Sophie Rushton
Artist working between Oxfordshire and Manchester
Sophie Rushton’s expanded painting practice navigates the borders of chronic illness, feminism, and the body. Through sensitive introspection of her own experiences in medical environments, her mixed media paintings and textile works address the hidden inequalities in women’s healthcare and the consequential psychological impact. A careful process of staining, sewing, layering, and creating tension allows her work to explore feminine fluidity, chance, and exposed narratives. Fragility and a desire to control often acts as a starting point for each artwork, with the leaking paint mirroring the chaotic nature of the body in pain.
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Education
2019-2022, BA (Hons) Fine Art, Manchester School of Art
Group Exhibitions
2022:
Falling Into Place, Manchester School of Art, Manchester
Made It 2022, HOME Gallery, Manchester
Cheers to Spring; to Life; to a Growing Soul, The Link Gallery, Manchester
Ferens Digital Open, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
2021:
Many Arts, Many Skills: An All-Saints Retrospect, Grosvenor Gallery, Manchester
2020:
Flat Pack: Törslev, part of This Is Unit X, online
Falling Into Place, Manchester School of Art, Manchester
Made It 2022, HOME Gallery, Manchester
Cheers to Spring; to Life; to a Growing Soul, The Link Gallery, Manchester
Ferens Digital Open, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
2021:
Many Arts, Many Skills: An All-Saints Retrospect, Grosvenor Gallery, Manchester
2020:
Flat Pack: Törslev, part of This Is Unit X, online
Curation
2022:
Cheers to Spring; to Life; to a Growing Soul, The Link Gallery, Manchester
Video Link, The Link Gallery, Manchester