b. 1992 in Sanger, CA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
sophronia cook
Education
2012-2016
Hampshire College
BFA in Art and Printmaking
San Francisco Art Institute
MFA in Sculpture
MA in History and Theory of Contemporary Art
2018-2020
SOLO
2025
In Place, Conventional Projects, SanFrancisco, CA
Longing for a Future, Recology Recycling Plant, San Francisco, CA
2019
Faucets, SPY, Los Angeles, CA
Monitoring Active Volcanoes, Despair Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022
2021
Gutz, Et al Gallery, San Francisco, CA
New Relations, Florence, MA
2017
GROUP
Your Apathy is Boring, Schaeffer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Forward, State Fabric Editions, Oakland, CA
Be Excellent to Each Other, SFAEYE, San Francisco, CA
Duets in Color Breathing, Spy Projects, Los Angeles, CA
The Potential of Objects, MARIN MOCA, Marin, CA
2022
2019
Maximum, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Alive in Strange Lands, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Everyone is Touching Textured Apogee, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Murphy and Cadon Contemporary Art Show, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA
The Unhappy Marriage of Sculpture and Textiles: Towards a More Progressive Union, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
ONWARD, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Open Book Show III, Third Street Studios, San Francisco, CA
2018
Fragile Forms, Beacon, Northampton, MA
Print I, II, III, Amherst Gallery, Amherst, MA
2017
What Happens to You, Harold F. Johnson Gallery, Amherst, MA
2016
RESIDENCIES
AWARDS
PUBLICATIONS
Lightsource Residency, San Fransisco, CA
Recology Residency, San Fransisco, CA
Newspaper 3, SFAEYE, San Francisco, CA
2019
Murphy and Cadon Contemporary Art Award
Newspaper 2, SFAEYE, San Francisco, CA
Newspaper 1, SFAEYE, San Francisco, CA
2018
2017
Explanations on a kind of Love, Northampton, MA
Selected Exhibitions
Sophronia Cook
Faucets
November 11 - December 16, 2022
Sophronia Cook
Limbo
May 2 - June 8 , 2025
Selected Works
Sophronia Cook 10, 2025 ledger paper, abalone shell, watercolor and resin on wood panel 13½ x 9½ x 1¾ in. 34.29 x 24.13 x 4.45 cm
Sophronia Cook 11, 2025 ledger paper, watercolor, studio floor and resin on wood panel 13½ x 9½ x 1¾ in. 34.29 x 24.13 x 4.45 cm
Sophronia Cook Swan, 2025 silk, oil paint and sterling silver on wood panel 40 x 25 x 2 in. 101.60 x 63.50 x 5.08 cm
Sophronia Cook Magic After Fear II, 2025 flash vinyl paint, silicone and resin on linen upholstery 60 x 48 x 1½ in. 152.40 x 121.92 x 3.81 cm
Sophronia Cook 208, 2025 ledger paper, silk, etching, photo, watercolor and resin on wood panel 13½ x 9½ x 1¾ in. 34.29 x 24.13 x 4.45 cm
Sophronia Cook 27, 2025 ledger paper, watercolor, tape, photo and resin on wood panel 13½ x 9½ x 1¾ in. 34.29 x 24.13 x 4.45 cm
Sophronia Cook Anti-Dynamic Sensuousness , 2021-2022 resin, aluminum, paint, snakeskin, silicone, solder, tape 81½ x 58 in. 207.01 x 147.32 cm
Sophronia Cook superficial shock to the system, 2021-2022 resin, aluminum, tape, tortoise shell 78 x 52 in. 198.12 x 132.08 cm
Sophronia Cook cosmic cobweb, 2021-2022 resin, aluminum, mesh, tape, paint, tortoise shell 69 x 65 in. 175.26 x 165.1 cm
Sophronia Cook Vertiginous, 2021-2022 resin, aluminum, snakeskin, paint 81¼ x 63¼ in. 206.38 x 160.66 cm