Sophie Clews
photograph by Ziggy Crook, 2026
Sophie Clews is currently working and living in Brisbane whilst studying her Bachelor of Visual Arts at Queensland College of Art (2026). Specialising in oil painting, she sources from staged references using her own body. Her practice is grounded in close observation, the preservation of memory, and the delicate but deliberate application of paint. Her recent works often feature the figure submerged, veiled, or partially obscured as she starts to delve into contemporary feminist painting..
Clews has exhibited widely across Brisbane and nationally, with a recent solo exhibition Veiled Resonances at The Station (2026). Her highlighted group exhibitions include FORM by Studio Maverik at Side Gallery (2026), Undergrowth at Grey Street Gallery (2025) and Splash by the Royal Queensland Art Society at Petrie Terrace Gallery (2026). Clews has also shown at an interstate group show Fifty Squared Art Prize at Brunswick Street Gallery (2025). In 2025, she was Highly Commended in the Homiens Art Prize.
