My existence began from the splitting of one egg into two identical halves.  Our mirrored bodies overlapped and contorted to fill the same small space.  Boundaries grew out of bone and skin.  We emerged tangled, but separate
 
My drawings and paintings are an investigation of the physical and psychological implications of twinness.  My curiosity about the body is rooted in considering how one navigates a life of duality—living simultaneously as an individual and a pair — singular, yet plural. 
 
As a twin, my body is perpetually seen in context to another human being.  In the spaces and places that I occupy, I am acutely aware of how my body interacts with and responds to the bodies of others.  Tension and pressure are made physical and visceral by the proximity of bodies to one another.  My work attempts to graph these often tacit and unseen dimensions of our lives.

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Sophie Brenneman (b. 1989) earned her BFA in Drawing & Painting from The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, MS and her MFA from The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, PA.

She lives and works in Philadelphia, PA.