O'Leary, Sophie
(Aka Sophichka, born. 1973, Hampshire) is an UK British artist, founder of “Sophie O’Leary Art”, The Curator at Indexmod in London, living and working in London [1].
Conspectus
| Year | Place |
|---|---|
| 2015 | Exibit in Columbia [2] |
Interior of the O’Leary’s lockdown studio in 2020
Photo: Sophie O’Leary / Sophie O’Leary Art
About Sophie O’Leary
Born in Hampshire in 1973 and based in London, Sophie has a distinctive abstract visual style which captures the spirit of a place. She works with in oils and acrylic with an intensely vivid palette and inventive mark-making. It is important to Sophie that she feels a strong connection to a place when painting it. Most recently she has been working on garden paintings and visiting Northern Ireland where she created a series of paintings based on the verdant landscape of her paternal family. Later this year, she is invited to be artist in residence in Goa, India to immerse herself in different landscapes and create a new body of work to show in 2019. Sophie has a background in Anthropology, Art and teaching. After spending many years working as a Governess in Europe and Moscow, she decided to concentrate fully on developing her artistic abilities. She studied at Fine Art Morley College and works from her studio in Clapham. She is currently a student of the Turps Art School correspondence programme. Her work is in private collections in the UK and abroad. She is currently showing at this year’s 250th Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. [4]
Education
| Years | Course | College | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017—2018 | Correspondence Course | Turps Art School, London | |
| 2015—2016 | Advanced Painting | Morley College, London | |
| 2014—2015 | Fine Art Foundation (Distinction) | Morley College, London | |
| 2001—2002 | PGCE Primary | Oxford Brookes University, Oxford | |
| 1994—1995 | ERASMUS | University of Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
| 1992—1995 | BA/MA Social Anthropology | Sussex University, Brighton, UK [5] |
Events
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2018 - until August 19th ‘Lunchtime’ no.86 - Gallery 3. [6]
Exhibitions
2018 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition - Royal Academy of Arts - London UK Salon Refuses - Candid Gallery - London, UK Solo Show - Vinyl Deptford - London, UK Flux Exhibition - Chelsea College of Arts - London, UK 2017 FLUX Exhibition - Chelsea College of Arts - London, UK Go Wild in the Country - Bruton Art Factory - Bruton, Somerset, UK Millbank Atlas - Cookhouse Gallery - London, UK 2016 Enter the Anthroposcene - Flaxon Ptootch Gallery -London, UK Salon des Refuses - Space Gallery - London, UK Exhibit Here - Menier Gallery - London, UK More than Brushstrokes - Morley Gallery - London, UK 2015 Signed for Syria - Protein Studios - London, UK The Centre is a Vision of Endless Wowness - Casa Obregon - Pradomar, Puerto Columbia Art Foundation show - Morley Gallery - London, UK Temporary Autonomous Artists - Crow’s Nest Gallery -London, UK [7]
See also
Footnotes
[2] “I’m looking forward to having my work showing in this exhibition next week in Columbia” (Sophie wrote at “Sophie O’Leary Art”)