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1.Swing 11, 2004, acrylic, pastel on paper, 20" x 14”
2. Swing 6, 2004, acrylic, pastel on paper, 20" x 14”
3. Swing 7, 2004, pastel, gel medium on paper, 29" x 20”
4. Swing 13, 2004, pastel, gel medium on paper, 29x20”
5. Wade, 2004, charcoal, gel medium on paper, 29" x 20”
6. Ring, 2004, charcoal, gel medium on paper 29" x 20”
7. Bela, 2004, pastel on paper, 41" x 29”
8. away, 2006, poppy seed oil on paper, light box, 43" x 31" x 6”
9. Toula, 2006, poppy seed oil on paper, light box, 43" x 31" x 6”
10. rope 1-6, 2004, installation light boxes view, poppy seed oil on paper, light box
11. rope 2, 2004, poppy seed oil on paper, light box, 43" x 31" x 6”
12. rope 4, 2004, poppy seed oil on paper, light box, 43" x 31" x 6”

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Contact Information
931 S. 46th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19143
tel: 215-285-4541
e-mail: nancy@nancysophy.com
www.nancysophy.com
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Education
1997
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
MFA, Painting

1994
Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
BA, Painting

Awards and Honors
2006-2007
Dene M. Louchheim Fellowship, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

2007
Artist Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

2005-2006
Alumni Travel Grant, Trip to Beirut, Lebanon, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA

2004
Window of Opportunity Grant, The Leeway Foundation, Philadelphia, PA

2003
The Hazell Award for Painting, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

2001
Works on Paper, Award Second, Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2001, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA

1998-2000
Creative Artists Network, Artist Program Affiliate, Philadelphia, PA

Selected Exhibitions

Solo

2007
Nancy M. Sophy: letter to a monster, Faculty Gallery, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

2004
Nancy M. Sophy: between light, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE

Nancy M. Sophy: between light, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA

2003
Nancy M. Sophy: Paintings, Faculty Gallery, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

2000
Nancy M. Sophy, Works on Paper, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

1998
Nancy M. Sophy, Recent Work, Muhlenburg College, Allentown, PA

Group

2007
Group Exhibition:  Alumni Travel Grant Recipients, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA

2006
Faculty Exhibit, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

2005
Alumni and Current Artists of the Center for Emerging Visual Artists, William Penn Foundation, Philadelphia, PA

Faculty Exhibit, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

2004
From the Studio, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Kate Ware, Curator, Philadelphia Museum of Art

Faculty Exhibit, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

Works on Paper, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA

2003
Faculty Exhibit, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

2002
Juried Member Exhibition, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE

Faculty Exhibit, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

2001
Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2001, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Second place, Works on Paper

Creative Artists Network 1985 - 2000:  An Exhibit in Memory of Bebe Benoliel, The Philadelphia Foundation, Philadelphia, PA

1998-2000
Group Exhibits, Creative Artists Network, Philadelphia, PA

1999
Works on Paper, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA

Faculty Exhibit, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

1997
Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Museum of American Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA