Sophie L Brenneman
email: sophie.brenneman@gmail.com
instagram: @sophie.b.studio
Education
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. 2017
MFA
The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 2015
BFA, Summa Cum Laude
The University of Georgia, Cortona, Italy 2014
Studio Art, Lamar Dodd School of Art Studies Abroad Program
Experience
Assistant Teaching Professor of Visual Arts, Penn State University, Altoona, PA 2019 -
Instructor, Visual Art Studies Dept., Penn State Altoona, Altoona, PA 2019
Assistant to the Dean of the School of Fine Arts, PAFA, Philadelphia, PA 2017-2018
Program Coordinator, Currents: Summer Residency at PAFA, Philadelphia, PA 2017
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Drawing Dept, PAFA, Philadelphia, PA 2017
PAFA High School After School Studio Arts Program, Figure Drawing Instructor,
Philadelphia, PA 2016
The Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Assistant Artist to Muralist Betsy Casañas,
Philadelphia, PA 2016
The Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Mural Intern, Philadelphia, PA 2016
Teaching Assistant to Mark Blavat, Post Baccalaureate Seminar, Phila., PA 2016
Studio Art Instructor, C. Barton McCann School of Art, Petersburg, PA 2015
Awards + Lectures + Publications
The Quiet Book | Booooooom Publishing 2022
International Drawing Annual | Vol. 14 | Manifest Press 2021
Guest Panelist, Artists in Schools and Arts Organizations
The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 2021
Guest Panelist, Discussing Diverse Pathways into Teaching
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2021
Honorable Mention, The Figure, The In Art Gallery 2021
Emerging Artist in Residence, Penn State Altoona, Altoona, PA 2019
Fine Arts Venture Fund Grant Recipient 2017
Cover Art for Memorious: A Literary Journal of New Verse and Fiction 2015
Cover Art for Câlisse, Farewell Black Sheep, Portland, OR 2015
Outstanding Student Award, The Univ. of Southern Miss, Hattiesburg, MS 2014 & 2015
Best in Show, The Univ. of Southern Mississippi Annual Juried Student Show 2014
First Place in Painting, The Univ. of Southern Miss., Annual Juried Student Show 2014
Selected Exhibitions
p l a c e / h o l d e r, Fritz-Porter Showroom, Charleston, SC. 2021
The Figure, The In Art Gallery, virtual exhibition
Juror: Victor Wang 2021
Visual Art Faculty Exhibition, Penn State Altoona, Altoona, PA 2021
Typos + Spills + Broken Glass, Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Jurors: Melissa Joseph and Emmitt Smith 2020
Building Houses In Our Homes, Spillway Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2019
Woodmere Annual 76th Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Museum, Phila., PA
Juror: Eileen Neff 2019
Emerging Artist In Residence Exhibition, Penn State Altoona, Altoona, PA 2019
Self-Titled, Kitchen Table Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2019
Unmediated, Tuttleman Gallery, Penna. Academy of the Fine Arts, Phila., PA. 2018
When I Are We, Solo Exhibition, HCAC, Huntingdon, PA 2018
Emerging Artists Exhibition, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA 2017
National Juried Painting Exhibition, Univ. of Southern Miss., Hattiesburg, MS
Juror: Peter Van Dyck 2017
Confluence: Circle, Serpent, Synchronicity, Forge & Finish Gallery, Phila., PA. 2017
Playbook, On Stellar Rays, New York, NY
Jurors: Josephine Halverson & Didier William 2017
Annual Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Phila., PA 2017
The Figure: Contemporary Mediums, Site: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
Juror: Barbara A. MacAdam 2017
Our Bodies, Ourselves, Gallery 128, PAFA, Phila., PA 2016
War and Rumors of War, Gallery 128, PAFA, Philadelphia, PA 2016
Canary In The Coal Mine, Exhibitions Lab, PAFA, Philadelphia, PA 2016
Bodies, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA 2016
JOINT, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2015
