About
b. 2001
Sophia Croasdale lives and works in Austin, Texas. She graduated with her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 2023.
Statement
My work consists of large-scale acrylic paintings of vibrant colors, gradients, and frenzied patterns. These elements work both together and against each other, creating a rhythm of balance punctured by chaos. My paintings reference digital spaces, their perfection and quickness, but these references are subverted on closer inspection of my surfaces. All elements are meticulously hand painted and contain slight imperfections due to human fallibility. Shapes and lines begin to wobble, fall out of alignment and shiver against each other. The nature of the hand-made object asserts itself through these imperfections, pushing against assumptions of mechanical construction. I’m interested in restricted spaces, rules, organization and contained order. I plan compositions that are nearly impossible for me to make. These paintings begin to become a repetition of well executed passages and moments of failing. These flaws begin to take on a life of their own, becoming unplanned improvised mutations of patterns and meticulously constructed spaces.
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Education:
BFA- Studio Art, California Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo, CA
Group Exhibitions:
2025
-Texas Disaster Relief: Art Soiree, Ani’s Day & Night, Austin TX
-Summer Salon, Cloud Tree Studios & Gallery, Austin TX
-Soho Austin 2025 Showcase, Soho House, Austin TX
-Ink and Iron, Teddy Morse’s Cowboy Harley Davidson, Austin TX
-Austin Art Garage, Austin, TX
-Envue Fashion Show, Gallery, Mixer, Residences at 6G, Austin TX
2024
-7th Color Juried Art Exhibition, Teravarna Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023
-Yours Truly, California Polytechnic State University BFA Show, San Luis Obispo, CA
-Mudd Market, The Mudd House, Encinitas, CA
-LA Art Fair, Smorgasburg, Los Angeles, CA
2022
-Student Juried Exhibition, California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, CA
-Local Motive, Harley Davidson, San Diego, CA
2012
-Artist Market, Palos Verdes Farmers Market, Palos Verdes Estates, CA
-Annual Student Art Exhibition, PVAC, Palos Verdes Estates, CA
Publications:
2025
-Jenny Lam, “Artist’s on the Lam”, LAMINATOR Vol. 2, April 2025.
2024
- Jenny Lam, “Artist’s on the Lam”, LAMINATOR Vol. 1, March 2024.
2021
-Abigail Clark, “Living Colorfully”, The Subaltern, 10 April 2021.
2020
-Luca Pantel, Beans Magazine, Vol. 3, 18 December 2020.
Awards and Grants:
2025
- Creative Futures Collective Soho House Mentorship Program, Austin, TX
2024
- Honorable Mention Award, Teravarna Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023
-Personal Achievement Award, California Polytechnic State University, Department of Art and Design, San Luis Obispo, CA
2019
-Harry M. Brandel Jr. Fine Art Scholarship, Palos Verdes Homes Association, CA
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