I grew up in the south of England and spent the first part of my life obsessed with the natural world, psychology and philosophy, I earned a degree in biological sciences from the University of Birmingham. I later moved to New Orleans and developed alongside these interests an obsession with colour, queerness, sexuality, and violence. As a mulitdisciplinary artist I like to use many different art forms and to lean in on collaborative approaches to art making.
Peters was the winner of The Ashurst Emerging Artist prize (2019) and the CHBH (Centre for Human Brain Health) artwork competition (2019) and was also highly commended by the Visual Art Open award (2020), the RAD prize (2022) and the New Orleans Parse Student Juried Competition (2018). She is a dual US/UK citizen, and completed an artist residency at GlogauAIR in Berlin, DE in 2022. She has so far shown work in Berlin, Lisbon, London and New Orleans.
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Press:
Thirty West:
https://www.thirtywestph.com/column/sophiepetersinterview
CASS art UK:
Ashurst Prize:
https://www.artprize.co.uk/winners-2019.html
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CV:
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