email: sophie.brenneman@gmail.com
instagram: @sophie.b.studio
Education
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. 2017
MFA
The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 2015
BFA, Summa Cum Laude
The University of Georgia, Cortona, Italy 2014
Studio Art, Lamar Dodd School of Art Studies Abroad Program
Experience
Assistant Teaching Professor of Visual Arts, Penn State University, Altoona, PA 2019 -
Instructor, Visual Art Studies Dept., Penn State Altoona, Altoona, PA 2019
Assistant to the Dean of the School of Fine Arts, PAFA, Philadelphia, PA 2017-2018
Program Coordinator, Currents: Summer Residency at PAFA, Philadelphia, PA 2017
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Drawing Dept, PAFA, Philadelphia, PA 2017
PAFA High School After School Studio Arts Program, Figure Drawing Instructor,
Philadelphia, PA 2016
The Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Assistant Artist to Muralist Betsy Casañas,
Philadelphia, PA 2016
The Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Mural Intern, Philadelphia, PA 2016
Teaching Assistant to Mark Blavat, Post Baccalaureate Seminar, Phila., PA 2016
Studio Art Instructor, C. Barton McCann School of Art, Petersburg, PA 2015
Awards + Lectures + Publications
The Quiet Book | Booooooom Publishing 2022
International Drawing Annual | Vol. 14 | Manifest Press 2021
Guest Panelist, Artists in Schools and Arts Organizations
The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 2021
Guest Panelist, Discussing Diverse Pathways into Teaching
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2021
Honorable Mention, The Figure, The In Art Gallery 2021
Emerging Artist in Residence, Penn State Altoona, Altoona, PA 2019
Fine Arts Venture Fund Grant Recipient 2017
Cover Art for Memorious: A Literary Journal of New Verse and Fiction 2015
Cover Art for Câlisse, Farewell Black Sheep, Portland, OR 2015
Outstanding Student Award, The Univ. of Southern Miss, Hattiesburg, MS 2014 & 2015
Best in Show, The Univ. of Southern Mississippi Annual Juried Student Show 2014
First Place in Painting, The Univ. of Southern Miss., Annual Juried Student Show 2014
Selected Exhibitions
p l a c e / h o l d e r, Fritz-Porter Showroom, Charleston, SC. 2021
The Figure, The In Art Gallery, virtual exhibition
Juror: Victor Wang 2021
Visual Art Faculty Exhibition, Penn State Altoona, Altoona, PA 2021
Typos + Spills + Broken Glass, Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Jurors: Melissa Joseph and Emmitt Smith 2020
Building Houses In Our Homes, Spillway Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2019
Woodmere Annual 76th Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Museum, Phila., PA
Juror: Eileen Neff 2019
Emerging Artist In Residence Exhibition, Penn State Altoona, Altoona, PA 2019
Self-Titled, Kitchen Table Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2019
Unmediated, Tuttleman Gallery, Penna. Academy of the Fine Arts, Phila., PA. 2018
When I Are We, Solo Exhibition, HCAC, Huntingdon, PA 2018
Emerging Artists Exhibition, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA 2017
National Juried Painting Exhibition, Univ. of Southern Miss., Hattiesburg, MS
Juror: Peter Van Dyck 2017
Confluence: Circle, Serpent, Synchronicity, Forge & Finish Gallery, Phila., PA. 2017
Playbook, On Stellar Rays, New York, NY
Jurors: Josephine Halverson & Didier William 2017
Annual Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Phila., PA 2017
The Figure: Contemporary Mediums, Site: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
Juror: Barbara A. MacAdam 2017
Our Bodies, Ourselves, Gallery 128, PAFA, Phila., PA 2016
War and Rumors of War, Gallery 128, PAFA, Philadelphia, PA 2016
Canary In The Coal Mine, Exhibitions Lab, PAFA, Philadelphia, PA 2016
Bodies, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA 2016
JOINT, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2015