Sophie Roessler
s.e.roessler@gmail.com
EDUCATION:
2022 MFA Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California
2012 BFA in Printmaking, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2025 Leiminspace, Los Angeles, NAOMI
2022 Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, California, Insatiable Bitch Goddesses
2015 637, Portland, OR, I’m a Bad Girl, I’m a Sad Girl
2012 The Late Show, Kansas City, Bad Girls Club
2011 The Barn Space, Saugatuck, Leftovers
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2024 Big Gay Festival, Los Angeles
2023 Floating Gallery, Los Angeles, Electric Ladyland
2022 Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Age of the Bimbo
2020 Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, Limitless Containment
Straightline Studio, Aspen, What’s In Yr Queue
2019 Desert Daze Music Festival, Lake Perris
2017 The Main Museum, Los Angeles, Office Hours
Leiminspace, Los Angeles, The Mix Show
Daniels Spectrum, Toronto, Feminist Art Conference Exhibition
La Maison Champs-Élysées, Paris, Minimalist Bedroom ⚡️ Girls
2013 Front Space, Kansas City, 4x6
University House Issaquah, Issaquah, Game Changer, Transformative Experiences
2012 H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, 2012 Kansas City Flat File
H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, B.F.A Exhibition
Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City, Undergraduate College Student Exhibition
2011 Galeria Jesus Gallardo, Guanajuato, Mexico, Who am I?
Ox-Bow School of Art Gallery, Saugatuck, Wake Up
Boxcar Gallery, Independence, Common Ground
RESIDENCIES:
2017 Feminist Art Conference Artist Residency, Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2015 Sou'Wester, Seaview, WA
2011 Ox-Bow Fellowship, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
PRESS:
2022 Shout Out LA, “Meet Sophie Roessler | Artist”
2017 Culturebox, "L'artiste américaine Sarah Weis invite 4 créateurs pour une performance dans sa "Minimalist bedroom ⚡ Girls"
2013 The Cut, NY Magazine, "Am I Pretty or Ugly?: When Teen Girls Court Haters", Maureen O'Connor
2012 Jezebel, "Meet the Art Student Who Tricked Folks (Including GMA) Into Thinking She Was a Tween", Katie J.M. Baker
Huffington Post, "Sophia Roessler, Tween From 'Am I Ugly' Video Outs Herself As Art Student", Liam Riley
AWARDS AND HONORS:
2020-2022 Academic Scholarship, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Elaine & Bram Goldsmith + Dowell Scholarship, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Workshop Scholarship, Anderson Ranch, Aspen, CO
2017 Professional Development Grant Recipient, Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland, OR
2012 Honorable Mention, B.F.A Exhibition, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
Jurors: Andres Serrano; Julián Zugazagoitia, Director of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; and Keith F. Davis, Senior Curator of Photography at the Nelson-Atkins
2011 Durwood Trust Internship with The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
Dean’s List, KCAI, Kansas City, MO
2008-2012 Merit and Talent Based Scholarships, KCAI, Kansas City, MO