The Bark, Fall 2017, issue 91, pp. 72-79
Oil Painting on a Copper Panel, Jackson’s Blog, November 2017
The Lace Trail, Blurb books, 2014. (self-published book to coincide with the BP Travel Award, on sale during the BP Portrait Award exhibition in the National Portrait Gallery shop)
The Lace Trail, The Jackdaw, 2014
The fabric of life: the texture of textiles, The Pastel Journal, February 2014, p. 48-55

Awards

2d Prize International Artist Magazine Still Life Competition, 2015
BP Portrait Award: Travel Award, 2013
Winsor & Newton Choice Award, Society of Women Artists, 2011
Finalist Artist & Illustrator’s Self Portrait Competition, 2007

Art Work Published In

Natalie Milner, Costume Drama, Artists & Illustrators Magazine, December 2016, pp. 43-47, (Article about Sophie's work: read here). 
Work published in Artists & Illustrators Magazine, 2007, 2008, 2012.
International Artist Magazine, 2015
American Art Collector, 2015
500 Portraits: 25 Years of BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, 2015
BP Portrait Award, exhibition catalogue, National Portrait Gallery, 2013, 2014
Pratique des Arts, issue 103, 2012

Education

MSc Ancient History, University of Edinburgh (in progress)
Ph.D Art & Architectural History, Vrije University Amsterdam/University of Groningen
MA Art & Architectural History, Vrije University Amsterdam