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   Sophie Thompson is an emerging sculptor living in Pittsburgh, PA. She received her Bachelor of Arts in ASI (Art, Science, & Innovation) and Environmental Science/Sustainability from Allegheny College in 2022. Thompson is a member of Radiant Hall and has held a studio at their Lawrenceville location since August of 2024. 

EDUCATION

2022 
2019 
BA, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
Exchange at New York Arts Program, New York, NY
MEMBERSHIPS

Pittsburgh CoExistence Artist Collective
Radiant Hall Studios, Lawrenceville
Pittsburghs Society of Sculptors
The Greater Pittsburgh Art Council 

RESIDENCIES

Jul- Aug 2026                        The Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Feb - Dec 2025                      The Canopy Program, NYC Crit Club, Remote
Aug 2023 - June 2024          Distillery Residency, Brew House Arts, Pittsburgh, PA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026
“Public Utility Commission”, Space Gallery, PA
“Fractures”, The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, PA
“Our Contemporary Landscape”, UnSmoke Systems Art Space, PA
“Shaping Space”, Hoyt Art Center, PA
“In the Light of Your Shadow”,  Tomayko Foundation, PA

2025
“Slow Blinking”, NYC Crit Club, NY
30th Annual Regional Juried Art Exhibition, Southern Alleghenies Museum, PA
SOS in Somerset, The Philip Dressler Center for the Arts, PA
“Small Works”, Art Center Sarasota, FL
“Touchpoint”, Eberle Studios, PA
Fourth Annual Allegheny Alumni Show, Hatch Hallow, PA

2024
“Somatosensory: Related to the Senses”, LAMP, PA
“Grounded”, Martha Gault Art Gallery SRU, PA
“Getting the Spirit Out”, Brew House Arts, PA
“Work From Home”, Meadville Public Library, PA

2022
Allegheny Alumni Show, Hatch Hallow, PA

2021
“No Free Wine”, Allegheny Art Galleries, PA


AWARDS
2025
2024
2020
Fourth Prize, 30th Annual Regional Juried Art Exhibition
Grounded Best of Show, Funded by The Tomayko Foundation
First Prize, Foster B. Doane Prize in Sculpture & Ceramics

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