b: 1993 Chester, UK. Lives and works in Nottingham. i: @sophiegoodchild
Education and Residencies
2021 MA Painting, The Royal College of Art
2021 Troy Town Artist Pottery Residency, Hoxton, London
2021 MOONGAZING Residency, Muddy Yard Space, London, UK
2019 Alt MFA, School of The Damned, UK
2019 Independent Researcher, The Warburg Institute, London
2016 The Skopelos Foundation for the Arts Residency, Skopelos Island, Greece
2015 TEMP, Collaborative residency with Rufus Newell, Enjoy Project Space, Leeds, funded by Arts Council England as part of About Time Leeds
2015 BA Honours, Fine Art, Kingston School of Art, London
2014 Universidad de Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain
2012 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Manchester School of Art, UK
2011 Young Artists in Tuscany Residential, Contemporary Arts Space Chester, Italy
Awards
2023 Oppenheim John-Downes Memorial Trust Award
2023 AA2A Artist Placement, Loughborough University
2023 The Eaton Fund
2021 Graduate Funded Studio Award, Backlit Gallery, Nottingham
2021 London Bronze Editions, London Bronze Casting, London
2020 Finalist, The Ingram Prize, London
2017 Shortlisted for The Annex Collection Acquisition Award
2017 Technical Printmaking Fellowship, Kingston University, London
Exhibitions
Upcoming
2024 Requisitioned:Deprogrammed, Trafalgar Avenue, London (Solo), supported by The Eaton Fund, AA2A Artist Residency Programme and Oppenheim John-Downes Memorial Trust Award
Current
Past
2023 MATTER, curated by Jo Dennis, Flowers Gallery, (Kingsland Road) London
2023 Boundless Textiles, Hive Curates, 56a Old Broad Street, London
2023 Full to Bursting, Staffordshire Street, London
2023 Who Holds The Sword? Hypha Studios, London
2022 Soft Façade, Gerald Moore Gallery, London
2022 Within Reach, Sid Motion Gallery, London
2022 Significant Other: Bulging Water, Solo show, Flatland Projects, Bexhill, UK
2022 Fair Art Fair Curated II Women, Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop, curated by Jo Baring and Beth Greenacre, London
2022 The Amber Room, curated by Rosie Reed, Reference Point Library, London
2022 Saxifrage, Kupfer Project, London
2022 Sticking Ground, One Thoresby Street, Nottingham, UK
2021 London Grads Now 2021, Saatchi Gallery, London
2021 Peach Fuzz, Thorp Stavri x The Factory, invited and curated by Haze Projects, Silvertown, London
2021 Pigeon Park, Manor Place, Walworth, London
2021 Plan View, as part of South Bermondsey Art Trail, Studio 2.1, Cell Rollins Street, London
2021 Locus Amoenus, Curated by Sophie Goodchild and Sam Hanner, The Function Suite, London
2021 Friends with Benefits, Safe House One, Peckham, London
2021 Underpinned by the movements of FREIGHTERS, The Florence Trust, curated by Joe Moss, London
2021 Final, Not Over- Again, Unit 1 Gallery, London
2021 20 seconds or more, Young Space Winter 2021, Co curated by Sim Smith and Kate Mothes, Young Space, Online
2020 Pending, San Mei Gallery, Brixton, London
2020 After Hours, Bowes Parris Gallery in conjunction with Harlesden High Street curated by Cassandra Bowes and Anna Woodward, Southside Shopping Centre, Wandsworth, London
2020 The Ingram Prize, Cello Factory, London
2020 Model Village, curated by Hot Desque, Swiss Church, Covent Garden, London
2020 Snapshot, RCA Painting Department group show, Hockney Gallery, Kensington, London
2020 Work in Progress Show, Royal College of Art, Sackler Building, Battersea, London
2019 All Was Vibrating Fur, School of The Damned End of Year Show Part 2, Limbo Limbo, London
2019 All Vibrating Fur, School of The Damned End of Year Show Part 1, Civic House, Glasgow
2019 Sinc, School of the Damned interim show (touring), The Tetley, Leeds, UK
2019 Sinc, School of the Damned interim show, Backlit Gallery, Nottingham, UK
2019 Rock-A-Bye Bivalve, with School of the Damned, Delicious Clam, Sheffield, UK
2018 Bye Hun, School of the Damned, The Royal Standard, Liverpool, UK
2017 Proof, Art Hub Gallery, Deptford, London
2017 The Great Exhibition, The Lovely Gallery London, Tokyo Japan
2017 The W.C., 1/2 31 Windsor Terrace, as part of Glasgow Open House, Glasgow
2016 Ebc010 Exhibition, East Bristol Contemporary, Bristol, UK
2016 Felicity Black, Radical Vulnerability, Caustic Coastal, Manchester, UK
2016 Swipe Left, Collaboration with Harry Fletcher, Baltic 39, Woon Prize Studio Project Space, Newcastle, UK
2016 Sorry About Last Night, Art Sheffield, (It's All) Tropical, The Washington Pub, Sheffield , UK
2015 TEMP, Collaboration with Rufus Newell, Enjoy Project Space, Leeds, UK
2015 The Plinth, 1/2 31 Windsor Terrace, Glasgow, UK
2015 Kingston University Degree Show, Kingston University, London
2015 Us and Things, ArtLacuna, Clapham, London
Press
2021 Something Curated, A Cosmic Soup of Fantasy and Industry, Review of Underpinned by the movements of FREIGHTERS, The Florence Trust, by Vanessa Murrell: https://somethingcurated.com/2021/07/06/a-cosmic-soup-of-fantasy-industry/
2022 New Critique, Review of Sticking Ground, One Thoresby Street, by Josh Mcloughlin: https://newcritique.co.uk/2022/03/11/review-sticking-ground-one-thoresby-street-josh-mcloughlin/
Commissions
2020 Mirror piece, ‘Puhpowee’, for Public Statues and Sculpture Association (PSSA) Artist Residency, Chipping Campden, The Cotswolds, UK