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CV

Creative Practitioner
Woodlands Primary School
Great Yarmouth

  • Creative Partnerships ‘Change’ school
  • Yr 3 collaborative project
  • On-going


Artist-in-Residence
Canggu Community School
Bali, Indonesia

  • Month long residency in this international school working with year 2 and year 9 pupils. Together we created a permanent piece and made stencils inspired by tropical flora to decorate one of the school buildings
  • 2 InSet days for teachers and assistants


Artist-in-Residence ArC
Firstsite Gallery
Colchester, Essex

  • 10 day residency with KS2 exploring citizenship curriculum.
  • Working with teachers, pupils and parents we created a large piece of work using paint, print, collage and photography.
  • The whole process was documented with a short animated film and the results were exhibited at Firstsite gallery

creaturesLead Artist
Emergency Exit Arts
London

  • In house artist working for over 7 years on a wide range of community arts projects
  • Special emphasis on 3-D celebratory arts, processions and illuminated sculpture
  • Included collaborations with dancers, musicians and circus performers


Artist in Residence “Parenting Power”
Robert Owen Children’s Centre
Greenwich, London

  • Week long residency with nursery children and their parents/carers working in collaboration with a storyteller
  • Resulting in a large celebratory mural exhibited at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich


Gallery Educator
Firstsite Gallery
Colchester

  • Drop-in workshops for children visiting the gallery
  • Quick make and do sessions designed to compliment the current exhibition


Hamlets Way Art Group
Bow Arts Trust
London

  • Working for 2 years independently in a residential home for elderly people with profound and enduring mental health problems and learning difficulties
  • Providing a safe environment for participants to explore creative arts


training

1999 – 2001 MA Fine Art Printmaking: Camberwell College, London
1992 – 1995 BA Hons Textiles 2:1: Goldsmiths College, London

Sophie Fox

Sophie is a mixed media visual artist with over 10 years experience of working in community settings.

She is interested in on-going and one-off informal sessions, commissions and residencies and has expertise in drawing, print, collage and celebratory arts.

Please visit the Contact page to see details on how to find out more information about her work.