Lives and works in Kansas City, KS
EDUCATION
2023 MFA summa cum laude, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2020 MA summa cum laude, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
2014 BFA summa cum laude, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
BSE summa cum laude, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
2020 New York City Crit Club, New York, NY (six-week online crit class)
2018 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (painting/digital fabrication courses)
2015 New York Studio School, New York, NY (two-week painting intensive)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023-24 Lecturer, The Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO (foundations)
2021-23 Teaching Assistant, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (Painting I [instructor of record])
2020-21 Teaching Assistant, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (Ceramics I [instructor of record])
2019-20 Teaching Assistant, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL (Introduction to Art [instructor of record])
2015-16 Art Director, Thrive Collective, New York, NY (led mural painting and art lessons within public schools)
2014-16 Art Instructor, Private Picassos, New York, NY
2014 Summer Intern, Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City, MO
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Myth, Leedy-Voulkos, Kansas City, MO
2019 Museum of Everyday, Ivy House, Kansas City, MO (Organized by Curiouser & Curiouser)
Frame of Mind, Cedar Roe Library, Roeland Park, KS
2018 dreamyou, Vulpes Bastille, Kansas City, MO
2017 Through Waves & The Silent World Below, Snap Space Gallery, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City MO
High Tide, Plenum Space, Kansas City, MO
2015 Know Me, Roots, Brooklyn NY
Living with My Followers, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Tired, Old Drum, Warrensburg, MO
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Thresholds (forthcoming, June), Leedy-Voulkos, Kansas City, MO
Good Bones, I Like Your Work, Virtual Exhibition (Curated by Catherine Haggarty)
Restoring and Redefining the Body, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS
Stages, Mercer Gallery, Garden City Community College, Garden City, KS
2020 Uninvited Guest, Lodger, Kansas City, MO
Clay Club Members Exhibition, The Interdisciplinary Ceramic Research Center, Lawrence, KS
W+P, Guest House, Charleston, IL
Shifting Ground, AUTOMAT, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Shifting Ground, Vulpes Bastille, Kansas City, MO
2018 Rhythm and Rush, Ground Floor Gallery, Nashville, TN (Curated by Catherine Haggarty)
2017 12 x 12, National Juried Exhibition, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS (Juror: Hong Zhang)
Between Us, Vulpes Bastille, Kansas City, MO
2016 One Night Stand, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO
Salonukah, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Salon Extravaganza, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Greetings from Vermont, Ba’sik, Brooklyn, NY
Show Some Love, JCAST, Jersey City, NJ
2014 Citation Show, UCM, Warrensburg, MO
Undergraduate Exhibition, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO
Visual Narratives, UCM, Warrensburg, MO
Visual Narratives, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN
Visual Narratives, University of Alaska Southeast, Juneau, AK
2013 Citation Show, UCM, Warrensburg, MO
2012 Under 21, Swope Interpretive Center, Kansas City, MO
Citation Show, UCM, Warrensburg, MO
2011 Citation Show, UCM, Warrensburg, MO
AWARDS/HONORS
2021 Clay Club Award, The University of Kansas Clay Club, Lawrence, KS
Workshop Scholarship Recipient, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO
Spencer Student Research Award, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS
2020 School of the Arts Research Grant, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2018 NSAL-SAIC Kathy Lee Morgan Scholarship, St. Louis, MO & Chicago, IL
2015 Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2014 Honorable Mention Kansas City Artists Coalition Undergraduate Student Exhibition, Kansas City, MO
2014 2nd Place Annual Citation Show, UCM, Warrensburg, MO
1st Place Naomi Winston Scholarship, St. Louis, MO
4th Place Naomi Winston National Competition
2010-14 UCM Black & Red Scholarship, Warrensburg, MO
2013 Jack J Isgur Foundation Scholarship, Kansas City, MO
John Louder Painting Award, Warrensburg, MO
1st Place Annual Citation Show, UCM, Warrensburg, MO
2011-13 Virginia Anderson Bates Scholarship, Warrensburg, MO
2012 Mid-Missouri Artists Emerging Artist, Warrensburg, MO
2012 Honorable Mention Annual Citation Show, UCM, Warrensburg, MO
PUBLICATIONS / PRESS
2021 “Good Bones”, I Like Your Work Spring Catalog, May 17, 2021
2020 “Interrogating Timelines in the work of Sophia Reed” Vantage Art Projects, November 16, 2020. https://vantageartprojects.com/words-and-pictures/interrogating-timelines- with-sophia-reed/
“EIU Art Graduates,” Tarble Arts Center, July 1, 2020
“Studio Visit with Sophia Reed,” Blue Room Magazine, May 7, 2020
2019 “Sophia Reed,” Johnson County Community College, January 7, 2019
2018 Informality, The Self and The World in Progress in dreamyou, Julia Monté, December 23
2017 “Sophia Reed,” Kansas City Artists Coalition, November 2, 2017
“High Tide by Sophia Reed,” Plenum Space, July 7, 2017. http://plenumspace.weebly.com/upcoming-shows/july-first-friday5886807
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2021 Thresholds (forthcoming, June), Leedy-Voulkos, Kansas City, MO
Stages, Mercer Gallery, Garden City Community College, Garden City, KS
2020 Shifting Ground, AUTOMAT, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Shifting Ground, Vulpes Bastille, Kansas City, MO