ABOUT

Sophie Peters (also sometimes known by her nickname ‘Knox’) received an MFA from the University of the Arts London in 2023, having studied science as an undergrad. She was nominated for the Tension Prize and the UAL Graduate Prize for her interdisciplinary work on sexual relations ‘Aftermath’ in 2023. She won the Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize and the CHBH (Centre for Human Brain Health) artwork competition in 2019 and was also highly commended for the RAD competition 2022 and the Parse Louisiana Competition. Her written work has been published by various independent publishers and groups (including Be About It Press, Undressed Animals (formerly Naked Cat) Literary Magazine, Wingless Dreamer, Zoetic Press, Dreamboy Bookclub and Thirty West Publishing).

Peters uses journalistic interviews, text, poetry, drawing, abstract painting and digital film to explore femininity, climate, modernity and love. Sophie has spent the last 10 years developing a creative practice that explores her place of birth (the USA) and the culture in which she grew up (UK).

She has spent notable time creating artwork in New Orleans and the Northeast (NYC and Philadelphia), areas that shaped her visual and written style. She has also completed a GlogauAIR residency in Berlin and a visual art residency in Little Bay, Jamaica as well as created works of public art across the USA and EU.

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