SOPHIA RUPPERT
SCULPTURE
EDUCATION
2020 University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska.
MFA, Studio Art, Sculpture emphasis
2016 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois.
BFA, Studio Art, Sculpture
BA, Art History
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2022 Spring Instructor of Record, Elementary Sculpture
University of Nebraska-Omaha
Instructor of Record, Foundations 3D
University of Nebraska-Omaha
2021 Spring Instructor of Record, Elementary Sculpture
University of Nebraska-Omaha
Fall Instructor of Record, Elementary Sculpture
University of Nebraska-Omaha
Instructor of Record, Intermediate Sculpture
University of Nebraska-Omaha
Instructor of Record, Advanced Sculpture
University of Nebraska-Omaha
Instructor of Record, 3D Design
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Instructor of Record, Beginning Drawing
Metropolitan Community College
2020 Spring Graduate Instructor of Record, Beginning Drawing
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Fall Instructor of Record, Life Drawing
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2019 Spring Graduate Instructor of Record, 3-D Design
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Fall Graduate Instructor of Record, 3-D Design
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2018 Spring Graduate Instructor of Record, Beginning Sculpture
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Fall Graduate Instructor of Record, Beginning Sculpture
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2017 Fall Graduate Teaching Assistant, Beginning Sculpture
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
COURSES TAUGHT
Beginning Drawing
Life Drawing
Beginning Sculpture
3D Design
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2018 Collection and Exhibition Intern
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln Nebraska
2016 Installation of Sculpture on Campus Alumni Exhibition
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Art and Design West Gallery
Assistant, Introduction to Sculpture course
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
2016 Installation of Patrick Dougherty: A Photo Exhibition Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville, Art and Design West Gallery
Assistant, Figure Modeling course, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
2015 Assistant, Introduction to Sculpture course, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
2014-16 Gallery Attendant for Annual Undergraduate Exhibition, Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville, Art and Design West Gallery
2014 Undergraduate Research and Creative Assistant, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
LECTURES
2020 Artist Talk and Panel Discussion, Threads Laid Bare
Anderson Gallery, Drake University
Artist Talk and Panel Discussion, Rural
Gallery 1010, Knoxville Tennessee
2019 Visiting Classroom Lecturer, Intermediate and Advanced Sculpture
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Visiting Artist and Lecturer
Northwest Missouri State University
2017 “A Personal Account of the Intersection of Art History and Contemporary Studio Practice”
6th Annual Art History Symposium
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
2016 “Craft Versus Art: An Analysis of an Artificial Divide”
5th Annual Art History Symposium
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Upcoming Cica Museum, Gimpo, South Korea
2021 Nokomis Fragments – Bonsack Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
Plastic Prayers – Clinton Community College Gallery, Clinton, Iowa
A Room With No Corners – Project Project, Omaha, Nebraska
2020 I Poked You Where We Were Connected – Eisentrager Howard Gallery, Lincoln,
Nebraska
Plastic Prayers – Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska
2018 Vessel for Man and Child – Medici Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
2017 This is My Body – Medici Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
2016 Sophia Ruppert - Solo Art Series - Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery,
Jupiter, Florida
SELECT GROUP AND JURIED EXHIBITIONS
Upcoming Gilbert Bayes Award Exhibition – Dora House, South Kensington, London
2021 Fiber Art Now: Emerging Artists – The Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, Tennessee
Biennial Faculty Exhibition – Eisentrager Hoard Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
Flyover – The Hub, Arts and Cultural Center, Rushville, Illinois
Homegrown – Sean Christopher Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Common Threads – LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska
Fibers – The In Art Gallery, Edwardsville, Illinois
Up-cycling Detritus – Sculptors Alliance, New York, NY
2020 IN-Structures – (invitational) LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska
Threads Laid Bare – (invitational) Anderson Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa
NOW – (invitational) Kiechel Fine Art, Lincoln, Nebraska
Artists Choosing Artists - (invitational) The Burkholder Project, Lincoln, Nebraska
The Salina Biennial – Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas
Assemblage – The Olympia Project, Online Exhibition, Brooklyn, New York
Earth Mother II – Envision Arts, Online Gallery
2019 Firsthand – Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville Kansas
Whiplash – Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
Space is Fluid – (invitational) Architecture Hall, Lincoln, Nebraska
Indelible – Sink Studios, Lincoln, Nebraska
Uncanny Comfortable – Lincoln Calling, Parish Studios, Lincoln Nebraska
2018 Medici 25th - Eisentrager Howard Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
Gifted - Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska
Concurrence - The Lee Dam Art Center for Fine Art, Marysville, Kansas
2017 Our Daily Armor - (invitational) The Virago in Contemporary Art and Adornment, Seattle, Washington
All Women Art Exhibition - Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, Jupiter, Florida
Abstracts Art Exhibition - Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, Jupiter, Florida
2016 Annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition - SIUE, Edwardsville, Illinois
Varsity Art XX - Art St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Abstracts - Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, Jupiter, Florida
The Rockford Midwestern Biennial - Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois
Art in the Park, Nokomis, Illinois
Open Art Exhibition - Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, Jupiter Florida
29th September Competition - Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, Louisiana
Sculpture on Campus - SIUE, Edwardsville, Illinois
Small Works Art Show, Woodriver, Illinois
2015 Sculpture on Campus - SIUE, Edwardsville, Illinois.
Annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition - SIUE, Edwardsville, Illinois
The Twenty-Sixth Cedarhurst Biennial - Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, Illinois.
