Born in 2002, Oxford, Sophie Ives is a contemporary painter based in London. People, places, and time drive the work. She breaks down the constraints that time and place hold by merging together encounters from disparate locations and timelines. Allowing her paintings to become fluid narratives of the human experience.
A significant aspect of the work lies within the process itself. The state she enters while painting. The experiments, discoveries and happy accidents along the way are crucial. The act of painting becomes a form of transcendence, a meditative experience where the self gets left behind—each mark informing the next. The paintings often adopt a fly-on-the-wall perspective, concerned with the fleeting nature of life, the charm within the mundane and the traces and tracks that we leave behind.
Artist’s CV
Education
Sept 2018 - June 2020, Level 3 Diploma, Art & Design, Abingdon and Witney College
(Distinction)
Sept 2020- June 2021, Art Foundation, Abingdon and Witney College
(Distinction)
Sept 2021- June 2024, Central Saint Martins, London
(Upper second class honours)
Exhibitions
The Other Art Fair, Truman Brewery, Shoreditch, 10 - 13 October 2024
CSM BA Fine Art Degree Show, Central Saint Martins, Kings Cross, 12 - 16 Jun 2024
Fine Art Open Studios, Central Saint Martins, Kings Cross, 13 March 2024
‘All Four Corners of the Room’ Notting Hill Arts Club, Notting Hill, 28 Jan 2024
Fine Art Open Studios, Central Saint Martins, Kings Cross, 08 Dec 2023
‘Desire Lines’, Electric Studios, Hastings, 17 - 19 Nov 2023
Group Print Sale, Avalon Café, Bermondsey, 14 Jan 2023
Fine Art Open Studios, Central Saint Martins, Kings Cross, 08 Dec 2022
‘Have your cake and eat it’ The Amersham arms, New cross, 03 - 05 June 2021
Prizes
New Futures Other Art Fair Winner, 2024