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Sophie Longwill

About the member

Sophie Longwill completed a joint major BA (Hons) in Glass Design and History of Art and Design in the National College of Art and Design in Dublin in 2016. She served as a board member for the Glass Society of Ireland for 5 years and in 2019 she founded her company Longwill Studio. Her work was selected for Portfolio 2021- 2022 – recognition by the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland as one of the Ireland’s top 100 makers. In 2021 she was granted an Agility Award by the Arts Council of Ireland and Makers to Masters Award by Bradley: the Brand Agency. Her work has been selected for international and national exhibitions, including recent solo show In the Window, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool and the International Biennale of Glass, Sofia, Bulgaria. Her work can be found in the permanent collections of Irish Life, Dublin, Kildare County Council, the DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Czech Republic and the International Biennale of Glass Collection, Bulgaria.

Education
2021 Advanced Diploma in Business Management and Entrepreneurship, Ulster University
2019 Digital Marketing Certificate, Digital Marketing Institute Dublin
2012-2016 Bachelor of Design (Hons) Glass and History of Art and Design, National College of Art and Design, Dublin
2010-2012 FETAC level 5 Art, Craft and Design, Grennan Mill Craft School, Kilkenny
2007-2009 Bachelor of Design (Hons) Industrial Design, (candidate), National College of Art and Design, Dublin
Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

2021 In the Window, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, October 1- 31st
2020 ISGNE Pop-up Exhibition, Northlands Creative Gallery, Scotland, January 23rd-31st
2016 Let’s Hook Up, Solo Exhibition, MADE Store & Gallery, Dublin

Selected Group Exhibitions

2021 International Biennale of Glass, Sofia, Bulgaria, October 5th -November 5th 

Home/Baile Showcase Exhibition, Working Artist Studios, Cork, August
2020 Milano Vetro – 35, Castello Sforza, Milan, Italy, February 18th – April 18th
2019 Straight Out of Ireland, Bryn Mar, Philadelphia, November 15-17th

International Biennale of Glass, Sofia, Bulgaria, September 20th- October 20th

Sculpture in Context, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin, 4th September – 18th October

Present Past, selected members exhibition, Fota House & Gardens, Cork, August 2nd – 31st 

We Are Cork, Cork City Hall, August 1st-31st 

Digital Distance, Online exhibition with Contemporary Glass Society, May 20 – 31st

Art and Psyche – The Divine Feminine, 26 April – 10 May 2019, Limerick School of Art

Sample Studios Member Exhibition 23- 26 May 2019, Sample Studios, Cork

I see crimson, I see red, Elizabeth Fort, Cork, Ireland, 24th January- 2nd February
2018 Emerge, Bullseye Projects, Portland, USA
2017 Ireland Glass Biennale, National College of Art & Design, Dublin
2016 Stanislav Libensky Awards Exhibition, DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic 

RDS Craft Awards 2016 Exhibition, Dublin & Mayo

Emerging Artists Exhibition, Courthouse Arts Centre, Co. Wicklow

NCAD Degree Show 2016, National College of Art & Design, Dublin

Enantiodromia, Gallery Zozimus, Dublin
2015 Granularity, Contemporary Glass Society, Online Exhibition, UK

Glass Arts Society Student Exhibition, San Jose, California, USA

Glass Olympics Student Exhibition, Alfred University, New York, USA

Sophie
Longwill

I capture fleeting moments of everyday life in paper-thin glass. My current series Nubivagant (Cloud Wanderer) began on the ISGNE artist residency in the Scottish Highlands and is inspired by dramatic skies and lucid dreams. Soft colours are translated into delicate discs of pâte-de-verre (glass paste) then allowed to gently fold in the kiln, resulting in vessels that are like windows to other realms holding the serenity of the natural world. Since the pandemic, my work increasingly focuses on mindful appreciation of nature while exploring ideas around our perceptions of time and reality. In everything I make I am trying to capture a sense of wonder, to transpose transient and intangible moments into visible form. The delicate fragility inherent in glass as a material accentuates the impression of ephemerality and preciousness.

Sophie Longwill
Cloud Wanderer_Quiet Moment
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Cloud Wanderer
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Cloud Wanderer_North Skies Sunrise