Small Works Art Show, Woodriver, Illinois
2014 Annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition - SIUE, Edwardsville, Illinois
Sculpture on Campus - SIUE, Edwardsville, Illinois
2013 Annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition - SIUE, Edwardsville, Illinois
PUBLICATIONS
2021 Boomer Gallery, “The New Artist,” London, United Kingdom
Art Hole, Issue 9, London, United Kingdom
Bluebee, Volume 6-Amaryllis, Stefan Finsinger, London, United Kingdom
Têxtil, Museu. “Contrastes de Forma”, Rodrigo Franzão, Clube de Autores, Brazil
The Working Artist I, United Kingdom
2020 Fiber Arts Now, "Emerging Artists" Fall Issue
Friend of the Artist, Volume 12
The Woven Tale Press, October Issue
The Phonebook Collective, Vol. 1
2019 Space is Fluid, WAI Architecture Think Tank, Fold Curatorial and Publishing
Space is Fluid, Intelligentsia Gallery
Tugboat Proudly Presents: “Whiplash”, Tugboat Gallery
Art Connects Northwest Students, Northwest Student Media
2017 Our Daily Armor III, Virago Gallery
2016 Sculpture on Campus at SIUE: A Conversational Dialogue with Afruz Amighi, Thad Duhigg, and Sophia Ruppert. Polymath: An Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Journal
Sophia Ruppert – Solo Art Exhibition, Light Space and Time Gallery
RAM Opens Rockford Midwestern Biennial, Rockford Art Museum
Meet the Artist: Sophia Ruppert, Art St. Louis
SERVICE
2018 President, Visual Artists in Practice, UNL, Lincoln, Nebraska
2017 Volunteer, North Lincoln Summerfest, LUX Center for the Arts,
Lincoln, Nebraska
2016 Secretary of Sculptors at Wagner, SIUE, Edwardsville, Illinois
Chief Coordinator for visiting artist Jill Downen, SIUE
Site Installer, Sculpture on Campus, SIUE
Co-Coordinator for Sculptors at Wagner fundraising, SIUE
Volunteer, Friends of Art Annual Art Auction. SIUE
Co-Coordinator, Sculpture on Campus, SIUE
2015 Chief Coordinator, Sculpture on Campus, SIUE
Site Installer, Sculpture on Campus, SIUE
Exhibition Installation Crew, Patrick Dougherty photography exhibition, SIUE
Secretary of Sculptors at Wagner, SIUE
Chief Coordinator for visiting artist Harry Webber, SIUE
Volunteer, Friends of Art Annual Art Auction. SIUE
2014 Chief Coordinator, Sculpture on Campus. SIUE
Site Installer, Sculpture on Campus, SIUE
2013-15 President, Sculptors at Wagner, SIUE, Edwardsville, Illinois
2013 Chief Coordinator and Volunteer in fundraising, Sculptors at Wagner, SIUE
Chief Coordinator in the reorganization of Sculptors at Wagner, SIUE
HONORS, AWARDS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2020 Gilbert Bayes Award – Royal Society of Sculptors, London
Kimmel Foundation Emerging Artist – Visual Category, Mayor’s Art Awards,
Lincoln, Nebraska
Francis William Vreeland Award in Art, UNL
2019 Dan and Barbara Howard Creative Achievement Award
2017-19 Othmer Fellowship, UNL, Lincoln Nebraska
2016 Provost Scholarship for continuing Art and Design students. SIUE
Honorable Mention, three-dimensional category, Open Art Exhibition,
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery. Jupiter, Florida
2015 Art Club Award, Annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition. SIUE
Member of Phi Eta Sigma, SIUE honor society. SIUE
Provost Scholarship for continuing Art and Design students. SIUE
2014 Member of Phi Eta Sigma, SIUE honor society. SIUE
Provost Scholarship for continuing Art and Design students. SIUE
Third place, 2014 Sculpture on Campus juried competition, SIUE
GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES
Upcoming
Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, Illinois
2020 Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, Nebraska
2019 Cedar Point Biological Station, Lake Ogallala, Nebraska
Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, Graduate Student Scholarly
and Creative Activity Grant, UNL
2016 Recipient of a stipend to build Adorn for SIUE
2015 Recipient of a stipend to build Threshold for SIUE
2014 Recipient of a stipend to build Onward for SIUE