EDUCATION
2017 Master of Fine Arts -- Furniture Design and Woodworking
San Diego State University, CA
2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts -- Sculpture and Drawing
SUNY Purchase College, NY
HONORS and FELLOWSHIPS
2023 Juror’s Choice Award, “Transformative Craft”, Susquehanna Art Museum
2023 1st Place in Craft, “Art of the State”, State Museum of Pennsylvania
2023 Visual Artist Fellowship, Center for Emerging Visual Artists
2022 John D. Mineck Fellowship for Furniture Arts, Society of Arts and Crafts
2022 Visual Artist Fellowship finalist, Center for Emerging Visual Artists
2021 Emerging Artist Cohort , American Craft Council
2021 Individual Artist Fellowship, Mississippi Arts Commission
2020 United States Artists Fellowship nominee
2018 Best in Show, Best of Tennessee Craft Exhibition, Clarksville, TN.
2018 "Get Ready" Grant, CERF+
2018 LEAP Award Finalist, Society for Contemporary Craft
2018 Individual Artist Fellowship, Tennessee Arts Commission
2017 Niche Awards, student finalist in wood
2016 Educational Grant, Furniture Society
2016 Niche Awards, student finalist in functional metal
2015 Isabel Kraft Sculpture Scholarship, San Diego State University
2015 Windgate Scholarship, Windgate Charitable Foundation, San Diego State University
2014 Isabel Kraft Sculpture Scholarship, San Diego State University
2014 President’s Purchase Award, San Diego State University
2013 Windgate Scholarship, Windgate Charitable Foundation, San Diego State University
2013 Sam Maloof Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center
2012 Powermatic Student Workshop Scholarship, attended Penland School of Crafts funded by the Furniture Society
2012 Finalist, Windgate Fellowship, Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design
2012 William Randolph Hearst Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center
2011 William Randolph Hearst Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center
2011 General Work Study Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts
RESIDENCIES
2023 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME. Open Studio Residency
2017 Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN. Pentaculum 2017 wood artist
2016-19 Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN. Wood Artist-in-Residence
2016 Vermont Studio Center, Windgate Craft Fellowship
SELECTED SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2021 Sophie Glenn: Hot Seats, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN.
2020 Tributaries: Sophie Glenn - Rust Never Sleeps, Metal Museum, Memphis, TN.
2019 New Traditions: Sophie Glenn and Adam Hawk, Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN.
2018 Sophie Glenn and Lydia Johnson: Crafting Contemporary Furniture and Ceramics, Tennessee Arts Commission, Nashville, TN.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Against the Grain, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA.
2023 New Now VI, inLiquid, Philadelphia, PA.
2023 Art of the State, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA.
2023 8th Annual Juried Exhibition: Transformative Craft, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA.
2023 CFEVA Art Party, the Atrium at the Galleries at Moore, Philadelphia, PA.
2023 2023 Regional Juried Spring Open, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA.
2022 Craft Forms 2022, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA.
2022 Philadelphia Open Studio Tour (POST), Philadelphia PA.
2022 Annual Juried Exhibition, Goggleworks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA.
2022 Coined in the South: 2022, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC.
2022 2022 Craft Biennial Exhibition, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA.
2021 Metal, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.
2020 American Contemporary Craft, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX.
2020 Object Permanence, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
2020 Breaking Tradition: Contemporary Approaches to the Decorative Arts, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX.
2020 Inextricably Linked, University Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
2019 In Conversation: Inspired Furniture Then and Now, William King Museum of Art, Abingdon, VA.
2019 Furnished, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC.
2019 Deliberate Works, Southern Highland Craft Guild, Folk Art Center Main Gallery, Asheville, NC.
2019 40 Under 40: The Next Generation of American Metal Artists, Metal Museum, Memphis, TN.
2018 Take A Seat, Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, NC.
2018 Best of Tennessee Craft, Customs House Museum, Clarksville, TN.
2018 Sitting Pretty: The Chair Re-invisioned!, Moss Arts Center, Blacksburg, VA.
2018 Dogwood Arts Regional Art Exhibition, Dogwood Arts, Knoxville, TN.
2018 Artist in Residence Showcase, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN.
2017 45th Mid-States Craft Exhibition”, Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science, Evansville, IN.
2017 American Craft Today: Chairs, The Bascom, Highlands, NC.
2017 Summer Workshop Instructor Showcase, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN.
2017 Dogwood Arts Regional Art Exhibition”, Dogwood Arts, Knoxville, TN.
2017 Philadelphia Furniture Show”, 23rd Street Armory, Philadelphia, PA, Furniture Society booth.
2017 Artist-in-Residence Showcase, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN.
2016 Artist-in-Residence Showcase, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN.
2016 California Wood Artists: Sam Maloof & Beyond, Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts, Alta Loma CA.
2016 On the Edge of Your Seat: Chairs for the 21st Century, Center for Art in Wood, Philadelphia, PA.
2016 Student Award Exhibition, Flor y Canto and Jackson Galleries, San Diego, CA.
2016 Niche Awards, Washington D.C.
2015 Sculptural Objects and Functional Art (SOFA) Fair, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL. San Diego State University booth
