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Developing Your Artistic Practice: One to one coaching

Whether you are looking to level up in a specific area of your practice, learn a new skill, build your portfolio, or are simply looking for ways to to bring more creativity and flow into your life, I am here to help.

My classes are individually tailored according to your interests, experience and goals. To give you an idea, areas we could cover include:

Learning through making: In the studio
Mark making, drawing, painting, collage, printmaking, mold-making, ceramics, plaster, textiles, found objects, installation

Learning through making: New media
Shooting video, making sound based field recordings, working with found footage, editing with Premiere, Final Cut, Photoshop, Logic

Art in context:
Movements of the 20th C., contemporary visual art, artist’s film and moving image, aesthetics and politics

Professional practice:
Putting together a portfolio, applying for art school, applying for funding and residencies, sustaining a practice

Classes can be done individually, or if you'd like to bring a friend we can also arrange to work as a group.

We can work online or in-person.

I look forward to hearing from you!

Extra information

Materials and equipment are not included, but happy to advise where to get them

Location

Online via webcam
At teacher's location: Berlin, Germany

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General info

Age:
Preschool children (4-6 years old)
Children (7-12 years old)
Teenagers (13-17 years old)
Adults (18-64 years old)
Seniors (65+ years old)
Student level:
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Duration:
60 minutes
90 minutes
120 minutes
The class is taught in:English

About Me

I believe that art is something for everyone to access and enjoy.

I have practised as a professional artist for the past 10 years. My work spans video, painting and sculpture, informed by a profound interest in the affective components of contemporary living. I teach at Bard College Berlin and the Berlin Arts Institute, as well as offering private artistic coaching.

As a tutor I will support, encourage and challenge you to develop your own unique means of expression.

Education

de Ateliers (Residency and Fellowship), Amsterdam 2018 - 19
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine 2018
Slade School of Fine Art, London, Ba Hons 2008 - 2012

Experience / Qualifications

Exhibiting internationally since 2012
Arts Educator at South London Gallery 2013 - 2014
Lecturer Berlin Arts Institute 2020 - 2023 (ongoing)
Lecturer Bard College Berlin 2022 - 2023 (ongoing)

Areas of expertise include:
Film and video (production and post-production), painting, drawing, textiles, airbrush, ceramics
Adobe Creative suite, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Logic
Contemporary visual art, Film studies, critical theory
Editing, proof-reading, grant writing

Reviews (1)

Sophie has a calming and reflective approach. She listens well and manages to summarise and focus your attention on next steps and possibilities with your creative process. I felt encouraged and supported after my session.

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