Sophie Castle
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b.1995 Sophie Castle is a British artist based in Falmouth, Cornwall.
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Sophie’s practice is an exploration of personal, female identity and sexual empowerment  through the use of the historical motif, the nude. Her work aims to tackle the subservient and fragile portrayal of the female nude, allowing a modern view of what
the nude can denote. Her work ranges from portraying herself in the classical nude methodology as well as within domestic settings or hyper sexualised positions. Sophie’s work can portray an intimate narrative, it is both welcoming yet intrusive, her honesty renders her vulnerable yet her depiction is confident and confronting. In recent years her work has harnessed the retelling of Greek Mythology to further her investigation of female rage, sexuality and the hereditary expectations of women. The issue of the embodied female as both an artistic subject and object are addressed by commanding self-representations and mythological retellings. 


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STUDIED
Fine Art BA - Central Saint Martins, London 2015-2018
Foundation year - The Royal Drawing School, London 2014-2015
Anatomical Drawing course - Oxford University 2014


EXHIBITED 
Portraits for NHS Heroes, 2020
DEGREE SHOW ONE: ART, Central Saint Martins, 23.05.18 - 27.05.18

Nudity , Deptford Cinema, 20.04.18
Testing Testing, Central Saint Martins, 16.03.18
Antidote, Central Saint Martins, 24.11.17
Open Studios, Central Saint Martins, 18.11.16
Foundation Show, The Royal Drawing School, 09.06.15 - 13.06.15

AWARDS
Shortlisted for the final of the BP Portrait Award, 2018
Shortlisted for The ACS Studio Prize, 2018

LINKS
VICE Profile
Artlyst Article
Central Saint Martins Article 

E1Life Interview 
The Royal Drawing School


​PUBLISHED
Portrait of Dr Boyd Peters - Portraits for NHS Heroes Book, by Bloomsbury Publishing 2020
Vice.com - 16th May 2017
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Vice.com - 5th May 2017
Vice.com - 28th October 2016
Vice.com - 25th August 2016
Vice.com - 4th August 2016
Vice.com - 2nd August 2016

Liz Earle Magazine - Summer 2016
E1ife Magazine - March/April 2016
Liz Earle Magazine - Spring 2016


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