2015 WestEdge Design Fair, The Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, CA.
2015 Good to the Last Crop: Wendy Maruyama’s Latest Brood, Flor y Canto and Jackson Galleries, San Diego, CA
2015 International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York, NY. San Diego State University booth
2015 International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York, NY. Furniture Society booth.
2015 Student Award Exhibition, University Gallery, San Diego, CA.
2014 Dendronautics, San Diego Art Fair, San Diego CA.
2014 Student Award Exhibition, University Gallery, San Diego, CA.
2014 Craf*Twork, The Glashaus, San Diego, CA.
2013 Craft*Twork, University Gallery, San Diego CA.
2013 Headless, University Gallery, San Diego, CA.
2013 Craft + Design, a Furniture Society Exhibition, Fifth Floor Gallery, Los Angeles CA.
2012 Faculty Selects, Furniture Society Conference, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2023 “Black Sheep”, Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA.
CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2021 “Crafted Identities”, Mississippi State University, Cullis Wade Depot Art Gallery, Starkville, MS.
https://www.caad.msstate.edu/exhibitions/2021/crafted-identities
PUBLICATIONS
2023 “Expert Answers: A custom patina”, Woodcraft Magazine Feb/March 2023 Issue 111
2021 “Forged” issue, Ruminate Magazine
2021 ‘Woodoworking in America: Sophie Glenn’, blog, Popular Woodworking Magazine
2020 New South Finds, February featured artist. newsouthfinds.com
2020 ‘Rust Never Sleeps’ at the Metal Museum’, Artistic Fuel
2019 SNAG’S 2nd Annual Jewelry and Metals Survey (JaMS), Society of North American Goldsmiths.
2018 SNAG's 1st Annual Jewelry and Metals Survey (JaMS), Society of North American Goldsmiths.
2017 Fine Woodworking Magazine, August 2017, no. 262. Reader's Gallery
2016 California Wood Artists: Sam Maloof and Beyond, exhibition catalog, Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts, Alta Loma, CA.
2016 Furniture as Art as Furniture, exhibition catalogue, LAX Airport, Los Angeles, CA
2016 On the Edge of Your Seat: Chairs for the 21st Century exhibition catalogue, Center for Art in Wood, Philadelphia, PA.
2015 A Long Engagement: Wendy Maruyama and Her Students, exhibition catalogue. San Diego State University, San Diego CA.
LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS
2021 Guest, “The Mississippi Arts Hour”, MPB Think Radio
2021 Artist Lecture, MassArt, Boston, MA
2021 Artist Lecture, College of Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2021 Guest, “Maker Mom Podcast: Wonder Women”
2020 Guest, ‘Conversations with Black Lumberjack’, Instagram Live and YouTube
2020 Virtual Artist Lecture, ‘Tributaries: Rust Never Sleeps”, Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
2018 Artist Lecture, University of Arkansas Little Rock, Little Rock, AR
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2019- 21 Visiting Assistant Professor of Sculpture, Mississippi State University, Starkville MS.
2017-9 Adjunct Faculty, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN. Foundations Studio II (Three-dimensional design) for two semesters, and Introduction to Art (formerly Art Appreciation) for four semesters – both in-person and online
2015-6 Graduate Teaching Assistant, San Diego State University, San Diego CA. Design II- Three Dimensional Design for two semesters, and Introduction to Furniture and Woodworking for one semester
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2022 Instructor, Fabricating Ideas in Steel, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME.
2022 Instructor, Alternative Wood Finishes, Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft, Columbia NC.
2021 Instructor, Box Making Workshop. Lohr Woodworking, Schwenksville, PA.
2020 Instructor, “Fun with Finishes” virtual workshop, A Workshop of Our Own, Baltimore MD.
2019 Workshop Assistant, “The Furniture Between Us” taught by Sarah Marriage, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle ME.
2019 Instructor, “Joint it, Plane it, Weld it”, Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg TN.
2018 Instructor, Weekend Welding Workshop (through UALR artWorks), University of Arkansas Little Rock
2017 Instructor, Vessel Carving Adult Workshop, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville TN.
2016-7 Instructor, Spoon Carving for High School Outreach program, Appalachian Center for Craft
2016 Instructor, Spoon Carving Adult Workshop, Appalachian Center for Craft
2014 Graduate Assistant, Intermediate and Advanced Furniture, Instructor Matthew Hebert, San Diego State University
2014 Graduate Assistant, Furniture and Woodworking 1, Instructor Peter Scheidt, San Diego State University
2014 Graduate Assistant, Furniture and Woodworking 1, Instructor Matthew Hebert, San Diego State University
2013 Graduate Assistant, Furniture and Woodworking 1, San Diego State University
2012 Teaching Assistant, Metal 1, Instructor Eric Wildrick, SUNY Purchase College, Purchase NY.
2010-3 Teaching Assistant, Bronze Casting, and Sculpture 1, Instructor Phil Listengart, SUNY Purchase College
WORK EXPERIENCE
2021-present Visitor Experience and Program Specialist, Wharton Esherick Museum, Malvern, PA.
2016-2019 Wood Studio Manager, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN
2011-5 Studio Assistant (part-time), Vivian Beer Studio Works, Manchester, NH
2012- 4 Metal Fabricator and Welder (full-time and part-time), Shelton Studios Inc., Brooklyn, NY