sophie.k.gib@gmail.com
Education
Current: Alfred University, MFA in Ceramic Arts, Expected graduation Spring 2025
Barcelona Academy of Art, Drawing and Sculpture Program, January - June 2022
Brown | RISD Dual Degree Program, graduated 2017, Providence, RI
B.A. in History from Brown University, Magna Cum Laude
B.F.A. in Illustration from Rhode Island School of Design, Honors
Awarded the Eliza Gardiner Memorial Scholarship from RISD, Fall 2013
Substantial coursework in Ceramics, Animation, and Furniture Design
Professional Experience
Teacher of Record, Ceramics for Non Majors, Alfred University, Fall 2024
Sculpture Instructor, City Clay Charlottesville, January 2020 - August 2023
Short Term Resident Artist, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana, November 2021
Studio Manager, City Clay Charlottesville, December 2020 - October 2021
Director of Media Operations, Cristina Cordova Studios, Fall 2020
Upper School Humanities and Visual Arts Teacher, St. Anne’s - Belfield School, Fall 2017 – Spring 2020, Charlottesville, VA
Studio Assistant, Cristina Cordova Studio, Summer 2019, Spruce Pine, NC
Student and Teacher Programs Intern, National Portrait Gallery, Summer 2016, Washington D.C.
Teaching Assistant, Figure Modelling Marathon Course with professor Alba Corrado, Rhode Island School of Design, Winters 2016 and 2017, Providence, RI
Graphic Illustrator, Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, Brown University, Summer 2014, Providence, RI
Exhibitions
Solo
Pop-Up Sculpture Show, Visible Records, Charlottesville, VA, August 5th, 2023
Botanical Jazz, Eastwood Farm and Winery, Charlottesville, VA, October 2021
Gardenhair, Studio IX Gallery, Part of the Prolyfyck Exhibition Series, Charlottesville, VA, August 2021
Girls I Know, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA, March - May 2021
Group
Soft Logic, Jane Hartsook Gallery, Greenwich Village, NYC, January - February 2025
The Figure, Portraiture and Narrative, a juried exhibition. Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Gallery, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, October 13 - November 16, 2024
*Awarded Best In Show
Rounding the Corner, Cohen Gallery, Alfred, NY, April 25-July 19, 2024
2024 NCECA Juried Student Exhibition, The Visual Arts Center of Richmond, March 1-24, 2024
What Lies Beneath, Väsen Brewing Company, Richmond, VA, Tuesday, March 19 - Saturday, March 23, 2024
Central Virginia Career Potters, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA, February 27 – March 31, 2024
MALA LECHE #8: Transitional Joy, The Feminist Union of Charlottesville Creatives, Print Publication, February 2024
University of Mississippi Graduate Student Juried Exhibition, Gallery 130, University, MS, September 2023
Teeny Tiny Trifecta 6, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA, September 2023
You Have to Break Your Heart Until it Opens: Sophie Gibson & Amie Oliver, Chroma Projects, Charlottesville, VA, May 2023
The Golden String Art Show, Studio IX, Charlottesville, VA, February 2023 *(Participant and Curator)
Direct Sow II, Visible Records Group Show, Charlottesville, VA, December 2022 - February 2023
Teeny Tiny Trifecta 5, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA, September 2022
Teacher and Staff Show, City Clay, Charlottesville, VA, September 2022
Direct Sow, Visible Records Group Show, Charlottesville, VA, December 2021 - February 2022
Gallery Rally: Third Mind Edition, Second Street Gallery, Collaboration with Meesha Goldberg, Charlottesville, VA, December 11, 2021
Valley • Street • Scape, Scottsville Center for Arts and Nature, Scottsville, VA, September - October 2021
Teeny Tiny Trifecta 4, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA, September 2021
New Members Show, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA, January 2019, Juried Entry
Gallery of Curiosities, The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative, Charlottesville, VA, October 2018
Re: Memory, Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Providence, RI, January 2017
2 x 4, Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Providence, RI, January 2016
Of[f] Course, Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Providence, RI, January 2015
Furniture Department Triennial, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI, January 2014
Full, Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Providence, RI, January 2013